I bought a High End mint but 2nd hand Panasonic VHS/DVD Recorder to do this with about 12 tapes I wanted to keep (I had no VCR), I could easily pop the DVD in my PC if I wanted to now but I am ok with keeping the DVD in s safe place, I made 2 copies of each.
Having owned two of those, I can definitely recommend this approach as an alternative option if the DVD disc is the format you want it in (or you don't mind going through another step, capturing it back off the DVD). But just like what I described above, unless you're buying a very select few devices (which are out of production for years now) that also ignored Macrovision detection (I only know of a Sony one and I no longer remember the model now, it was expensive even back then), this likely won't work on many VHS because the detection for Macrovision is usually set to a stupidly (faulty) high level on such devices and so the device will not record it onto the DVD, or you'll just get static/blank screen. But it's a good option if it works (it just needs a lot of perfect scenarios unfortuantely compared with going capture route).
But how do you get the "video" onto the PCI card? SCART?
That'll depend on the VHS player you are using.
If it has Composite, then make sure your Capture Device has Composite Inputs (Most typically do).
If it has scart, you need to also get a scart to Composite cable to connect from the VHS Player to the Capture Device. Most of the last gen of VHS players have scart.
Some VHS players have S-VHS Video connectors, in most cases this isn't necessary considering the resolution you can get from VHS, but if you happen to have this on the VHS player, then you'll need to grab an appropriate cable for its use (if you have approrpriately recorded video).
This only connects the VHS Player to the computer though (via the Capture Card/Device).
To record the video, use appropriate software. VLC should in theory work. (I can't test this at the moment as I don't know where my old device is, otherwise it'll be a quick answer to the whole thing).
