I purchased the VCR unit and Honestech capture device at Best Buy, along with the DVD's. I am afraid I will prove there are stupid questions. Today I will try some editing and see where it takes me. He works a lot with Linux, but I think I am too old to begin to understand a whole new OS. My brother is really good at this stuff, but I am one of his many sisters and don't go to him until I have tried really hard myself to do my own thing. I am sure after reading your reply, I am definitely going to learn how to edit-using the Honestech software. There are lots of online tutorials for Windows movies so I thought it might be easier to convert to AVI or WMV and go that route. I don't understand Video Output, but saw the WMV note.

I installed the capture device on the laptop. So.I am back and forth with my desktop mouse until my little bother brings me in one of his extra devices. It came with a DVD recorder and I love it. Who said there was no such thing as a stupid question? Here was my reasoning: I just got a refurbished laptop.

I have been debating on just purchasing a VHS/DVD Recorder Combo, but in reading the reviews, this may be the easiest option-but the unit seems to be short lived. Is anyone familiar with the Honestech device and can this be done? If not, can the DVD's be converted to files compatible with Windows Movie Maker or onto CD's at a later date? Female and 73 and wanting to learn this in my lifetime. I would like to save captures to my laptop, rather than to DVD-and with an. But I did like it, in that I could save as. I tried Pinnacle Capture Device and had to return it because I could not get sound. Or is it okay to just save under different, meaningful file names? Is there a tutorial for beginners out there? I am wondering if I have to save each video as a new project in order to merge edited pieces into one video.

I have captured the videos and copied to my computer for editing. There are bits from Xmas mixed with bits from family picnics/trips and back to the very old videos. The tapes were made from 8mm movies and jump from videos dating back 70+ years ago, to 40 years ago and back. I have two VHS tapes containing old family videos.

I just purchased this device and had no problem converting my first video, along with sound, to DVD and played it on my TV.

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