Assistance Please with DVD recording

[mlvance]

I purchased a JVC VHS/ DVD recorder It only records on a DVD-r or -RW.

The system works well but I was told at the store that I bought it from that I could record my home grown VHS tapes on to a DVD and then take the DVD to a PC and copy the movie for editing...

Well this is not working - ( I've tried both -r and -rw disc's and looking at the discs using a DVD dual recording drive

So my question is - is there a way to do this - or do I need to buy some sort of device to record directly to the PC?

[ormonde]

First you need the necessary hardware such as an internal card where you can connect your VCR to the card via either RCA or S-video cables. There are also external devices that will accomplish similar results. Most of these devices with come bundled with a software interface that will allow you to capture the VHS footage to an mpeg or AVI digital format. Once you have the footage captured to a digital file format, follow this procedure:

1. Convert the AVI (DivX or Xvid)/mpeg file(s) to a DVD compliant mpeg-2 file(s) using "TMPGEnc" or "TMPGEnc Plus". Use the DVD template (NTSC or PAL) form the "Project Wizard" to help you accomplish the task. If you have an mpeg file that is already DVD-compliant, then skip directly to step 2.

2. Then use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (different than "TMPGEnc") to author the newly created mpeg-2 into a DVD-related file structure (.IFO, .BUP, .VOB). As an alternative, you can use "DVDLab" to author as well.

3. If the combined filesize of the project exceeds 4.37 Gig, use "DVD Shrink" or similar transcoding program to compress.

4. Use "Nero" or similar burning program to burn onto a DVD (r, rw) disk.