Tecchies! What is the least expensive way to download analog video to my computer and cut a dvd? Ditto vinyl and audiotape to CD?

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answer:hmmmmm….. There are older video cards that have S-video connections (the kind used for vcrs and dvd players before HDMI), that can probably be used as an input device to capture video from a source, audio would need a little bit of hardware hacking/soldering, or maybe they make adapters. I know that there are serices specifically for this since there are machines for this sort of thing but they are expensive. As for the vynl there are specific devices as well, but here’s a tutorial and another guide I found. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJdG2vTuWE http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2010/12/rip-tunes-vinyl-mp3/ Never done either though.

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