VHS to computer save query

[squareyes]

On 02/07/12 01:04, David Fletcher wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-07-01 at 23:34 +0930, squareyes wrote:
>> Hi all ,
>> have just managed to get a Kaiser Baas DVD maker to work,( installed
>> mercurial)
>> in Ubuntu 12.04 with TV Time, is there anyway I can save the played
>> VHS from here and write to dvd? Some of my tapes are getting old.
>> A friend tried to do it for me on Win7, (the kaiser baas device is his),
>> but it will only do a black and white
>> in Win7, have colour in TV Time here on Ubuntu.
>> Many thanks in advance for any help.
>> take care
>> Winton
>>
>>
>   Consider though, is it
> worth the trouble of doing it yourself? Aren't there loads of specialist
> services that are set up to do this for a fixed fee who probably have
> higher spec. equipment than yours?
>
> Personally I've gone through this loop converting a few vinyl LPs to CD,
> including building my own RIAA pre-amp. They sound pretty damn good but
> it takes so much time that I gave up and bought CD copies mostly for a
> couple of quid apiece and used the time saved to go cycling, walking
> etc.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
Hi Dave,
thanks for that, but am on a pension with a house mortgage,
funds I don't have an excess of, but have plenty of time.
Apart from that, I would like to know how to do things for myself,
getting older, but not yet feeble, although there are those who may
say otherwise, :-)
Take care.
Winton