[AT] Backing up tractor pictures(VHS to CD)

[Larry D. Goss]

It takes a bit more hard disk space than the size of the file you're
trying to convert, Ralph.  If you're burning a 4.7 Gigabyte DVD, you
probably will need a little over 5 Gigabytes on your hard drive.  But I
doubt that you're going to find yourself transferring anything that big
in a single file off of a VHS tape.

Be careful which partition you install your video manipulation software
into on your computer.  It's not uncommon to have those programs
installed on the small partition of your hard drive where the operating
system is, and then they run out of space simply because they can't find
enough storage in the same partition.  Generally speaking, the software
isn't smart enough to start searching new partitions or alternative
drives for more storage.

Larry

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----- Original Message -----
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aramble.


> At the present time, transferring VHS (or Beta) to DVD is possible,
but it
will
> take a lot more equipment than just a PC with a DVD burner and a TV
Video
> card to do the job. I noticed a shop in Temple that has a sign out
front
> advertising
> the transfer, but haven't checked on the prices yet.

Phil, I'm pretty sure I saw an ad for one of these  video transfer
machines
that would transfer the VHS tape contents onto a CD. Can't recall the
price
but I guess it would depend on how much tape a person had to transfer in
making the decision to buy. I just hoped that maybe the newer more
powerful
computers might be able to do it on their own. But somebody else told me
that it would take a huge capacity on a computer's hard drive to
transfer
video. After hearing how unstable VHS recordings can become as time goes
by
I am a little concerned that I might eventually lose all the history I
have
recorded.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/



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