I have a number of old family movies,originally super 8 film, now
converted to VHS tape. On the tape they are not in any specific order.
 I would like to convert the VHS to DVD but I would like to edit the
order the clips are in so they make more sense. How do I go about
doing this? Should I first just convert to DVD and then edit, or
follow a different sequence of events?
I have a dvd burner attached to my computer.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 15 Jan 2005 19:43 PST

Does your computer also have a TV card? If so, you could connect a VCR
with the antenna input of the TV card, and with a special kind of
program transfer the VHS material to your hard disk (note: you will
need very much hard disk space!). Once you have done this, you can
convert, cut and edit the video files as you like, and finally compose
and burn a DVD. However, a TV card remains the prerequisite for doing
all this (and a couple of necessary programs). There are other
solutions for transferring VHS to hard disk, but they are more
expensive.

Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by dredko-ga on 16 Jan 2005 08:30 PST

I do not have a tv card for my gateway computer. Is there any way I
can convert the VHS to a DVD and then use the DVD, my computer and
software to edit, clip etc and reburn a new DVD?

Do you still have the original Super 8 films? If so, you might get
better quality by going from Super 8 to digital using a Mini DV camera
and telecine, and pulling that into a computer over Firewire. Given
the video to PC transfer can only happen in 'real time', that won't be
much faster than re-projecting the material.

See also the comments on Question ID  280675 in which I suggested
using a professional conversion firm and outlined some of the
technical issues.

Carefully preserved, your Super 8 may outlast most digital media. Have a look at
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1384840,00.html
http://www.bfi.org.uk/collections/mk/
for a recently discovered and restored collection of 100-year old film.

Owain