simple transfer from vhs to dvd - hope simple

[Jessica Fae Nelson]

I've used FFmpeg (freeware) to encode vob files, but it seems to like to
have both audio and video for the "input" (although you only discover this
when it won't export functional files).  You have to be pretty tech savvy to
do the download too, honestly I can't remember the details anymore but here
is the link:

http://ffmpeg.org/download.html

To rip the audio, I've had trouble with Audacity not wanting to export in
mp3 format and have found it much easier to use Switch (there is a free
version and a pay version,  I use the free version and have had no issues).
It doesn't seem to mind if your files start out video + audio and end up as
just audio and it spits them out pretty fast.  I haven't tried vob files
with Switch but it would be worth it to see since Switch is a very easy
download, easy to use, etc.

http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html

I hope this helps.

Jessica

2010/9/3 Neskie Manuel <neskiem at gmail.com>

> This sounds like it should be some web page somewhere.
>
> I purchased this to get vhs video onto my computer.
>
> http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/easy-vhs-to-dvd/mac/overview.html
>
> The cost was like $100 CAD.
>
> It creates mp4 and mov files.  I can also extract the audio using audacity.
>
> Neskie Manuel
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:24 AM,  <Jimrem at aol.com> wrote:
> >>>Personally I would (and now that I think of it, probably will) order a
> >>> couple of the VHS/DVD players. My understanding that stand-alone VHS
> decks
> >>> are getting harder to come by, and the combo VHS/DVD decks are price so
> low
> >>> that it should be economically feasible.
> >
> >
> > One problem is that if you want to make audio only copies from your
> > DVDs many of the VHS/DVD machines save their copies in VOB format.  That
> is
> > fine to play with your DVD player on the TV, but hard to find a decent
> > program to rip the audio portion into a format you can edit as a sound
> file.
> >
> > If you want audio only the RCA plugs to mini-phone plug directly into
> your
> > computer as someone suggested might be the best solution.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Jim Rementer
> > Lenape Language Project
> > Bartlesville, OK, 74006
> > [www.talk-lenape.org]
> >
>
>
>
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