I thought that maybe some of you may have copied your old vidios to a CD and was wondering the best way to go about it. I see you can buy a combo machine from LG but thought there may be a cheaper alternative. Thanks, Phil
2foot6 said
12:30 AM Sep 28, 2013
Hi ,we have a dual machine and works very well.Have just transferred a lot of videos to DVD with no hiccups. cheers peter
_wombat_ said
12:48 AM Sep 28, 2013
brandydod wrote:
I thought that maybe some of you may have copied your old vidios to a CD and was wondering the best way to go about it. I see you can buy a combo machine from LG but thought there may be a cheaper alternative. Thanks, Phil
video's will only go on DVD's, music on cd's
QueenKombi said
03:10 AM Sep 28, 2013
I bought a do-hicky called an "EasyCap." One end plugs into the back of a standard VCR, the other into your PC. It has an editing function where you can cut out adverts (if your video has been recorded from a commercial station) and you can add sound tracks, edit the recording and all sorts of marvellous things. The postage cost more than the item itself at around $15 all up
One day I'll have to try and find time to see if it works
hako said
04:27 AM Sep 28, 2013
QueenKombi wrote:
I bought a do-hicky called an "EasyCap." One end plugs into the back of a standard VCR, the other into your PC. It has an editing function where you can cut out adverts (if your video has been recorded from a commercial station) and you can add sound tracks, edit the recording and all sorts of marvellous things. The postage cost more than the item itself at around $15 all up
One day I'll have to try and find time to see if it works
I bought one of these and........need I say more
DeBe said
05:23 AM Sep 28, 2013
Yes I purchased an Easy Cap, about $15 free delivery. Supposed to work on XP,Vista, Windows 7. No it doesn't seem to work. But I have an LG DVD recorder/ VCR player combo, this copies Videos to DVD quite well.
03_troopy said
06:27 PM Sep 29, 2013
_wombat_ wrote:
brandydod wrote:
I thought that maybe some of you may have copied your old vidios to a CD and was wondering the best way to go about it. I see you can buy a combo machine from LG but thought there may be a cheaper alternative. Thanks, Phil
video's will only go on DVD's, music on cd's
Unless of course you use VCD format, or convert your video to mpeg or AVI and store it on a CD. In fact, many pirated videos of recent release movies can be found online in mpg or avi format that will fit onto a CDR disc (or 10 to 11 movies on a dual layer DVD), although you wouldn't download them as it is illegal and these sites/networks are rampant with viruses and malware .
If you have a digital video camera with an AV input, you can use this to take the output from the VCR, put it through the video camera and convert it to a digital format type dependant on your camera, which can then be stored on any storage media of suitable size, or converted to any required video format.
QueenKombi said
03:46 PM Sep 30, 2013
Thanks for the input hako and DeBe. I guess the EasyCap can stay in the cupboard
-- Edited by QueenKombi on Monday 30th of September 2013 03:46:27 PM
I thought that maybe some of you may have copied your old vidios to a CD and was wondering the best way to go about it. I see you can buy a combo machine from LG but thought there may be a cheaper alternative. Thanks, Phil
Hi ,we have a dual machine and works very well.Have just transferred a lot of videos to DVD with no hiccups. cheers peter
video's will only go on DVD's, music on cd's
I bought a do-hicky called an "EasyCap." One end plugs into the back of a standard VCR, the other into your PC. It has an editing function where you can cut out adverts (if your video has been recorded from a commercial station) and you can add sound tracks, edit the recording and all sorts of marvellous things. The postage cost more than the item itself at around $15 all up

One day I'll have to try and find time to see if it works
I bought one of these and........need I say more


Yes I purchased an Easy Cap, about $15 free delivery. Supposed to work on XP,Vista, Windows 7. No it doesn't seem to work. But I have an LG DVD recorder/ VCR player combo, this copies Videos to DVD quite well.
Unless of course you use VCD format, or convert your video to mpeg or AVI and store it on a CD. In fact, many pirated videos of recent release movies can be found online in mpg or avi format that will fit onto a CDR disc (or 10 to 11 movies on a dual layer DVD), although you wouldn't download them as it is illegal and these sites/networks are rampant with viruses and malware .
If you have a digital video camera with an AV input, you can use this to take the output from the VCR, put it through the video camera and convert it to a digital format type dependant on your camera, which can then be stored on any storage media of suitable size, or converted to any required video format.
Thanks for the input hako and DeBe. I guess the EasyCap can stay in the cupboard
-- Edited by QueenKombi on Monday 30th of September 2013 03:46:27 PM