VHS to Mac DVD's

OK, I am a brand new mac owner and have so many PC programs that I can't use on my mac. So what is the best (easiest to use and learn from -- plug and play) program for my mac and that I can hook up to my VCR and convert from VHS to digital and then burn directly on to a DVD? I don't want to have sound out of sync with video and such.
I had a PC program that was simple and just a plug and play then burn. But with all the programs for mac....isn't there one that is the easiest and quickest? Let me know!
[email protected]

Hi:
What about iDVD - One Step DVD feature? iDVD and iMovie are installed in your Mac for free.
I guess you have the right hardware to capture/digitalize your VHSs tapes.
I don't want to have sound out of sync with video and such.
Sometimes that depends on source material conditions and capture hardware/workflow involved too.
Hope that helps !

Similar Messages

  • What is the best VHS converter to DVD for mac

    Ready to convert old VHS tapes to DVD.  What is considered to be the best on the market now for Macs?  Thank you for your help.

    Grassvalley ADVC300
    I've played around with countless other conversion systems, ranging in price from $79 to $399. Short verison, this is the ONLY unit to own. No dropped frames at all, even with questionable quality tapes, no jitter, great color, excellent sound quality. Zero setup with iMovie 06 and iDVD 09/11.
    This is a prosumer deck. The time code function is alone worth the price if you have old analog footage. Absolutely NO "Out Of Sync" audio.
    ADVC300 is for anyone who wants to do editing and is concerned about quality of color and speed, for the novice it is an incredible gizmo that will restore VHS tapes to a state close to the original fixing midtones, highlights and shadows on the fly. Not only can you simply convert analog to digital you can actually manipulate the signal going in (if you want to).
    A bit pricey but it WORKS.
    The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material.
    I would use iMovie 06 with iDVD 09/11. VERY easy and 100% "lossless"

  • How best to save VHS tapes to DVDs using a Mac ?

    I have over 30 VHS tapes, eight Hi-8 tapes, and a player for both formats.   Would like to make DVDs of these movies.   There are a few USB adapters (Elgato Video Capture for $100, KWorld DVD Maker 2x for $28)  and Roxio makes Easy VHS to DVD 3 Plus for $60.  Have looked through AV forums on other websites and the directions are not concise, and are aimed at the PC platform.   Prefer to use a Mac.
    What is the fastest, easiest, and best way to save these VHS tapes to DVDs using a Mac ?

    Frank Caggiano wrote:
    Are you sure neither player has a digital output? FireWire would be the most likely connector on that type of equipment.
    Both VHS & Hi-8 are analog tape formats so it is extremely unlikely that VHS players or Hi-8 camcorders would have built-in analog to digital converters. That's why you need a product that includes a hardware A-D converter like the three mentioned by the OP.
    Roxio's Easy VHS to DVD 3 product is for Windows -- there is no software compatible with OS X included. The Easy VHS to DVD for Mac product does include OS X compatible software but it gets poor reviews at Amazon, has apparently not been updated in some time, & the support page for the product has some "page not found" links suggesting Roxio isn't currently supporting the product very well.
    The KWorld DVD Maker comes with a software driver for its A-D converter, which apparently uses a Empia 28xx family chipset. According to this that driver will not work with recent OS X versions, but for $30 one can purchase the VideoGlide driver to solve that problem. The KWorld product does not include OS X compatible editing software; for that you use iMovie (& presumably Toast or iDVD or something else) to burn the movies to DVDs. That makes the price about the same as the Roxio solution but complicates support because hardware & software are coming from different companies.
    The Elgato Video Capture product should be compatible with most OS X versions (but I could not find anything specifically about at beyond the typical "10.5 & above" kind of comment which may or may not mean it supports 10.8 or 10.9) but it captures to H.264/MPEG formats only, so like the KWorld you still need something to convert that to MPEG 2 to burn the captures to a standard DVD.
    So basically, there is no easy "one step" method to transfer VHS (or any of the other analog video formats) to DVD's. Depending on the version of OS X in use, it should be fairly easy to convert the analog source material to a digital format that can be used with iTunes, iMovie, etc., but editing it & particularly burning that to a DVD that will play in a regular DVD player will take more work.

  • Can I convert my VHS tapes into DVD using iMAC?

    How can I convert my VHS tapes into DVD by using iMAC?

    From VHS to DVD
    http://www.macworld.com/article/1030972/fromvhstodvd.html   <<< click here.
    How to Convert a VHS to a DVD for Mac OS X
    http://www.ehow.com/how_6515774_convert-dvd-mac-os-x.html   <<< click here.
    Roxio unveils VHS to DVD converter for Mac
    http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/26/roxio.vhs.to.dvd/   <<< click here.
    How to Convert VHS to DVD on Mac OS X
    http://www.daniusoft.com/tutorial/burn-vhs-to-dvd-on-mac.html   << click here.

  • Works in Simulator, doesn't work in Mac DVD player

    Never seen this before--the Simulator actually works fine, all links and menu calls are flawless. The Video TS in the Mac DVD player, however, menu calls and a couple of links do not work.
    The dvd should be fine, I burned one yesterday and all of this stuff was fine on the disk, just had to go back and make a couple of changes today.
    Anyone seen this before?

    I have seen this kind of thing happen before. You should definately try deleting and old builds when you compile. A couple times i had to delete the parse files and let the project reparse to get the dvd to behave properly after the build.
    sometimes i could only get the project to work by deleting the offending menus and rebuilding and relinking them.

  • HT2499 how to get mac dvd player not to play all and stop at each title?

    how to get mac dvd player not to play all and stop at each title

    Play all chapters, i mean.
    I have a DVD and I would like to just play a chapter, and discuss it, without the next chapter automatically starting. Usually DVD players have the "Play all" you can turn off and on...but I don't see it with the Mac player.
    OS 10.4.
    Macbook 6
    Thanks so much!

  • Airplay Mirroring and the Mac DVD player not working

    Has anyone else experienced issues trying to airplay mirror the mac dvd player?  When I attempt to play a dvd while airplay mirroring is turned on the dvd player window just shows the checkerboard pattern and no video (this is on both the laptop screen and the tv screen).  If I take airplay mirroring off the dvd displays properly.

    I had this same problem, and i read that it has to do with DRM. Even DVDs you make your self wont work because the DRM is set on the DVD player it self. You can use VLC and it should work, it worked with me. Anyways good luck.

  • IDVD slideshows crash Mac DVD Player

    So, I created my movie in iMovie, exported it to iDVD 8, and then I added two slideshows.
    One slideshow has 110 pictures and the other slideshow has about 12 pictures.
    Both slideshows play perfectly in iDVD preview mode and on my Panasonic DVD player.
    But, when I try to play either slideshow on my MacBook Pro, both slideshows crash the Mac DVD Player.
    I'm very frustrated with this. You would think that a DVD I create on my Mac can at least play on my Mac!
    Any help will be most appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Paul

    It's nice to know that someone is seeing a similar problem...misery
    loves company!
    I've been creating slideshows in iDVD by dragging and dropping pictures
    from iphoto, and the slideshows work great in the iDVD preview, on
    my Panasonic DVD player, and my Playstation 2. But, the DVD crashes
    the Mac DVD Player EVERY time. I've have problems with the DVD Player
    in previous release, so this wouldn't surprise me. But, it would be nice
    if the player worked with DVDs created by Apple's own software.
    Paul
    Hi there, I've just installed iLife 08 on my iMac 20" 2.16, OS 10.4.10 with all
    the updates through software update and I get the same problem before even
    burning a disc! Any slideshow exported to iDVD from iPhoto makes the programme
    bug out when you use the iDVD preview. Same photos dragged into iDVD to make the
    slideshow there work fine. Also tried exporting quicktime from iPhoto and
    importing into iDVD that way - also causes the crash (I don't even get a 'quit
    unexpectedly' message) - there's obviously some problem with quicktime.

  • Digital noise in Logic after using Mac DVD player

    I have Logic Pro 7.2, a dual 1.8 G5 with OS 10.4.7, 3GB of RAM, and loads of hard drive space. Every time I open a song in Logic after having watched a DVD using the Mac DVD player, all the instruments, both midi and audio instruments, just sound like static. If I trash all the Logic preferences and start over it clears it up but who wants to reset their preferences every time. Thanks, Steve.

    Thanks to the two who have replied so far to my question. I'll check that out. By the way, I'm new to this, and I've got 67 messages from "Apple Discussions Subscriptions" since I posted this question. Can someone tell me how not to receive those messages. Thanks again, Steve.

  • PS CS6 (mac) dvd ejects before being read.

    PS CS6 (mac) dvd ejects before being read.

    Hi ,
    We really apologize for all the inconvenience which has caused you.
    Are you able to mount other optical media successfully?  If you put the Photoshop CS6 DVD in another Macintosh is it able to be read properly?  If you can read other discs fine and the disc won't mount on another Mac then it is likely a problem with the DVD.
    If the DVD can be mounted on another Macintosh then it is probably an issue with the optical drive on your Macintosh.
    Btw if you need the install files you can download the trial from http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop.  You can then use the serial number included with your software purchase
      In the meanwhile if these steps doesnt resolve your issues you can contact Adobe support by following the link below:
    http://helpx.adobe.com/contact/
    Thanks
    Mandhir

  • Analog transfer (VHS) to digital (DVD)

    I'm starting to convert my old VHS tapes to DVD using a Canopus ADVC110. The transfer process itself works just fine, but there is a thin line at the bottom of the screen of "static" or "interference" that shows up on the digital end (iDVD). Does anyone know what this is, and how do I get rid of it?
    Thanks!

    Hi Maestra
    Welcome to this forum. You'll find all kinds of great info here from many talented people.
    What you are seeing is over-scan lines from the VHS transfer. The good news is that once you burn the DVD and it's viewed on a TV, you won't see those lines. When you author a DVD, you should make sure you check the TV safe area so you'll see exactly what will appear on screen. If you don't, some titles or buttons may not be displayed as you had intended.
    If you ply the DVD through to a projector you may still see the scan lines. Most people will play it on a DVD.
    Good luck with your project.
    Regards
    Carl

  • Backing up old VHS tapes on dvd

    Dear friends
    I have decided to back up a small part of my vhs library via dvd
    I have Toast, DVD2one and the i-life set of apps to help me
    I am importing via eye tv and need to convert the files to a format capable of being burnt wherever appropriate and as quickly as possible.
    What I have experimented with so far is very long-winded, ie export to imovie, export to toast, encode and burn. This may take some 8 hours!
    Does anyone have a quick fix available?

    Skip the iMovie step. Use EyeTV to Import in MPEG-2 format, edit, and send the output directly to Toast (using the "Toast" button). Assuming use have one of the EyeTV units with hardware MPEG-2 encoding (EyeTV 200 or 250), there will be no software encoding, or re-encoding, in the entire process.

  • Convert VHS tape to DVD or flash drive

    I would like to convert home movies that are on a VHS tape to DVD, and then to a flash drive or USB stick

    convert a vhs tape to digital
    I have done lots of that.
    To get your VHS video into iMovie, use the Grassvalley ADVC300 (much better than the roxio easy vhs to dvd).  With the ADVC300 Audio and Video go in, FireWire comes out. It also comes with a nice Macintosh application that works flawlessly with iMovie 06 and iDVD 09/11 (I have used it a few times with iMovie 11).
    The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material. The ADVC300 will take Audio and Video from any source (VCR, Tivo, Satellite Receiver) and convert it to FireWire (iMovie will treat it like a camera).
    http://www.grassvalley.com/products/advc300
    I would use iMovie 06 with iDVD 09/11, why?
    iMovie 09/11 uses 'single field processing' meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage. iMovie 06 uses ALL of the image to form the video.
    If your primary workflow is editing DV clips and making DVDs, iMovie '06 is better suited. Your movie will arrive at iDVD in DV format, which is an ideal match for making a DVD: same resolution, same pixels aspect ratio, and original quality.
    If you share your movie from iMovie 09/11, it gets re-rendered at 640x480 or less, and then iDVD upscales it back to 720x480. The end result is obviously not as good.
    iMovie 06 and iDVD 11 is a "lossless" combination.

  • "Not permitted" access to DVD menu once DVD starts playing --Mac DVD player

    Hi,
    DVD works fine on standalone DVD player, but when played on an internal Mac DVD player, it won't allow me to stop the disc and go to the menu once it has started playing. It says "Not Permitted." I've tried a couple different macs.
    I made my video in FCP5 with chapters and exported as MPEG2 via compressor to DSP 3.0.2. I need the chapters to work correctly on a Mac DVD player as it is an instructional video which will accompany all the Mac Media Carts that have been purchased for our school district -- it has to play correctly on the included laptops.
    Anyone have any ideas?

    When you press STOP in the DVD Player, the DVD stops, no longer running. That's the reason that when you try to press MENU appears the Not Permited message: no way to go to the menu because the DVD is not playing.
    That's the normal behaviour of the DVD Player. I think that's the way that thinks works in every DVD player . . . "I think".

  • MAC DVD player stops networks connections...no answers in Safari.

    This is a constant and repetitive error.
    Everytime that I play the any DVD in the DVD player (application version 5.0.3, system version 5.0.6) Safari goes down,. there is no answser if I continue browsing in Safari.I am connected via Airport, and there are no other users browsing -access by ethernet card-
    If I remove the DVD and quit DVD player my network connections are restarted, and safari responds ok.
    So I can not browse in safari or access internet if I am runing the MAC DVD Player...
    amazing, no?

    I have the same problem.
    Apparently, the "Digital Out" channel cannot be shared by multiple running applications, the first one starting takes it and keeps it. You have to stop it to allow an other (single) application to use it instead.
    To me it is a bug : the front most application should take the Digital Out channel, and release it when an other one becomes front most, but this bug has apparently being going on for a long time, and Apple does not seem interested in its correction.
    Poor HTMac users...

Maybe you are looking for