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Sorry for posting this here, as the O/T is closed.

In earlier years I did use Virtual Dub to make .avi or .divx files.

Then I was using a Samsung DVD/VHS combi recording
device. That parricular model was nice, because it allowed to record/copy in both directions, but overall it was buggy with its menues, and refused to play too many DVDs without a reason, that played everywhere else. AND was threating the VHS tapes surprisingly bad and wearing them off rapidly.

So, are there some members here, that could tell me,
what is commonly today?

I have seen some devices on ebay, amazon etc. plugged via USB to the PC and recording on the fly with their own software, but the customer feedback wasn't that good.
Low quality, too few properties to adjust etc.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,

Doc Schnitzel

afaict physical mediums, especially analog like VHS is totally out of date. if someone still uses it for old tapes or for nostalgic reasons, fine, but it's not recommmended (just in sake of keeping the quality) to transfer digital media back to VHS.

imho digital mediums like CD, DVD or even BluRay aren't recommended either. Not for the same reason since as long as the medium isn't damaged, the quality doesn't change over time as it does on an analog tape. Main point is pragmatism. today's technology offers much better handling of your data and it's far more easy to keep your files on a harddrive, make backups, and if you need it somewhere else, make a copy to a USB stick or share your local harddrive inside a local network.

Nevertheless, VirtualDub itself is still a great tool to use. It's free, it's quite easy to use if you know the basics, it's extensible (different codecs available to enhance the vanilla version, etc.) and offers the most needed functionality to edit video files. that said, to rip a physical medium, i'd use a different software which is specialized for this task, like MakeMKV. but i'd recommend to try different free software and go with the one you feel most comfortable with - and what your preferences are. I, for example, don't need stuff like dvdmenues in my files.