CNET How To - Transfer VHS tapes to your computer
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Learn how to digitally record old analog VHS home movies onto your computer using one simple cable and some free time.
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What would be really cool is a video comparing several adaptor systems and explaining the pros and cons of each.
This was super helpful. I'm a filmmaker and I want to start using my dad's old VHS camera which surprisingly still works for that old tape look in my stories. I just needed to know how to upload it to my Mac. Thanks a bunch for this tutorial!
Did it work?
@@GOOFYFILMER i'd assume so judging by the positive attitude of the comment
Two notes. First, it's only against the law in the US and possibly a handful of other countries, but in the UK, they have enough sense to allow their citizens to be normal human beings and transfer movies they already paid for into format that will last for decades. Second, thanks to Fred Rogers, anything recorded over the airwaves is fair game.
this helped a lot! i'm currently making a short film in digital media and wanted to use old 2000s vhs tapes from when i was younger, so thank you!
did this work??
in 2019, the cable is $8 on ebay
I was wondering when the mention of an $80 product would come up.
Thats a good one...lol
Same here. I was like, "Hell I can do this" . . . then the $80 add-on component came up :>\
They sells ones for around $20. You don't need one that's over $80.
Major Lee he only chose it because it's compatible with Mac as well. Any basic video capture can do it
Juliano Bassetto dazzle 100 is the cheapest , its like 5 bucks, All you have needed after getting a dazzle, is obs ( open broadcast studio) and windows 7 preferably
It's not illegal to transfer commercial VHS tapes as long as you're not selling them. It's no different from ripping CDs to MP3 or DVDs to MP4. It's not terribly practical to do it in most cases as the tapes are likely somewhat damaged and a new copy of most of these videos will have a higher resolution in DVD or BluRay than you'd get out of a VHS tape, but there's still plenty of VHS movies out there which don't have proper re-releases or where they edited them in some undesirable way.
The main issue is that some of them use macrovision as protection, which requires more expensive equipment to properly transfer.
Star Wars despecialized version
10 years ago, I taught my gf how to record shows from cable TV using a similar device. These days, you can watch any show instantly on Netflix or another streaming service; how times have changed.
Thankfully we can now tell RUclips when we're tired of having a video pushed on us. And, there is also an "already watched" check box--because watching a video doesn't stop them from bothering you about it. Yet, it isn't completely satisfying, and persistent suggests are still a bit annoying.
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so many people dissatisfied about this video ...i'd say thank you for sharing this
I'm TOTALLY going to do this and thrilled to see this video! I've wanted to transfer mine forever but didn't want to buy a special machine. This will make it so much easier and I can finally watch those old videos I love! I'm so stoked!! :o)
Did it work Joanne? Hope so. I want to try this too! (But I'm just worried the software won't work or something).
0:45 its not illegal unless you sell them your copies. The more you know.
It's illegal to duplicate the tapes in any way, regardless of whether or not you sell your copy
Nope, that is incorrect. You are allowed to makeup a backup copy for your own use.
SuperDashRendar No. Not correct. Although the prohibition on backups for personal use only is rarely enforced, the strictest interpretation is no back-up copies, unless the format is endangered (cylinder records, wire recordings) and of historical value, in which case archival backup copies are allowed.
"Reproducing a VHS to DVD without the prior permission of the rights-holder is an infringement of copyright. This kind of reproduction is not exempt because it is not “fair use” as defined in Section 107 of the Copyright Code and it does not qualify as a lawful reproduction under Section 108 of the Copyright Code."
Sources: American Libraries, The Magazine of the American Library Association VHS to DVD?
VHS tapes ARE an endangered species. They are magnetic devices and are easily influenced by any magnetic field penetrating them, including the earth's magnetic field. They will degrade over time just sitting on a shelf.
tigger8252 Nonsense !
These adapters are only about A$15 including postage on ebay. I have a couple and they work just fine.
Everyone should make sure to render their videos as 50 fps or 60 fps. For me 60p vs 30p makes much more difference than HD vs SD. Try and see the difference, it's substantial. Unless you make it so, the h264 encoder will eat up all the natural smooth movements, and you will wonder how come your VHS still looks better, even though you may have used the best hardware available. Also, most of the cheap tv tuner card with the composite video input are crappy, their capturing quality is as if you are doing a 320x240 video. Use a capture card that costs $70+, and you should get far better picture.
Excellent point 🏁
What? How can you convert a 24fps tape t9o 60fps? That's impossible without a.i.
It's 2019 and for the past year youtube keeps trying to recommend this video to me. Hopefully by finally clicking on it they will stop.
Don't give in!
Anybody else got this in their recommended 8 years later?
same here
now its nine years..😂😂
10 years 🎉
10 for me😂😂
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THANK YOU. I've been looking for a way to convert my home videos to DVD, and the VCR+DVD player I have refuses to do it because there's a little space between each video on the VHS, so it dumps everything. This is SO much better!
There is an out of the box way to transfer old tapes. Play your video on a Plasma or HD TV in the Dark. Set up a tripod with Eye Shooter Smartphone Holder and your Smartphone and VIDEO TAPE IT. You can also do pause / record / pause to edit on the fly.
That's the way many do it with old movies, too.
Your allowed to back up your movie collection for personal use just like we could make copies of our cassette tapes or photo copies of books, as long as it's for personal use and not resale.
I just hooked up my cassette player (walkman) to the computer, using an audio cable. I plugged one end into the headphone jack and the other end into the microphone jack on the computer. Then I just used a recording program, such as Audacity (which is free) to record it. Just hit play on the cassette player, then hit record on the program and it will record what is on the cassette. That's how I transferred my grandfather's cassettes to the computer.
Ok
archival is very important and some lost media is certainly sitting in vhs tapes somewhere. it makes complete sense to transfer copyrighted material for archival, as some of these things were only ever aired on tv.
I don't agree that VHS is a dead format. You can still find brand new VHS movies on Amazon.com. I recently bought Alfred Hitch's Rear Window , BRAND NEW on Amazon.com and they look better than DVD'S, and last longer too. Just several years ago, everyone said that vinyl records were dead too until they got a taste of how short of a life span music cd's have. Vinyl is back! and I have purchased several NEW vinyl LP's and 45's from Amazon. these are not left-overs, but NEW! HOT OFF THE PRESS. CD's, and DVD's are ending up in the same junk pile as 8 track tapes.
This is so helpful. I have ton of VHS tapes of my garden, my singing, concerts I was in and my garden and family. Can t wait to try this. THANKS!
This was super helpful. I have some VHS tapes that have been laying around and wanting to get rid of, but also keep the footage recorded on those tapes on CDs since those last longer and easier to make extra copies in case if footage on a CD becomes ruined or something
$80 dollars for a simple converter. Probably cost $5 bucks in parts to make.
it's not even close to that anymore man
@@ethand4784 putting an elgato logo on it ...
Feel free to buy those $5 worth of parts, build some of them on your own, and then undercut that $80 price. That's the beauty of the free market system. If you think you are getting ripped off, then go beat them at their own game.
Unless you don't think you could really beat that price.
they are like $11 on amazon.. that's how Ive ripped the vhs on my youtube channel, with an $11 one..
That was in 2012 when the video was made.
Let me say this....VHS tapes, if they are cared for and stored properly, will last longer than DVD's. That's right. Both blank CD's and DVD's end up deteriorating in as little as 5 years. They don't last 100 years like we once thought. I've burned DVD's and CD's (all kinds of different brands) and several years later, the layer the info is recorded on starts to bubble and flake away, rendering them unplayable. While on the other hand, I have VHS tapes that are THIRTY YEARS OLD and are still as playable as they were when I first bought them. The same goes for vinyl records. Vinyl will outlast any CD's and one day people will regret throwing out their old vinyl and VHS tapes when they realize DVD and CD discs do not last for more than 15-20 years at the most.
It varies a lot on the quality of the media to begin with. I've had decades old DVDs that still work fine. I've only run into about 1% of data DVDs and CDs that are unreadable, but that could have happened during the burning. Tapes are better at tolerating damage, so that a 5% loss doesn't make them unreadable. Although with digital recordings it's easy to make multiple copies to prevent complete loss.
I believe it. I have some reel to reel tapes from 1954 that are still fine, just keep away strong magnetic fields.
I remember when cds first came out. They lied and said they were indestructable and would last forever. They do hold more info than records in a smaller space though, but nothing compared to computer storage.
That's cool but even you already transferred your video tapes to a computer do not throw away the master tape because some of my video tapes despite they are already over 30 years old are still playable while some of my DVD which are less than 10 years old already suffered from disc rot and no longer playable.
indeed
bobskie321 4 years in the future.....I have 3 kids, my parents refuse to accept the fact why I REFUSE to purchase DVD’s...😂have you ever played “not my turn to wash the dvd...I just sat BACK down from washing it?”...the only downfall of VHS because I could care less about Blu-ray and hidef and all those added features, is the previews you can’t “skip”...you may ask what am I doing here(actually you prob could care less🤷♀️)...I was looking for a way to convert my kiddos vhs movies through a computer monitor...guess I keep searching 😞
Use your VHS vcr videorecorder and blank VHS tapes to get even with the news media and tell your friends to just use their vcr videorecorders
Use your VHS vcr videorecorder and blank VHS tapes to get even with the news media and tell your friends to just use their vcr videorecorders !
so....just.... everyone just go back to using VHS? That's actually a great idea! Then we wouldn't have this problem.
@@465marko Mr Marko spread the word to all of your friends tell them to just use their vcr videorecorders and blank VHS tapes to get even with the democratic news media vcr tapes don't fade with age they get better that is a lie so that people will buy digital products vcr tapes last and last in a few years the vcr videorecorder and VHS tapes are going to make a comeback like final records did vcr videorecorder people fight back just like the vinal records people did now look stores are asking vinal records again listen vcr videorecorder people fight back against digital and demand that stores start selling new blank VHS tapes again for your vcr videorecorders and demand that stores start selling vcr videorecorders again tell the stores this !
@@465marko see the CVS stores were selling new blank VHS vcr tapes until two years ago they just stopped selling them e mail CVS and tell themmto start selling new VHS vcr tapes again at their CVS stores !
@@jonjonas2528 This is the most inspirational thing I've read ever. It's a travesty they stopped selling blank tapes. This conspiracy fact is bigger than even I thought. We need to FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE!!
I'll spread the word. VIDEO LA REVOLUTION!!!!
@@465marko Mr Marko thank you for your great great comment you are the greatest spread the word to all of your great friends and tell them to keep using their vcr videorecorders and blank VHS tapes tell them never ever to buy digital products and never use digital products just keep using their vcr videorecorders and you email that CVS and tell them to start selling new blank VHS tapes for our vcr videorecorders immediately go to it Mr Marko e mail CVS right now and tell them to get the blank VHS tapes into their ago right now today now go to it !
A VHS USB transfer device can be found on eBay for $5 with free shipping... I'm one of the fools who paid $45 for it.
Hey FUZZZ thank you!
YOU CAN GET THE SAME CORD ON E-BAY FOR $9 AND NOT THE $80
Melvin Smith give us the link
@cinthia diaz Except EZCAP's reviews almost all say it either doesn't work at all or the quality is terrible.
why am i here
Why people are surprised that extra hardware is required? We are talking about going from analogic media to digital media, it's kinda obvious that you need a bridge between the two, the purpose of the video is point out the direction.
Now we need a How-To video on "transferring audio cassette tapes". Seriously.
It's fairly easy to transfer audio cassette tapes into MP3 files. All you need is a cassette player that has a headphone jack. Then take a 3.5mm auxiliary cable (two 3.5mm plugs on each end) and plug one end into the headphone jack and the other into the light red/pink Microphone INPUT jack (There's also a red/pink Output) then look for an audio recorder on your device and start the audio recorder right before you play the cassette and it will save as an MP3.
@@TheNoisePolluter isnt it recommended to use line in instead of microphone since its music he wants to record? thats if he has a desktop computer.
i used my phone camera to convert my family vhs library.. just set my galaxy s5 on tripod in front of 42 plasma tv, zoomed to fit tv in frame, let the camera record with auto settings...i am stunned by how much improving the camera did to the crappy vhs footage, it got rid of tons of grainy stuff and looks very good in comparison, give it a try! i used google photos to move the videos from my camera to pc, fast and easy
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..cuz you actually tried it with a galaxy s5 phone, or you're just talkin' out yer ass..it worked fine for me, what's your excuse..
I did something similar using my Samsung Note-5 to capture some really OLD reel-to-reel 8mm film from the 1960's. I played the reel-to-reel film projector onto a white sheet on the wall and locked my Note-5 phone device into position, framed everything in, and the finished product looks absolutely AMAZING. I was able to convert 47 reels of 50+ year-old (silent) home movies into MP4 files where it's now permanently archived. You wouldn't believe how good it turned out!
that was helpful.. Thanks :)
Video tape is not a completely dead format as people say it is. It never will be, VHS machines are still available, as are blank VHS and camcorder tapes.
just to point out, it is not ilegal to make a copy of a movie or T.V. show as stated in the video. U.S. copyright law allows for a backup copy of any intellectual or copyrighted material for personal use so long as you own and retain a Legal original copy (weather it is in working order or not) how ever if you should lose possession of the original (sell it, lose it etc.) you must then destroy the copy.
hehehe not just movie man home video
....Just imagine anyone doing this !....
CNET: "Don't break the law."
Everyone recording VHS screener promos and putting them up on RUclips:
Well that fair use, since they upload a few scene from the movie by the movie preview, you are not supposed to upload the full movie. And I knew the joke already.
I’m so tempted to buy this. I’m an archivist & I copy my VHS tapes to DVDs, but my DVR is a bit problematic, plus some of my tapes are a bit worn out. So this capture device seems like the perfect alternative.
you are just great! thanks for instructing us in a such easy way! since yestarday I've been learning how to transfer my vhs tapes to my mac notebook. I found millions explanations suggesting this or that, but anyone so clear as yours. Also I'll try to find a video recorder like yours after that let's go! thanks again, regards from Vienna
Good luck in keeping the audio in sync with the picture.
Rizky06 Have you tried this and it was unsuccessful?
Joanne A Yes...So far VCR + Time Based Corrector connected to DVD-Recorder is my only choice.
+Rizky06 I use the elgato and I am able to keep the picture and audio in sync just fine. Maybe you have a bad computer
Lol!!!
Only problem is, there are quite a bit of Movies on VHS they never/will not Release to DVD/Blu-Ray. Most of these are old, Rare Movies, TVShows, and Editions of Movies like Wyatt Earp - Expanded Edition (Extended) which can only be found on VHS or LaserDisk.
If anyone has a Video that for some reason is not Recording to PC, because it says it is Copy Protected, and it is your own Home Video, you need a Video Stabilizer. Some VHS Tapes get messed up somehow depending on how old it is and the Environment it was kept in.
*Be Kind....Rewind*
I used to have a machine that was a combined VHS player/ DVD recorder designed to transfer video tapes. May still be around here someplace. It worked well unless the VHS tape was copy protected.
Why would people be tortured with old VHS tape recordings? The 80's and 90's were some of the best years! People love watching the 80's stuff.
I want to transfer VHS-film to burned dvd's.
I have a Panasonic super drive NV-MV15 VHS, and when I tried to convert to my computer, the picture was jumping.
I used a USB EasyCAP USB2 Video Capture with a switchable scart male to 3x RCA male video cable.
- I read that using a external framesync tbc can be useful. But when I search it, I'm not finding one to buy. I am not insanely prone for it to be the best...just to be done.
I am a novice...so if you could explain it in plain language how to solve my problem, it would be appreciated.
It can be done without a computer all you need is a DVD player with record capability and the VCR to play the tape.
+Vasco Thomas Mine won't, everytime I try to play a VHS to record the DVD recorder says "Sorry, copyrighted material" and stops.
so you can connect your dvd to your vcr? do you just buy a blank dvd? how many megabytes does the dvd have to be? for a 1 hr 30 min movie?
If you're trying to use these for pre-recorded tapes you'll run into that problem, but you shouldn't have a problem with material you recorded yourself.
twistedmetalplayer21
It also won't work if you try to record from a modern cable box to a DVD
thats old school. This is more efficient for digitalized copies
Yes I'm putting my unaltered Star Wars on DVD
Darth Vader The Original IV V VI
Are definitely worth some serious $$$
That was the magic of Star Wars: special effect that are hand made, not the CGI that is sooo good it will automatically remind you its fake.Let the see through Snowspeeder scenes remain unaltered.
I like this, i feel like I'm 12 again waking up to random infomercials and watching the whole thing
What about dropped frames???
How can we avoid dropped frames altogether & get a completely smooth x-fer❓🤔
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
having a better computer helps overall. Laptops can go as far as upgrading ram.
Nice to know. But, back when I had cable T.V., I bought DVD recorders (2) that also have VHS driver and can go from tape to DVD. Of course, copy protection garbles pre-recorded media, that's not something I care to convert anyway (even though some would argue that I paid for the content and the invention of a new format shouldn't prevent me from transfer for personal use).
1:28 I would like to put on 16:9 as remastered of home movies from 📼 to 💻 or 📀.
If the video didn't support it then you'd be cropping your video from both the top and bottom
This is one of the most popular videos of that channel lol
Many thanks Donald. Easy to follow explanation. Much appreciated.
I’m still waiting for my VCR being fixed at “Lightning Fast VCR Repair”. It’s been four years and I pay these guys $200 a day. Well, the result will worth it, I guess!
It’s not illegal if nobody finds out..
exactly. i'm not sure the MPAA is gonna do a surprise inspection of your hard drive for that old copy of Spies Like Us.
WRONG!
@@trikerider1038 RIIIGGHHHTTT!!!
If you already own the movie, it's not illegal to copy it to another format. Just like CD's. You can copy the music to multiple devices, as long as you own the original.
For own use , not illegal,
It's almost $88 now. Wonder if it's cheaper to hire the transfer out by an expert or software to convert to DVD and then save to computer?
Connect output speaker from tape player to input microphone on computer; then run a recording software (should be free accessory software already installed.
You have to use a time base corrector to strip the macrovision
Simpler times, I love this
I need that Elgato... So that I can save the precious wedding video of my parents from the old VHS..
Same lol
Haha same
I just wanna use it for distorting music.
Thanks, I have videos from 25 years ago that I want digital copies of.
I have about 300 tapes I can no longer play because I no longer have a VHS player, but I do have a full size VHS camera with the same playback outputs as on a player. Can I plug the camera into the computer the same way?
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
+Doug Hicton FWIW, if you ever do need an actual VHS player/VCR, you'll find plenty of them at your local estate sales. Nearly every sale I go to has at least one. $5, $10?...
Go to goodwill, get a VCR, you can still purchase new.
You still have to have the software that captures (records) the video to your computer in a digital format that your computer can recognize.
I know this may be late but, It should in theory. S-Video is miles better than the RCA video cable your VHS deck came with years ago. It should reduce the bleeding and artifacts a little bit but not all the way.
It is not a dead format. Believe me there are many collectors of VHS! Also there are some straight to VHS movies that never made it onto DVD(mostly horror flicks) and that makes them very collectable. Another thing is that on some movies they permantly delete scenes that would probably never be able to be seen again if it wasn't for VHS! There are even people that love VHS so much that they got permission to transfer 1000's of VHS over, and they are putting the originals into what is going to be a museum of sorts...
Windows now has a Camera App that works great.
That garage band fade out grab tho
I remember when they used to show Speed 1 on VHS in the bus on long trips in the mid 90s.
yah lol
Oh I know by now because I tested it and it worked
Sivi, you might be able to find an adapter to place your smaller cassette into a VHS compatible cartridge. You've probable seen something similar with Micro SD cards slipping into SD card sleeves for reading.
Keep a good working VCR on hand and you don't have to fuss with any of this unless you want to upload to RUclips.
Thanks, I'm gonna try and upload a product advertisement not yet on youtube. I just wonder if i have the right adaptor
It is not at all illegal to "format shift" your old videos as long as you only do so for your own use and don't disseminate them.
Unless you have Short Circuit 2 on VHS, then by all mean do whatever it take to save that cinematic adventure from being lost forever.
I have an El Gato Gaming and it does not work 100% with my vhs, it sometimes do work, sometimes dosne.t
thats probably because its not detecting a source, elgato gaming capture cards detect sources and rca cables dont do that
try having your vhs on before your computer detects a source
$80 ? why not just get a DVD recorder VCR combo unit and then burn to disk ? Yea it cost a little more. You save it to a DVD-R that way you do not use up your hard drive. Pop it into your computer and edit. Burn finished DVD. Besides you still use the VCR to watch your store bought movies.
Unfortunately for me, the VHS tapes I used to own are back at my old former home. My dad and I had to move from there in October of 2019 for personal reasons. I wanted to bring the VHS tapes with me, but my dad wouldn't let me as he said they would take up too much room here. I wish I had brought some of them with me.
I especially regret not bringing one particular VHS that had a recording of an old vintage documentary about dogs. The problem is I can't even remember the name of it, and every time I mention it to other people, nobody believes the documentary even existed at all. They think I either dreamed it or I'm having what they call a "Mandala effect".
But, I swear on my *LIFE* that I had that program recorded on one of my VHS tapes! If only I had it with me now. I could have used it to transfer it to my computer (as long as I could gather the equipment necessary to do that), upload it to RUclips, and prove I was right all along. Plus, I've been wanting to enjoy that documentary again. I haven't seen it since we last had a VCR player long before we moved away from our original home...probably either in the late 2000s or the early 2010s.
I can still remember bits and pieces from the documentary, but I can't remember all of it. I tried searching for this vintage documentary many times online, but no results gave me the one I wanted. Searching for it gave me nothing but major frustrations.
Can't you go back to your old home to see if they're still there?
@@ergophonicI can't because the house was sold to someone else and the locks were changed. In addition, the stuff that was left behind was thrown out before the new movers bought the house. So, I'm afraid I'm screwed. 😢
@@davidcolantuono3622 That's a real shame. Maybe you will stumble upon it one day on RUclips.
Donald, was that you playing in that band? Boy how time flies.
VHS is not dead!
WLF Yes it is...
Yes it is. It died when the PS3 came out.
VHS was a most awesome format once perfected. Only problem is it was a scanning tv type device for cathode ray scanning TVs. There aren’t much left. They were quite complicated but for the time they were incredible. Just like 8 -track players took us from mono AM radios in our cars to stereo, VHS made it so you could take a movie home and watch it over and over plus going from 8mm film home movies of your kids to to full color tv with sound of your home stuff.
The main thing is dvds take a whole lot less room
But How about when you have a VCR with only RF in RF out and SCART connector ?
Thanks CNET
I just purchased this same adapter and it comes with a SCART connector.
this is fantastic nice to keep old videos
Yes, I saw on the clip there's even a button to help with that.
Well....Considering that there are some old shows that were NEVER released on DVD..I'm going to do a transfer of those tapes.
You should make a video on how to extract old VCR video cassettes to CD or pen drive
i think youre talking about burning cd's to have video
oh no that "el gato" adapter is under $20. now since its low quality an is only 640X 480, better to find a dvd/vcr with a upscaler and hdmi out put an use a digital capture device to maximize picture an format to MP4.
it doesn't make sense...UNLESS we're talking about the un-fucked-with versions of the original STAR WARS trilogy. Come on Disney, get on those re-releases!
kincey moy hahahaha that is exactly the only reason I would do this.
kincey moy haha or you could get the dvds of those.
kincey moy check out despecialized star wars on piratebay
aegisgfx Thanks!!
kincey moy
yup, they are the bomb!
How about the quality of the transferred video performing by this adaptor? Is there a big difference when transferring with the vhs/dvd combo recorders ?
Can you even imagine just how many home vhs movies can fit on a blu-ray disc??
please make a video on how to transfer the other way
Thank you, Ferris Bueller, enjoy your day off!
I used a $7 cable and software package bought of ebay and it effectively transferred all my VHS' onto my computer. It lets you burn them straight to a disc, edit them or for me I edited them on free software called "shotcut" and converted them into Mp4 files.
Does this work with a VCR/DVD combo?
Yes
The door is stuck in the up position. It wont engage. Can you tell me how to easy fix this please.
Pat Holland take it to a repair shop
Requires a SCART to RCA compsite adapter for European PAL VCR.
This was the best explanation. THanks.
I was driving the other day and I notice that someone throw away a vhs player on the curve and I picked up and bring it home and pull my old vhs tapes from 1990's and I'm like Wow I need to make this digital, thats why I here.
It should have included more technical details.
What compression is used, which video codecs...
Will using Svideo cables result in a better recording? Less color bleed, and artifacts?
$80 for a bloody adapter? There's VHS players that go for that much now.
It's not illegal if you own the version you are recording.
Can the audio and video at the front of the VHS be used for this or does it have to be at the back? Problem is i'm looking for some VHS recorders and i'm not finding ones with the audio and video inputs at the back (some have the audio inputs only and some none) so wondering if the ones at the front work.
Hello,
Thank you for your video.
I would just like to ask for your opinion. I converted my old VHS tapes using an easycap and OBS software, but the final result has an acceptable image quality, but it appears "grainy" with low definition. The captured image looks much better than after recording. Is there anything I can do to improve this?
He describes VHS as a 'Dead Format', and says at 2:11 "You've rescued these movies from a dead format". He advises recording those files to a DVD or your computer. It is the year 2020 now and both DVDs and computers themselves are now 'Dead Formats'. Everyone is streaming stuff using their smartphones, almost no one uses a computer anymore unless it is for work.
Thanks for the video. Do you know if it works with both formats Pal and NTSC?