VCR tape to DVD

[Tim Wunder]

On Wednesday 05 March 2003 4:15 am, someone claiming to be Hern?ndez Rodr?guez 
Fco. Javier wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > Not sure if I should post this to general or not, but here goes...
> > Anyone know of a way to copy from VCR tape to DVD using a PC DVD writer?
>
> I use to convert my old Video-8 (Analog) tapes to Divx (.avi) and then
> (if needed) to SVCD burned on CDRs.
>
> To capture/convert I use a Canopus ADVC-100 (external box) plus a
> FireWire Card. This combination gives me very satisfactory results.
>
> The Canopus ADVC-100 was recommended me at the mjpeg mail list and it
> is really a very good device: can capture/convert Digital or Analog to
> Digital.
>
> Let me know if you are interested in more details.
>
>

Yes, more details would be good.
BTW, How much video (time) can be written to VCD?

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