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vhs to dvd

I was making the backup when I first posted and thankfully I can play it but haven't watched it through yet. The movie is a little film from New Zealand called Starlight Hotel - »www.amazon.com/Starlight-Hotel-V···01216318.

I found some copies on a torrent site (rapidshare I think) but their reviews are horrid so I'm not taking the chance. Part of the problem is that some singer (Zoe something) has an album by the same name so I don't know if I'd be getting the movie I want or that album.
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reply to Sweet Witch
VHS uses a different type of copy protection than DVD's.
some capture cards effectively remove this so it should be fine.
the older analog macrovision uses VBI and most capture cards dont copy this area.
heres some samples of macrovision and VBI (best sample pictures i could find):
VBI horizontal area
analog macrovision
How macrovision works
some dvd players have built in macrovision that is sent to the analog outputs of the dvd player, that is either on all the time or activated by the dvd.
a macrovision affected video copy will appear as if someone is messing with the brightness and color of the video on random occasions.
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reply to Sweet Witch
No. CSS can only be applied in commercial DVD pressing - consumer DVD blanks lack the necessary inner track for the CSS data to be stored.

Better question is will your digitizing device stop cold once it notices Macrovision protection of commercially pre-recorded VHS tapes?

The times are all correct so it didn't stop but I haven't checked the full movie yet so I'm still not counting it as 'done'.

So, to make copies I just need to burn the actual files like if I were burning pictures?
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reply to Sweet Witch
They might be hard to find today but at one time even places like radio shack sold a device called a "Video Stabilizer" I think it was that basically removed the old VHS macrovision.
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reply to Sweet Witch
If you have the VHS tapes digitized properly (and they play fine, no audio/video sync issues), you will then need a DVD authoring program. You can't just copy files to a DVD recordable and expect it to pay - DVD players need the data in a structured way. They take in video/audio and do all of the conversion necessary and write out a video DVD image (and burn it to disc). There is a simple one built into Windows Vista/7 (Premium on up), there are retail programs one can buy which are more flexible and easy to use, and there are some very clumsy free solutions.

Ok, I know there's a Geek-to-English translator around here somewhere...

I have access to a W7 machine, so, step-by-step, what do I need to do?
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You can use Windows DVD Maker.

»windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind···VD-Maker

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Work with projects in Windows DVD Maker

A project file holds information about the video, pictures, and audio files that you have added in Windows DVD Maker and would like to burn to a DVD. This project file also includes information on the arrangement of those items as they will appear on the burned DVD, as well as information about the menu for the DVD.

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