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Originally Posted by Instrument 41
I have a burner in the laptop. Is there a way to go from the VHS player to my laptop? Or would this not work?
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Short answer is yes.
Long answer depends on a lot of other factors.
You are converting an analog signal to digital. Takes some processing power which nearly all modern CPU's are capable of these days.
Free space on a fast disc. Most laptops run at 5400 rpm. Minimum is a 7200 rpm drive.
The throughput becomes the issue.
Can the machine convert, compress and write fast enough to avoid dropped frames.
Most of the external USB devices work because they have dedicated compression engines taking some of the load of the PC and some have enough RAM for frame buffer to ward off dropped frames which make the hard drive less of an issue.
VHS SD quality you'd likely do OK. 50/50.