Capturing video from DVD player to computer?

[kevinj]

I have a videocard with a video in so I can hook my DVD player up to the card. Does anyone know how I can capture the video on the DVD to my computer through the videocard? I don't have a DVD drive on the computer so that won't work. I want to eventually import the demo of our band on this DVD into QT Pro and make a movie to play on our web site. I haven't a clue if this can be done and how to go about capturing it to the computer. Thanks for any guidance.

Kevin

[ThomasB]

Using Windowx XP you should have "Windows Movie Maker" at Programs --> Accessories somewhere. I think this is ok for basic video capturing.

[kevinj]

Thanks ThomasB! Worked perfect. Got the audio and video synched fine and it created a windows media player file of the demo video of our band. Now if I could just figure out how to convert it to a form that QTime could import. Think I'll look on CNET for freeware/shareware program.

Thanks again,
Kevin

[stef25]

if you want alot of information on this topic, check www.doom9.org

ulead videostudio is able to convert from and to alot of formats and you can grab a fully functioning demo from their site

just yesterday i used it to capture some material from vhs and convert it to a streaming wmv. unless you have a mac target audience this works fine

use the embed tag to stream it in your browser

[kevinj]

Thanks stef25. I plan on making QuickTime movies of the video and perhaps RealVideo as well. I'm going to download a trial version of Ulead.

Kevin

[ThomasB]

kevinj, glad I could help you though I've never used it before. ;)