Burn VHS To DVD With A Simple Outline To Guide You

April 4, 2011 · by John O'Brian · in ,

There are a number of analog video formats such as Beta, VHS, VHS-C, S-VHS, Video8, Hi8, and on and on. All are video media recorded with magnetic tape, susceptible to degradation over time, and perfect candidates for digital conversion. There are probably as many ways to transfer analog video to digital video as there are numbers of video formats. However, here is the big picture that describes the overall process.

Video Capture

If you are using a VCR or an analog camcorder as the source of the video conversion, you will need to capture the video with a specialized video converter. After the video is captured, it is then converted to an uncompressed digital file format such as MPEG-2 or AVI, which can be edited and recorded to a DVD.

Video Processing

An important procedure that coincides with video capture is video processing. By connecting a video processor or a time base corrector in line between the analog VCR or camcorder and the capture device, a variety of improvements can be made to the original video including stabilizing the picture, adjusting brightness, increasing or decreasing contrast, and tweaking color so the video quality is flawless.

Digital Camcorders

Although the entire digital conversion process including video capture, video processing, and the encoding of the analog to an uncompressed video format can be done with the analog equipment mentioned above, it is easier and more efficient to connect the source machine (analog VCR or camcorder) directly to a digital camcorder. Most digital cameras can run a digital noise reduction process and “pass through” the video using a built in time base corrector. The result is increased quality and detail.

This is the basic outline for transferring 8mm to DVD – or any number of analog to digital conversion processes. After these steps are done, you can edit the videos with computer software and author a DVD or Blu-ray disc to burn VHS to DVD or Blu-ray.

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