Vhs To Dvd

[Mr-H]

So, to convert VHS tapes to DVD, which method is favoured here please? Software to be loaded onto my W10 laptop, then attach the VCR player (if it still works!), upload VHS in real time, then work hard editing before the DVD is finally ready, OR
buy a vhs/DVD combi, copy the tape, flaws and all, again in real time, perhaps even copying overnight(?)
If you would use software, what would you get? My OS is W10.

[Buenchico]

I assume that you've either got a dedicated input port for AV video on your laptop or, alternatively, you've got a device which allows you to convert AV so that you can use a USB port.

The way that I'd do it is to either record a whole tape or individual sections of it using VLC. If, say, I was starting with a 1 hour tape and wanted to edit it down to 45 minutes, I'd record the whole tape and sort out the editing later. If I only wanted a handful of 2-minute clips from the tape, I'd probably record each of them separately.

NB: VLC is a superb program, both for playing videos and for editing them, but the recent versions have a flaw which means that the recording function doesn't work properly. For that reason I use an older version of VLC (2.0.3)for recording video content:
http://www.oldapps.com/VLC_Player.php?old_vlc=7998
(To the best of my knowledge, even though it was issued in 2012, it works in W10)

If you want a freebie which offers more options than VLC, give VideoPad a try:
http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/