Re: [PLUG] Video question

["Brent Saner" <brent.saner@gmail.com>]

well, if you lack the hardware, you could always have it converted to DVD and then just rip it to mpg/avi/whatever!

there are a LOT of available options. google rip dvd linux  or something like that. 

did he mention what format? my guess is NTSC but you never know

On 10/31/07, Eric <eric@lucii.org> wrote:

This is only tangentially related to Linux but I need some advice/help.

My daughter has to complete a 3 minute speech on my old VHS-C video tape
recorder tomorrow, have it converted to one of these formats:
[wmv|avi|mov|mpg|mpeg|mp4|3gp] and upload it to the contest site on Friday.  A
college scholarship or considerable portion thereof could be in the balance here.

Neither of my computers has the capability to take a video input (skip long
"Pinnacle sux" story here).  The Camera Shop will convert it for $29.99 (3
minutes or 2 hours - same price) but they have no freakin' idea what the file
format is.  They just say: "You put the DVD in your DVD player and it plays!"

Does anyone have suggestions about going from VHS-C to a file in short order?
Perhaps someone could help out - I'd be happy to pay the $29.99 and drive over
if that helps :-)

Thanks!

Eric
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