recording movies onto comp

[jak]

he ive got ati all in wonder and whenever i try to record a movie to my hdd from a vcr it gets no sound. im doing this so i can create cd backups of the movie, and its perfectly legal cause u can legally create backups of anything u want, u just cant give it to anyone else. so ill proly need a dvd-ram, but anyways, does anyone else have this same problem cause i checked out all of the connections and settings and it all seems fine, the only thing i can think of is ati recognizing a block on the movie. any insite would be greatly appreciated
jak

[daverme]

Edited to delete remarks that showed my total ignorance of the technical issues at hand and to thank jak for asking this question because, as a result, I've learned something that might be of great benefit to me.

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[mattjenna]

Not quite on the topic-but how about recording from my ANALOGUE Sony Hi8 NTSC Vid Camera onto the comp hard drive.

Software I need (prefer free-poor) and connections and anything else?

Any guides on the net?

Sorry to intrude-but always someone here who knows.

Thanks
Regards
Matt

[mike511]

Actually thats not true daverme. You can fit 74 or 80 mins of video and sound on a cd and play it in a DVD drive either computer or home video. You just have to convert your video to a VCD format and then burn that to a cd using adaptec or something and then its playable in a dvd drive. And its 74 or 80 mins of sounds AND video

[jak]

daverme
hey buddy why dont u go and search for dvd-ram drives that hold , what is it, 5(1sided-9(double sided)gigs a piece and there what 500bucks, yeah thats what i thought
go to www.pricewatch.com (http://www.pricewatch.com) and search for yourself. http://store.yahoo.com/alienoutpost/tos97gigided.html pricewatch.com
this sight offers a dvd-ram for 400 some dollars
before u try to help others, help urself and learn something first.
jak
also my software offers ways to burn camcorder movies to vcd so i dont see a difference.
matt, does ur camcorder have a firewaire port? if so and u by a firewire port for ur comp it should come with software to record, otherwise go to like cnet.com or sumthin like that. hope this helps.
adious
jak

[daverme]

jak, you're right - sorry I mouthed off. Mike, thanks for the tip. Dave

[jak]

its ok sorry i got cocky or whatever i feel bad now. oh btw mattjenna and every1 else u can also you mgi videowave or sumthin like that to record from external source, right now im recording a tv program to my hdd. so i guess it is possible just my ati software is screwed up. soory again dave ill calm down
jak

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[daverme]

Matt, I use a miroVIDEO DC30+ (Pinnacle Systems) but a lot has changed since I got that card in 1998 (only two years but seems like eons ago!). One place you might look is www.videoguys.com; (http://www.videoguys.com;) they specialize in DTV. Dave

[Solidus]

www.vcdhelp.com (http://www.vcdhelp.com) is the best site i've found for all your video needs, weather it be capture, conversion, compression, editing, or recording. Very useful.