"Spidey" wrote in message
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Malcolm,

I was only answering the point about the time to 'burn' a disc, not
saying
anything about all the other factors.

OK, perhaps we are a bunch of killjoys but IMO the time to have started
in what you propose was three years ago, then you'd have had a locally
unique service. Now with the new A06 drive costing only £175 (Novatech
'spammed' me earlier today) every Tom Dick and Harry will be doing it if
they want to. Few will want to pay for your time when £175 will only buy
five or six hours of it - unless you plan on starving. ;-)
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Malcolm

"Spidey" wrote in message
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Malcolm,

The sort of kit you are using is the kind of advice I came here
seeking.
Care to expand on what you've got?

My kit is in many respects out of date, it includes a lot of dedicated
hardware, you wouldn't want to buy it today. Recently I've played with
software only solutions but it was slower than my ancient stuff, not by
a huge amount but enough to worry me and make me hope the old kit keeps
going a bit longer.

You need to get something totally reliable, nothing worse than losing
hours of work due to computer problems. Others here will tell you what
might be reliable at reasonable cost.

All my file creation/transcoding etc is done with Discreet's Cleaner 5
(sometimes Cleaner XL) which integrates with my edit suite. Long
regarded as the industry standard for such jobs but challenged these
days by Procoder from Canopus from what I hear. Pinnacle have something
similar too.

There really isn't a lot of point in listing my kit, it's five years
old, cost well into five figures and has served me well, earned its keep
several times over. It's now coming to the end of its life and I would
expect that within the next 18 months software only solutions, in
conjunction with some sort of DV bridge, will overtake it. Currently I
don't know what I'd choose, if it had to be right now it might be
Edition 5 Pro running on the fastest computer money can buy. It seems to
be stable enough but currently isn't as fast as my 4 full size dedicated
PCI boards and an external box the size of a small suitcase.

I see rendering is complete on the other machine so I must go. :-)
--
Malcolm

In message , Malcolm Knight
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"Tony Morgan" wrote in message
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In message , Spidey
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I have a 2x Writer that does DVD-R and a 4X Writer that does DVD-R +
DVD+R. I have burnt lots of disks and don't really think it is a
problem. I have serveral computer so tying a couple up is not a
problem. At 4X, a full movie only takes 12 minutes so not that time
consuming.

You can burn a DVD 60 to 120 minute DVD from analogue in 12 minutes?

Can you tell us all just how you manage that?

We are far too sceptical a bunch here Tony, he's buzzed off to
rec.video.professional now to see what they have to say.

ROFL. I'm tempted to subscribe there to see what response he gets :-)
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

In article , Spidey
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Hi,

I'd like to start a business in my local town offering a VHS --- DVD
conversion service. I've got a DVD writer but find the area of Video Capture
Cards and Editing Software to be very confusing.

Can anyone recommend the right kit to use that would be suitable for
commercial quality rather than just home use? WinTV seem to do some cheap
home products but this kit must be too cheap to use as the basis for a
professional business.

Recommendations for Hardware and Software anyone?


If you simply want to go from VHS to DVD, have no need to add menus etc
then why not simply get something like a Panasonic HS-2, connect it to
your VHS source via scart, press play on the VHs and record on the HS-2.

I had a load of old VHS that I wanted to save on DVD and started on the
video capture route - gave up, total waste of time for what I needed.
Next purchase (from Argos, remember their 16 day return philosophy) was
a Philips 880 (DVD+R), quite liked the format, nice menu system.
Philips kit was most unimpressive. Changed to the HDD recorder (HS-2)
and haven't looked back, excellent piece of kit.

--
Tim Puffett

"Tony Morgan" wrote in message

In message , Malcolm Knight
writes
snip

We are far too sceptical a bunch here Tony, he's buzzed off to
rec.video.professional now to see what they have to say.

ROFL. I'm tempted to subscribe there to see what response he gets :-)

A developing flame war by the looks of things......