backing up videotapes

[Erika Hoff]

Dear all,

Thanks to the many who responded to my query about how to back up
videotapes. The gist of the answer, as I understand it, is that first you
must digitize your tapes, saving them as .avi files or compressed as .mpg
files. Then you can write these files onto a CD. To accomplish the
digitizing part you need a video capture card and accompanying software. You
hook up the VCR to the card to create the files. Then you need a CD burner
to put the files on the CD. One suggested program for accomplishing the
first part is called Broadway, version 2.5; and a recommended website is
http://www.videoguys.com/dtvhome.html.

Other comments were that these digitized files take up a great deal of space
and the whole process is very time consuming and expensive.

Thanks again,

Erika

Erika Hoff, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Florida Atlantic University
2912 College Avenue
Davie, FL 33314
(954) 236-1142
fax: (954) 236-1099