What equipment do I need to transfer my old vcr home movies over to dvd????
I have a new Dell with the movie maker program,,, I want to get a external
DVD burner and then what ( I hear that there is one called a Dazzle) I think.
But-
what would I need to do all this ?????
External DVD burner ????
Hardware for such ?????

I think I have the rest of the required needs.
If someone is skilled on this subject, please let me know.

geno52 wrote:
> What equipment do I need to transfer my old vcr home
> movies over to dvd???? I have a new Dell with the movie
> maker program,,, I want to get a external DVD burner and
> then what ( I hear that there is one called a Dazzle) I
> think. But-
> what would I need to do all this ?????
> External DVD burner ????
> Hardware for such ?????
>
> I think I have the rest of the required needs.
> If someone is skilled on this subject, please let me know.
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If your main goal is to make DVD copies
of your VHS home movies...you don't need
a computer. A DVD Recorder like the
following example may be worth a look.

Here's one example:
http://tinyurl.com/88lql

However if you plan to edit your movies...
Maybe the following links will give you an
idea of what's involved.

Capturing Analog Video
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalog.html

Copying VHS to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/dzcho

Download Video to Your
Computer with Windows
Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/4fpea

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Ok- I have the Microsoft Windows Movie Maker, version 5.1 on the new computer.
I think it does frames !! Wouldnt this take care of the software for that.
???????



"John Inzer" wrote:

> geno52 wrote:
> > What equipment do I need to transfer my old vcr home
> > movies over to dvd???? I have a new Dell with the movie
> > maker program,,, I want to get a external DVD burner and
> > then what ( I hear that there is one called a Dazzle) I
> > think. But-
> > what would I need to do all this ?????
> > External DVD burner ????
> > Hardware for such ?????
> >
> > I think I have the rest of the required needs.
> > If someone is skilled on this subject, please let me know.
> =================================
> If your main goal is to make DVD copies
> of your VHS home movies...you don't need
> a computer. A DVD Recorder like the
> following example may be worth a look.
>
> Here's one example:
> http://tinyurl.com/88lql
>
> However if you plan to edit your movies...
> Maybe the following links will give you an
> idea of what's involved.
>
> Capturing Analog Video
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalog.html
>
> Copying VHS to DVD
> http://tinyurl.com/dzcho
>
> Download Video to Your
> Computer with Windows
> Movie Maker 2
> http://tinyurl.com/4fpea
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
> How to ask a newsgroup question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>
>

geno52 wrote:
> Ok- I have the Microsoft Windows Movie Maker, version 5.1
> on the new computer. I think it does frames !! Wouldnt
> this take care of the software for that. ???????
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You have Movie Maker version 2.1. The 5.1
is referring to your version of Windows XP.

And no... Movie Maker won't import video
from a VCR and burn it to a DVD. Read the
articles I posted for you.

Here are some more articles that may offer
some ideas:

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/644me

How do I make a DVD
http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html

Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/jqfz

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375