Is there any way to do this?

Question

what i want to do is, record some VHS tapes onto a DVD, but i don't have a DVD recorder, therefore i need to use the computer, is there anyway i could plug the VCR into the computer and record the film onto the computer and make it into an video clip file

Answer 1

go to a specialist shop and get advice from someone there

Answer 2

You need to have 1 of the following:

A video capture card inside your PC, either a combo video card that also does capture like the All-In Wonder cards, or a dedicated separate video capture card

OR

An external (USB/FireWire) video capture device like a Dazzle that will plug into your comptuer externally and let you plug any video input into it.

Both have the RCA/S-Video inputs you need to feed VHS, DVD, Cable, or any other video feed into your PC.

After you capture to your PC you can do watch it, burn DVD's or format for iPods, PSP, or just save the video.