[MacDV] Re: Transferring DVD to VHS

[sb]

To ouput sound from a powerbook, go to radio shack and buy a stereo mini to
rca red and white cable. They come in different lengths. I have a 3 foot
"breakout" cable, plus a 18 foot extender cable. It plugs into the headphone
jack on the left side of the Albook.

You could also purchase some small USB powered speakers. They cost between
$10-$100 depending upon the power and quality.

You can also connect your powerbook to the VHS deck, if that is more
accesable. Just use the S-video or yellow video and red/white audio inputs
on the back of the VHS deck to loop the signal thru into the TV.

 regards,

 


On 4/25/05 9:40 AM, "Brian Olesky" <brian4 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 4/25/05 11:09 AM, "sb" <videovideo at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Your powerbook has S-video out and audio out as well. Just use it as the DVD
>> player. You can buy the cables from RadioShack for about $10.
> 
> Great suggestion. I'd completely forgotten the AlBook has an S-video out
> port. But I thought S-video outputs both video and sound. Is that incorrect?
> If so, how do I output the sound?
>> 
>> You could even present your reel from iMovie using the full screen/high
>> quality mode, for the highest quality presentation.
>> If you use bookmarks in your timeline, you can skip directly to a section.
>> 
>> Then just hand them the DVD to keep after you leave.
> 
> Just one other issue--sometimes they have pretty elaborate cabinetry making
> the TV impossible to connect to. So I'd still like to have some kind of VHS
> backup, just in case (though VHS is pretty grim.)
> 
> Thanks for the valuable tips,
> Brian
>> 
>> regards,
>> 
>> sb
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/25/05 9:03 AM, "Brian Olesky" <brian4 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm a freelance writer and when I call on prospective clients, I've always
>>> showed my reel of TV spots and corporate videos on VHS, meaning I'd have to
>>> go to a professional studio and have a new one made every year or so.
>>> 
>>> However, thanks to my 15" 1.5 gig AlBook, iMovie and iDVD, I'm now able to
>>> build custom DVD reels for each pitch, a huge step forward--both in content
>>> and quality. However sometimes the people I'm talking to don't have a DVD
>>> player in the room, and I have to show my reel on VHS (ugh).
>>> 
>>> So, now that I'm making custom reels on DVD, what's the best transfer method
>>> for these VHS presentations?
>>> 
>>> Should I buy one of those combo DVD/VHS set top boxes to do the transfer?
>>> Are some better than others at this kind of task? (I recently saw one at a
>>> Sam's Warehouse for $118).
>>> 
>>> Would the quality be the same running a cable from my standalone DVD player
>>> to my standalone VHS player to do the transfer?
>>> 
>>> Or would I be best off running some kind of cable from my AlBook to the
>>> client's TV and showing it directly from the original file?
>>> 
>>> Quality is important, as the material contains high-end video and sound and
>>> I'd like it to retain as much quality as possible.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
>> 
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