From: Ron on
On 4/11/2010 11:15 AM, Glenn wrote:
>
> "Ron" <rmoore85(a)ix.netcom.com <mailto:rmoore85(a)ix.netcom.com>> wrote
> in message news:Fsudnayvy-xonF_WnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
> On 4/11/2010 8:19 AM, Glenn wrote:
> >
> Sorry you ran into these jokers. Can't figure out how they ranked so
> high for you in Google's search. I went through two pages of search
> results using both VirtualDub and Virtual Dub and never ran across
> anything but results for the freeware.
> (http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=VirtualDub&btnG=Google+Search&aq=o&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai
> <http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=VirtualDub&btnG=Google+Search&aq=o&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai>=)
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Virtual+Dub&start=10&sa=N
> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Virtual+Dub&start=10&sa=N>)
>
> I hope the real author's page can provide what you were looking for in
> the first place.
>
> -best
>
> Ron Moore
> Ron. Thanks. I loaded it but deleted it because it couldn't read my
> video file. I recorded in a resolution of 352 x 240 MPEG-1,1.7Mbps.
> It used 5,261,150 kb of memory. I decided to not use AVI, the one it
> wants because it's in AVI, just that one 6 hr tape would have used
> too much memory. (3 hrs of it used 33G)
> I am though, re-recording it at a high resolution of 720 x 480
> MPEG-2, 8Mbps for a master copy. I figure it would have taken about
> 66G in AVI.
> The Videodemux one I found wanted $59 so I ignored that one too.
> I do have a Google listing of freeware ones though to look at so thanks

Avidemux is freeware. http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/
A good source of mostly freeware applications:
http://www.free-codecs.com/Software/Video_Editors.htm
From: M.L. on


>> I loaded it but deleted it because it couldn't read my
>> video file. I recorded in a resolution of 352 x 240 MPEG-1,1.7Mbps.
>> It used 5,261,150 kb of memory.

The standard mpeg1 VCD bitrate is 1.152 Mbps which uses about 700 MB
for a 90 minute movie, about the same as mid-quality xvid avi. Don't
know how you could be getting that file size with mpeg1.
From: jmatt on
On Apr 11, 12:04 am, "Glenn" <gl...(a)kc.rr.com> wrote:
> I have captured a bunch of my old vhs tapes and have them on the hd.
>
> I don't know what that kind of program is even called so I need some hints.

http://primewares.com/links.php?search=vhs&la=en

http://primewares.com/links.php?page=2&la=en&search=vhs

http://www.freewarefiles.com/search.php?query=vhs&boolean=exact&type=all&B1.x=9&B1.y=11

http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/software-search.html?keywords=vhs&category_id=0

http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=vhs&searchtype=downloads&filter=licenseName=Free|platform=Windows,Webware&filterName=licenseName=Free|platform=Windows,Webware&tag=ltcol

http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0-2.html?query=vhs&searchtype=downloads&filter=licenseName=Free|platform=Windows,Webware&filterName=licenseName=Free|platform=Windows,Webware