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@tomr6955 let me guess you grew up near a major town and never lived in a remote town that had to rely on a single channel to get all your news and entertainment from???

HI Matt, use the Driver on my page, www.vidcam.com.au/xc4867/ and then install OBS Studio from obsproject.com/download It works better than the program supplied by Jaycar. :)

I found that driver I think, if it’s the same one. I’m trying to play the vcr and record what is playing but it’s not cooperating. I am having issues finding the source.

Btw I got it working on OSB! It’s perfect. The tapes I have are very damaged and unfixable sadly.

Use the OBS Studio program instead. obsproject.com/ . It may solve your Problems. its free and works well.

@@vidcam thanks mate will give that a go and let you know how it works out, thanks

Worked perfectly, watch a video dedicated to setting up that program for VHS tapes, thanks again.

Exactly , It was so cool to find the old tape. Who is that young fella running around ? :) Time sure flys.

@@Allan- 37 years ago ... far out

Yeah the Mighty Escort Van :)

That is a easy method too. But keep in mind if the Recorder fails, you may not be able to watch them as the HDD will not be readable, I would try to get them on to USB, if your Recorder has HDMI output, get a HDMI to USB card and connect it to a PC and record them using something like OBS Studio, just in case.

@@vidcam When I recorded them on to the HDD, I copied them from there to DVD-R discs and finalised them. Then when laptops still had CD/DVD drives I transferred them to my laptops HDD, and from there to other backup portable HDD's I own.

@@patrickjohnson5658 Perfect !

If it is similar to the RC689, find a Capacitator in the Power supply board, C127 it is a 2200 uF/16V and you may see it has a swollen top. Replace that and see if it comes good. It is very common with a lot of these units. If you have a ESR meter, test it and others around it. Best of luck

@@vidcam ok

Could be the Eject switch (if you push the front panel near the switch does it Eject then?) , Could be the Mode Switch needs a clean, But normally that would only happen if it was changing modes,

Some people still want DVD, most of the time they go USB as it is a better quality, but Ill transfer what ever they want. Its also AUD Not USD.

Glad you enjoyed it

I agree, in fact the VHS to DVD units are great for a simple and easy way to convert tapes. But these days USB is a better method, I use a YITROX AV Svideo HDMI to HDMI Converter Upscaler to a Razer Ripsaw X USB Capture Card giving upto 4K. Does a nice job , but still relies on what the quality of the original Tape is. Generally Ill only go upscale to 1080 as the file size just gets so big, and some TVs are unable to read files over 3G. Thanks for your comment.

No I have no real Ideas maybe Swap to another HDMI input on your TV, Check your Lead, but sorry Sir I do not know. .:(

It is not 4K, but the bit rate of 256kbps is more than enough to transfer a VHS tape , which are around 576x240 @50fps. The unit does upscale the DVD to 720x576.

@@vidcam no mpe2 compression is lossy compression you will get artifacts making it look worse than the tape, VHS is a low quality format to begin with the way you are doing it just makes things a lot worse. To fit more than 2hrs of high quality you will need a dual layer disc if you don't use one changing the mode from 2hrs SP to 4hr LP will make it look like a TH-cam download put to dvd, captures should only be done using a capture card connected to a PC windows is your best choice for capture because it has the best video capture software and most if not all capture card drivers it written for windows mostly windows 7 but windows 7 drivers do normally work on windows 10 too.

@@atheistonyoutube Never seen any Artifacts when recording in the 2hr mode, yes there is heaps when you use 4 or 8 hr recording modes, but I never do. The Video capture cards work really well too, but if a customer just wants a quick VHS to DVD transfer this is by far the quickest and cleanest method. No need for rendering from USB back to DVD.

@@vidcam anything in SP mode you will see artifacts no matter what, to get a decent transfer from a VHS u need a bitrate of 6 Mbps any higher and the recorded DVD will throw up disc read error and (kbps) is for audio only 6Mbps Megabytes per second which what normal shop bought dvds are captured at, a dvd recorder offers lossy mpeg2 compression as default recording format this means you lose detail when recording at such a low bitrate because a dvd recorder can encode at bit rate of no more then 3Mbps which is half of what it should be even on a 4.7GB single layer disc or 8.5 dual layer, more over a customer can do it this way himself-hersef buy a dvd recorder and VCR combo from the thrift store press play and record no real effort on your part, that would be different if you capturing using a PC and a good VCR with a capture card not all capture cards are USB you can get pcie capture cards too. They encode at a much higher bitrate it captures all the details in the VHS the chrome and luma in yuy2 color space which is what a VHS should be captured in all. Nobody uses dvds they are fact be becoming obsolete most people are back up recordings online in the virtual cloud or on to a hard drive a homemade dvd will develop disc read errors the blue dye is prone to disc read errors in 5 to 10 years even if looked after.

@@atheistonyoutube Not sure what you machine you are talking about , but as I said I've never seen any Artifacts on the LG machines, and Ive been doing this for 10 plus years. Also with regards to the DVDs, yes most people want it on USB or Cloud, but if you use good quality DVDs again I have not had any fail and some of mine are over 20 years. Have a good day Mate

Thats possible too. I just do not know, but are you sure ? I did notice Reg Hunt Australia car 1:01 but the houses in the background look more UK than Aussie with the High angled roofs.

It's the 1956 Australian Grand Prix. The track shots are from the inside of Jaguar Corner which is Aughtie Drive and Albert Road Drive (no longer part of the track)

@@BMC1100 Thankyou for the information. I will update the heading.

@@vidcam th-cam.com/video/NAUl-h7PulE/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=BritishMovietone

Spoke to the Owner of the footage, He advised it is at Goodwood UK, mystery solved.

@@vidcam its albert park circuit my grandpa was at that exact race i think ill ask him. and report back to you

@@danniboi7490 HI, yes it is Albert Park. At first the original owner said it was Silverstone, but he was not too sure. Several viewers advised of its correct track. Thanks for your feedback.

You will need a Telecine Machine, I use a Wolverine www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0785H3FGN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It will convert it to USB, then you need a Video editor Program, I use Movavi Video Editor 2023, to Edit, Crop and create a decent MP4 Video, Then to make it a DVD you need AVS Video Converter to create a professional DVD, or you can just leave it as a USB file, hope that helps.

Hi Rog, well picked. They are a Great couple and have lot of laughs . Love the Video and imagery about the English canals that they had on their channel . Little different now they are in Scotland doing blogs bout the Farm and Scotland, but still nice to watch.

Most likely LG, the same assembly is used in almost all LG DVD-combos as well as even some pure VHS players. But it is also used in devices sold under other brands. You can even see the erase-head (green plastic thing to the far left), this is present on all units despite being used on some devices that does not support recording to VHS tapes. The connector to that head is just hanging, literally not hooked up to anything on the main board :) There are tiny variations though, some have an auto-head-cleaner (basically just an additional plastic part), and for some reason some have different sizes on some of the gear. I'm also not sure if the same drum is used for PAL and NTSC devices or if they are different.

HI George, No I have had no luck finding any replacement units. Also replacing the Laser unit requires alignment tools too. If your machine has HDMI Output, get a HDMI to USB adapter and connect it to your PC, then use something like OBS Studio to capture your VHS tapes to your PC. Does a pretty good job and its free

ebay has some spares, easiest is probably to find a similar device on ebay with a bad VHS portion and grab the DVD drive from that.

I have the same unit! Could you help me the vcr just plays in fast forward how can I get it to play? Thanks

You could try , but I do not think it will make any difference. Have you connected your VCR upto a Monitor ? Just see if it is putting out a Video signal? Maybe the VCR is at fault? As you say you have got Audio , so the driver should be ok.

@@vidcam funnily enough it started working once I got the pro version… very weird

@@wessy791 How interesting. Glad its working.

"ERROR" has been displayed to me when the machine gets confused about what state it is in, i.e. mode selector switch is probably bad or dirty, or the VHS mechanism is not aligned properly with the switch (note that all the gears and everything in the VHS mechanism has to be aligned properly, the mode selector also has to be in a very specific position when you put it all together. The proper alignments are documented in the service manual.

Page has been updated. Thanks for letting me know

@@vidcam Thanks. Driver update eliminated the flicker from my video capture ! (tape play fine on TV btw)

Woops, sorry about that, its back up. www.vidcam.com.au/APPS/instructions/xc4867/

The cradle that holds the VHS tape, as you start to push it in , it blocks the infrared LED b/t the Tape end sensors on each side of the eject assembly, thus starting the load motor. If that noise is from the DVD unit on the left it could need a new belt. If it is the Loading motor under the tape mechanism, then your VCR mech is out of alignment.

Thx Allan 🤗 The infrared LED is holding in the center blue plastic, right ? The noise is from the loading motor, upper right under vcr tape. Its endless gear gets blocked because the white cranks are blocked, so the motor tries to force it and skips few crank teeth before stopping I will try to clean the black sensor you showed, but I'm concerned there is other issue(s)

Maybe I'm lucky and the sensor is ok, but when the loading motor fails to initialized (can you elaborate on alignment comment?) then the firmware decides to disable any further loading. If I can solve the init phase, when the loading motor gear get stuck maybe the sensor will activate load...

The purpose of the motor on the right is to change mode (which includes accepting/ejecting the cassette). If that motor moves but nothing else moves, there must either be a mechanical error (maybe broken gears, or something is out of alignment), OR, something is wrong with the mode selector switch causing the motor to try to change mode beyond the first or last mode. I would check all the gears carefully, make sure the cogs are all there. Make sure everything is lined up (check with service manual for the correct "default" alignment). Clean or check the mode selector switch.