[MacDV] Re: Stupid Question?

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On 3/22/03 2:48 PM, "Steven Rogers" <srogers1 at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> 
> On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:59 AM, BigScanner.com wrote:
> 
>> Newbie - sorry if this is a dumb question...
>> 
>> I would like to take some old video tapes and convert them to DVD. The
>> videos are about 90 minutes each.
>> 
>> What (low cost) equipment and software do I need to do this
>> successfully with?
> 
> You can do it with a VCR to play your tapes (assuming they're VHS) and
> something to act as a digital bridge into iMovie and iDVD. If the tapes
> are 8mm, you could use a Sony Digital8 camera as the digital source.
> You could also skip the computer entirely and just record them with one
> of the new DVD recorders that are the DVD version of VHS recorders.
> They're kind of expensive though.
> 
> SR
> 

Thanks - yes, they are on VHS tape - and yes, I need "something" to act as a
digital bridge. Suggestions?

T

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