[Novalug] Need friend with VCR
Beartooth
karhunhammas@Lserv.com
Fri Mar 16 13:17:28 EDT 2007
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Nino Pereira wrote:
> Beartooth,
>
> you don't say anything about the format this videotape is in.
> Are you sure it's a 'normal' tape?
No, I'm not. However, there's a post on a VTLUUG forum
today, which I've just replied to, from someone here who has A
VCR and a mythtv box (whatever that is); he thinks he can make an
mpeg of it. We'l see.
> In this case you should be able to see it through your
> television, the way you normally watch videotapes, and then you
> can without any doubt convert it to some digital format (but, I
> don't know how: maybe someone else at NoVALUG knows).
>
> I ask this because some time ago I got nice pictures of my
> innards directly on a CD. But, they were in some medical
> format, not one of the usual computer formats. So, in addition
> to the pictures I needed the software to read them. If your
> videotape were to have some special format you should first ask
> for the corresponding software, only then worry about
> transferring them to CD.
Ouch! I don't even know where to ask.
> Nino
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Beartooth Bookworm, Cantankerous Curmudgeon
I have never owned a television. Nor wanted to.
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