Computer Conversion Software for VHS to DVD

Your films can always be with you, if you have a portable video player. It could be either iPod or Zune, a Palm or any other similar device. If you have a DVD, you can use video conversion software and convert your videos into a format that is playable on a portable video player. Among the many programs that allow such conversion, Videorama is one of the best because it is easy to use and you can quickly make your DVD play on your iPod.

Memories fade and make VHS, DVD, thankfully, last longer. May you have many memories of family videos on VHS tapes? Unfortunately, they do not last very long. Over the years, the quality of VHS has started to become diminishing. VHS tapes will start to wear out after being played many times. If you want to keep those memories, you need to convert your VHS into DVD. This can be done in several ways. The process is somewhat more complicated than converting from other formats since most videos are stored on VHS cassettes and not stored elsewhere.

The easiest (but certainly not the cheapest) way to transfer VHS to DVD is to entrust to a company. When you entrust a company, you don�t have to deal with all the technical details of the conversion. You bring your VHS tapes to the company and after some time, get the DVD ready. This way you can quickly save your memories.

If you want to convert the VHS to DVD on your own, you have many options and this could be fun besides saving you lot of money. These options are normally time consuming as conversion requires plenty of time. One of the most time consuming exercise is to capture VHS video using an analog-DV converter. It will capture video on your computer but after hours of playtime. You need to encode to MPEG-2 and write a DVD. If you want to make changes to your existing video, this is the best option, but you'll need hours and hours just to complete the conversion of one hour of video.

Another option for converting VHS to DVD is a little faster is that if you capture the VHS video using a hardware capture device that will convert DVD to MPEG-2. This limits your options for modifying and editing but one hour of video would be done just in an hour time. Once you have it on your computer as MPEG-2, you can burn it on a DVD.

If your video is on your camcorder, then all you need to do is connect the camcorder to a standalone DVD burner. VHS will automatically be converted to DVD and DVD disc will be created. If you want to transfer your VHS movie to DVD without making any changes, it is the best way to do it.

Options to convert your memories of the VHS to DVD are numerous. It depends on your time, budget and the need to make changes; you must choose one or the other way.