VHS to DVD

[Patchrunner]

Hi All, I have a lot of VHS tapes which I recorded from my camcorder. But I now want to convert them either to my hard drive or to DVD.
I have a Pinnacle TV stick which will play Digital TV stations but does not recognise a VCR machine. I also have Ulead Movie Maker 5 which will also not recognise the VCR signal. Can anybody help ?
I am using Windows Vista Ultimate on a Dell inspiron 530 Desktop
Patchrunner

[Gatto]

Hi Patchrunner -

Unfortunately, VCRs only output an analogue signal and hence require either a video-in connection (ie SCART or RGB) or an analogue tuner.

If your TV stick is a digital tuner only then it wont be able to handle this. If it has a video-in connection then you should be able to. Which Pinnacle stick do you use?

G

[Patchrunner]

Thanks for your reply Gatto,
I am using a Dazzle DVB-T stick is that any help ?

[Gatto]

It seems Dazzle make a couple of DVB-T sticks - is there a number associated with it? Or does it say that its a 'hybrid'?

[Patchrunner]

Sorry Gatto,
there is no other info on the box, on the stick there is the number 71e 1039.
Patchrunner

[Gatto]

I've just double checked, and the 71e is purely a digital tuner - no analog option even with a software change.

So the only way to do this would be with an analog tv tuner card - the Hauppage WinTV USB springs to mind, or the Hauppage USB Live Capture card.

Another alternative would be to get a cheap DVD recorder and plug your VCR into that.

Sorry I couldn't help more!

G