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I am in the process of converting about 70 old VCR's (home movies) to DVD with my DVD to VCR recorder. However, in a year or so, I am seriously considering acquiring a high end MAC Pro or so to work with music files, photo, etc. I have heard Mac does a great job of enhancing VCR to electronic. Should I hang on to my VCR tapes to redo them later with the Mac or can the Mac work its magic with the DVD's I have already created?

A digital copy of a tapes have been enhanced about as much as they can be enhanced. Therefore trying to get a better quality from a digital recording would be very very limited regardless of the computer you use to do this.

Huh? Now you see why I can't do them pics like you, C. You gonna have to interpret what ya just said above fer the ole timer to even understand it.

Huh? Now you see why I can't do them pics like you, C. You gonna have to interpret what ya just said above fer the ole timer to even understand it.Is a codec one a them newfangled Kodak cameras? The codec will encode or decode information sent to it. In the VCR example , the codec will receive the analog signal from the VCR and convert it to digital.To get the highest quality conversion , two things are in play.1. The source of the analog signal must be as pure as possible. ie a cheap vcr would not deliver a high quality signal.2. The Codec must have a high bandwidth to ensure the capture and storing ratios are sufficient enough to provide a quality recording. ei if an analog source to the codec has a high bandwidth but the codec's bandwidth is lesser , then the quality of the recording will suffer. Most standard codec's meet IEEE guide lines. Another example is ;You have a master Deck around your pool . Any addition to this deck would be considered a Co-Deck.

Well, the parsonage here in Pikeville aint got no pool or deck, but I see what ya mean.

Are you saying I will get a better copy to run through a computer versus my VCR to DVD recorder? It is a nice recorder in the $300 range. (The brand name is leaving me). But, they are in one unit. VCR on one side and DVD recorder on the other side. What computer software do you recommend. The only editing I plan on doing is to cut and paste and burn. For example, I may have 20 minutes of my kids playing. For brevity, I may cut that 20 minutes to 3 minutes and combine with other snippets for a particular dvd or from another Dvd into more of a compilation. I doubt I will try to mess around with color or lighting enhancements (if that is doable in a video format). I doubt I will insert transistions, but I may try to put in different tracks (I'm not sure what it is called where I can click on one short movie versus another). Maybe those are called menus? Anyway, I won't be doing sophisticated editing. I don't have the time.

A digital copy of a tapes have been enhanced about as much as they can be enhanced. Therefore trying to get a better quality from a digital recording would be very very limited regardless of the computer you use to do this.I would hang onto the tapes and try one with the new computer. The codec will probably be a little more sensitive to variations in the analog stream.

Let me try it this way. Assume you have two choices, which would you do for the best result.1. Make a digital copy from the VHS to your computer with a software program. 2. You have a VHS and DVD recorder that are in one unit, so you copy the VHS directly to a DVD recorder.

A digital copy of a tapes have been enhanced about as much as they can be enhanced. Therefore trying to get a better quality from a digital recording would be very very limited regardless of the computer you use to do this.I would hang onto the tapes and try one with the new computer. The codec will probably be a little more sensitive to variations in the analog stream.

Thank you!