• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Need help converting VHS-C tape onto DVD/PC

  • Thread starter Thread starter Jordan Hartley
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Jordan Hartley

Got some VHS-C tapes im wanting to convert to dvd or just get uploaded onto a pc so that I can share my incredible chase in Nickerson with the ST community but dont know what to do and I cant afford a DVD converter. Can someone help me out? What do I need to do?
 
You will need to purchase or borrow some sort of hardware that does the job. The hardware serves as a bridge between your VHS player and your computer and turns it into a digital form that can be edited and/or burned to disk or uploaded to a video site.

A Canopus device will do the job. I've used a 100 model before to convert a Beta VHS tape to digital. A DV camera that has "pass through" capabilities will also do the job, so a friend or relative that will give you one of those for a few hours would do the trick. This is an, admittably, old list but the point is that even inexpensive cameras had this capability. http://www.homevideo101.com/dv-camcorders-with-pass-through/
Perhaps someone on the list would offer to do that for you.

You'll need the proper converter cords to connect the VHS player to the DV Camera's IN and then to go through one of the camera's OUTs to your computers input. It gets more complicated from there. If you have a TV card in your computer you can go S-Video to S-Video, if not you will probably need to go USB to USB (and need the appropriate cable with small USB on the camera side and "standard" USB on the computer side.) http://www.homevideo101.com/dv-camcorders-with-pass-through/

Then you'll need the capture software on the PC side and software to edit the video. WinDV is freeware capture software, for example. (Google it).

You may find it easier/simpler to take the tape somewhere and just have them convert it. Google VHS to digital conversion service.
 
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