Video to DVD transfer?

[Leila Monaghan]

Thanks for all your comments, useful discussion.

I have 30 hours of field tapes I shot myself and various home videos--things
without protection on my end--that I want to transfer to a machine editable
format.

Question for Brenda--does you machine also do audio tapes.  Also have hours
of audio I'd love to transfer as well.

All best,

Leila


On 5/15/08 12:01 PM, "Jim Wilce" <jim.wilce at nau.edu> wrote:

> Hi Richard, Laura, Jonathan, Leila and all,
> 
> I think programs like MacTheRipper might be able to read even the odd
> DVD format, so that once it's transferred to your Mac you'll probably be
> able to translate it into a format you can use for viewing, and also
> editing.  MacTheR. is freeware.
> 
> Jim
> 
> Richard J Senghas wrote:
>> Yes, but these machines (especially the newer ones) usually then put
>> the material in a DVD format that cannot be used as input for iMovie
>> or other software (to prevent piracy).  If you are trying to produce
>> Quicktime or other digital video files, you usually have to go through
>> the fussy process of piping through a camera or other
>> analog-to-digital encoding device.
>> 
>> -RJS
>> 
>> On 15 May 2008, , at 7:56 AM, Laura Miller wrote:
>> 
>>> You can buy a VHS to DVD recorder for under $150
>