transfer vhs footage to dvd

[ceejay123]

I have quite a bit of video footage on V H S and want to transfer it to D V D for posterity.
I know it can be done but am a complete novice.
What i would like is for someone to spell out for me exactly what i need and how to do it baring in mind my computor knowledge is limited.
Chris

[Ethel]

It is far far easier to buy a cheap dvd recorder, hook it to your tv set and video player and record it that way.

[ianmunt]

You can buy a combined VCR/DVD recorder,most will let you copy one to the other.

[vehelpfulguy]

I have been converting my VHS to DVD.

I have a TV, VHS player, and a DVD recorder.

I connect the VHS player to the DVD recorder with a Scart lead.

I then connect the DVD recorder to the TV with another scart lead.

I set the DVD recorder "channel" to be on AV1 (or EXT1) so it is set up to get the signal from the VHS player via the scart lead.

I put a VHS tape in the VHS player and press Play. The image goes through the DVD recorder and appears on the TV.

Once that is all set up you just can just record anything that is playing on the VHS player (because it is going through the DVD recorder).

So put a VHS tape in the VHS player and a blank DVD disk in the DVD recorder.

Press Play on the VHS player and Record on the DVD recorder.

The DVD recorder will record whatever is being played on the VHS player.

Easy.

[Ethel]

You don't need a combined vhs/dvd - you already have a vhs recorder and the combined is dearer than a dvd recorder.

In any case, vhs is becoming obsolete, so pointless buying another one.

I do it exactly as vehelpfulguy

[ceejay123]

Brilliant and many thanks to you all
Chris