theoc
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Post by theoc on Dec 17, 2006 19:59:58 GMT -6
We have proscout. I am interested in making dvd copies of games as well as vhs. We have always used vhs with vcr player. Should I just buy a dvd recorder and hook them together to convert or purchase a combo? Any suggestions would be helpful. What brands and how much? Suggestions please!
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Post by bulldog on Dec 18, 2006 1:42:33 GMT -6
The best way to copy DVD's is to use a duplicator. You can buy a duplicator for under $500 that copies to 6 DVD copies in about 5 minutes. Much better choice than duping machine-to-machine.
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Post by coach79 on Dec 18, 2006 2:44:38 GMT -6
or if you don't have that kind of $$ you can buy a dvd/vcr combo.
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Post by sls on Dec 18, 2006 7:35:40 GMT -6
We have proscout. I am interested in making dvd copies of games as well as vhs. We have always used vhs with vcr player. Should I just buy a dvd recorder and hook them together to convert or purchase a combo? Any suggestions would be helpful. What brands and how much? Suggestions please! When I was doing this with the old version of Pro-Scout I bought 2 DVD recorders and then I was able to get get 2 DVD's and the VHS. You can buy 2 DVD recordersat Walmart for the cost of the VHS/DVD combo/
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Post by utchuckd on Dec 18, 2006 8:38:50 GMT -6
How much of an issue is compatability with dvd recorders these days? A year or two ago there were problems with dvds recorded on one machine not playing on others.
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Post by sls on Dec 18, 2006 8:54:41 GMT -6
How much of an issue is compatability with dvd recorders these days? A year or two ago there were problems with dvds recorded on one machine not playing on others. I think that still exists if the player is very old. Newer players have worked out those kinks.
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Post by dmckillip on Dec 18, 2006 9:21:56 GMT -6
I have taken all of our games from 2005 (VHS) and copied them on to DVD. I did this with a VHS/DVD combo machine. Was quite painless and you can buy a combo set for not very much money. Well worth it.
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Post by bulldog on Dec 18, 2006 14:13:23 GMT -6
There were two competing standards for DVD technology -R and +R. Both still exist, but for the last few years, almost all drives are multi-format and will read either -R or +R.
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Post by SAcoach on Dec 18, 2006 14:31:51 GMT -6
+R will work on most DVD players...even older ones...-R are the only ones that i have ever had problems with playing on a dvd player
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Post by Mav on Dec 18, 2006 17:01:48 GMT -6
We have proscout. I am interested in making dvd copies of games as well as vhs. We have always used vhs with vcr player. Should I just buy a dvd recorder and hook them together to convert or purchase a combo? Any suggestions would be helpful. What brands and how much? Suggestions please! I believe the cheapest and easiest thing to do is buy a DVD burner for your computer. They're typically come with basic software for less than $100. From Proscout you'll export out to mpg (until the DVD output option is finished). Then you'll read the mpg with the DVD software and burn to the disk. When Proscout finishes the DVD option, you'll be able to export directly to your computers burner. btw - the 2 competing DVD standards +R and -R were unified a couple of years back. Look for the +-RW code (the plus and minus symbols are actually stacked)
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Post by SAcoach on Dec 18, 2006 21:23:12 GMT -6
I am just thinking of cost....You can look each week in the ads from the newspaper and find one of the major places like Bestbuy, Circuitcity and so forth....one will be selling a pack of 50 dvd + or - r's for 12.99 and I am pretty sure RW's cost quite a bit more for 50.... Now i would also keep around a couple of RW just to record stuff and erase with also Also Mav ...would it not be worth an extra 25 to 40 dollars and buy a dvd recorder you could export to without having to make a mpeg and then making the dvd through the software on your computer Say the video is 40 minutes long DVD Recorder- Export straight out and send to DVD recorder from computer takes 40 minutes With computer-Not sure on time (for 40 minutes video) but I know the steps 1. Convert video to mpeg or ISO/DVD files ....? on time took me awhile for our highlight video 2. Then burn to DVD on your burner at lets say 16x ....? on time I would rather use one step and have it done then go through the conversion process I am assuming that if they have proscout they might also have a converter box that they use for teams that give them VHS tapes so they can also use to export the video out to DVD recorder
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Post by dacoachmo on Dec 18, 2006 21:40:08 GMT -6
It is better to buy BRAND name blank DVDs. The cheaper brand DVD recorders can work, but reliablity is a question.
In short you can buy the cheap recorders for now but use brand name dvds.
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Post by Mav on Dec 18, 2006 22:03:08 GMT -6
I am just thinking of cost....You can look each week in the ads from the newspaper and find one of the major places like Bestbuy, Circuitcity and so forth....one will be selling a pack of 50 dvd + or - r's for 12.99 and I am pretty sure RW's cost quite a bit more for 50.... Now i would also keep around a couple of RW just to record stuff and erase with also Agreed - but I think this is true either way you make the master DVD Agree again - currently we make copies of the uncut full games, (bypassing Proscout) for all coaches for this reason. Exporting to mpeg then converting and writing to DVD is a pain in the arse. But as soon as Proscout finishes the direct DVD feature it'll be much easier. We all know it's a hassle to create the vhs tapes with all the wires, connections, etc. I think the time factor will be a wash. A typical 40 minute game takes about 40 minutes to convert and burn on my laptop using Sonic software -- about the same as exporting out, but without any wires or external devices to connect. So I guess you're right, until Proscout finishes the direct DVD option, it's probably quicker to go out to an external device just like he's currently doing to a vcr. And the way things sound at Proscout right now... who knows.
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Post by SAcoach on Dec 18, 2006 22:07:06 GMT -6
I use memorex and sony only never had any problems....have about 3 unopened 50 packs that cost me 13 bucks a pop much cheaper than vhs tapes easy
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Post by Mav on Dec 18, 2006 22:14:54 GMT -6
I use memorex and sony only never had any problems....have about 3 unopened 50 packs that cost me 13 bucks a pop much cheaper than vhs tapes easy We use DVD for this reason, but don't forget you can reuse vhs tapes over and over many times. The +-RW disk are much more expensive, but not much more than tapes.
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Post by coachjd on Dec 18, 2006 22:15:20 GMT -6
I agree with memorex or sony only. I have thrown more cheapy's away than I think I actually burned.
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Post by jraybern on Dec 18, 2006 23:37:58 GMT -6
We have ProScout and an administration that has been great about getting us what we need. On friday night we get two angles of our game (one from pressbox and one from endzone). We have an external machine that will copy a DVD straight from the camera. So, while one game is copying to a DVD, a coach can be copying one angle onto the computer. It works great because the coach who has to stay late friday night and index our film isn't waiting and the coach who has to get up an trade at 6 in the morning doesnt have to wait either. We also have the tower that burns 5 copies in 5 minutes and I would say that this is almost a must have. You could get by with fewer if you needed to, but I would hate to be the coach that has to sit there and copy one at a time. This tower allows us to make 15 copies in less than 30 minutes.
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