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I used iMemories, they were great, but so expensive😮

I’m new to this and want to convert our wedding VHS that’s over 30 years old. I want to do this on my laptop. Could you please recommend exactly what all I’d need and the best of it? Thx in advance.

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Great advice! Now I know there are different options. I appreciate your video. 👍

The bluish color on film is normal for a Daylight film (Kodak) you should color correct, but you might check which Kodak film was used because if it was a color corrected D (D=Daylight) it will be bluish, or T (T=Tungsten) Tungsten will be orange and it depends how the DP (Director of Photography, cameramen) shoot it it will shift colors with filters on camera and there are several that shifts a bit the image, with the post process you must think on a Color a correction Software I recommend Davinci (on blackmagic page the simple version is free) - Also if the cameramen did not use any filter you must correct it in post but sometimes no filter on camera is good depends the use and where it was shot (to know where the fils stock is some times on the edge of the film and some times in the white strip before the positive was written)

Thank you fow a wonderful video. I have a punch of VHS and mini DV wich i want to digilize. what is the best option?? i have a gaming computer already and my budget is 500 usd.

isnt the upscaler pointless if you can just upscale it after on the pc?

the YITROX is unavailable, and no info on when it will be again. 6/2/2024

This is a great piece of equipment. The memories are resurrected

upscaler for SD signals? come on ... the SD signal needs only to be preserved as best possible, and deinterlacing treatment need to be done using software ( QTGMC ) .. and pixels needs to be stored at the same format as original source ( pal or ntsc ) .. any other form of things you want to do on analog signal need to be done only when displaying... (not destructive for the original quality) ... if you want to use an hardware upscaler(losing contrast/interlacing quality andf making weird things on white/black side by side pixes) probably you are just an amateur of video editing.

It's 'YitROX'; not 'Yitronix'. But thank you.

Great video!! I have watch both this review and the one you did on the different upscalers (several times). It has really demystified the topics. I first got a YITROX scaler on Amazon (i already had a better wall wart for it) which I tried out and had pretty good success with. After watching this review, I went out and found the Gefen scaler. I have it connected to my VCR and from there I'm doing the HDMI capture using an Elgato HS60S. I'm using VirtualDub2 to do the capture (I've also tried OBS), and once I figured out the you have to allow camera and microphone in Windows Privacy everything is working. Again, thank you for your review. It's the resolution settings that I'm having trouble figuring out the "best settings". The question is on the Gefen which is the appropriate resolution to use; 800x600, 1024x768, 1600x1200, which are all 4:3 (and how does this match with NTSC which is 720x480). Or is using 720p or 1080p (and how do you keep the 4:3 with the black bars) better? Additionally, which is the best size, Full, Pan, Letterbox, underscan or overscan? Contrast, Brightness, Fine Tune and Color make sense that it's a bit of adjusting the settings based on the original video. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Can't seem to find much out there on the Gefen. Thanks!!

Nice presentation. I have been looking at the Kodak Reels device on Amazon and the $399 price tag along with the reviews had me pause. But after listening to you I may proceed.

Thanks for the great videos! I've started the vhs conversion journey with the yitrox upscaler and hd60 pro. However, some doubts about getting the right settings in place remain... Using OBS seems the way to go. But what would be the best choices resolution wise? Setting the yitrox to full 1080@60 output will distort the 4:3 PAL aspect ratio. Would it be better to go for one of the 4:3 outputs, or rescale afterwards in OBS to a 4:3 aspect ratio? Is there a reason to go for 60fps or 50, like 60 is 2x30 from ntsc and 50 is 2x25 from pal?

what about if you have a laptop that only takes USB type C? It's a MacBook laptop from 2022. Can I still use elegato and VC500?

Does the hd converter work without the video card

Great clear instructions, Thanks

320x240 is not the VHS resolution. Both Ealcheapo and Elcrapo USB devices are as the name suggests. Is Elcrapo paying you? The final method distorts the picture to incorrect aspect ratio. Bst option is to just convert to DV, or take an interest in the RF archiving.

im finding the scart to hdmi is giving a darker picture

Very good description of how to record a video of an 8 mm or super 8 film. I learned the hard way, showing the movie onto a white sheet of paper and recording it with my video camcorder. Flicker and keystone effect were the main problems. ( Surprisingly an older camcorder produced a picture without flicker- still don’t know why but great). Finally got a Wolverine from Amazon ( or something similar from Amazon), allowed to use a larger roll of film. All in all this gave acceptable quality videos. I still wonder how my Channel 5 (or six or whatever) can seemingly convert film to video in real time.

I'm having good luck using a generic white-box AV2HDMI converter into an HDMI USB capture card. The converter can output upscaled to 720p or 1080p both at 60fps and the correct aspect ratio, but the capture card can capture in all sorts of resolutions, including several in 4:3 ratio. I've ordered a converter with S-video in to see how that fairs in comparison.

I have an upscaler that only does 16:9, do you have any tips to record this into a 4:3 ?

8:27 Yeah, because the VCR records in 480i, not in 240p, also the horizontal resolution is more then 320, but it's in analog. The real resolution is arround 400x440i.

Your videos are great! Could you do a video on converting hi8 to digital please.

My Elegato video captures go out of audio sync. Any idea why that is?

Your videos have been excellent. They have influenced me greatly. Thank you. I recently purchased the Elgato HD60X for VHS/8 mm tape to digital transfers, along with a simple upscaler- and experienced the disappointing 16:9 aspect ratio result. I live in Canada, and the Yitrox upscaler is priced almost as high as the Elgato USB 2.0 capture card (your option "two" in prior video). And there is little reliable alternative to the Yitrox to get the 1024 x 768 (4:3) aspect ratio. Question : since they are priced similarly, can the Elgato USB 2.0, in which you can select the 4:3 aspect ratio, be used as the "upscaler", and then also be connected in sequence to the Elgato HD60X (to late to return the HD60X itself) to enhance the video quality? Thank you for your many replies! And your sage advice.

I have my microscope and is using Sony XS CCD camera B&W with BNC Video output 1.0 Vp-p, negative, 75 Ω unbalanced, I would like to convert this to HDMI to put it in a modern screen, what would be the proper adapter? Thank you!

Many thanks for the fantastic tutorial. One thing you didn't touch upon was the sound. Does the device capture the sound as well? Some of my old 8mm do have sound.

Hiya MoJoJoJo... A couple years ago I tried these "KASA" plugs, but like you mentioned, they made it so that you can't use them locally, but are required to use their internet tracking app. Blecch! I replaced them with "KAUF" brand plugs which are based on ESP8266, and had the ability to use HTTP REST API so I could slap it into cron. Works like a charm!

Please always capture vhs in 4:3 and convert to 960x720 (720P) or 1440x1080 (1080P) because 16:9 looks horrible for vhs, in Obs studio the best resolution is 624x480

I enjoyed your presentation. When I record a TV program on the VHS/DVD Combo machine, the playback on the DVD is grainy and will these devices improve the picture quality? The input to the Flat screen TV is from a Coaxial cable to the cable box. The Cable Box has an HDMI out port And to the flat screen TV and the picture quality is perfect. The Combo player also has an HDMI out port. I believe the cable box output to the input of the Combo machine is using the RCA composite cables. And the HDMI output from the Combo machine goes into the HDMI port on the back of the flat screen TV. Thank you for your assistance.

Hi, is it just the 285 that has the flip out screen or does the 265 and 275 have it also? Can you suggest an alternative projector with a flip out screen?

Hi, thank you for this informative video!! I do experience some problems with method 3 (I ended up with the EasyCel upscaler + Elgato HD60x connecting with my macbook pro 2021): it seems like the Elgato capturing software is not recognizing the device (there is a blinking red light): any ideas how I can fix this? thank you !!

Good morning, do you think adding a time base corrector will help with the digitizing process? Or is it just overkill because of the multiple connections? Thanks

Hi, thank you for your videos..ive learned so much. I did create the similar set up with upscaler and elgato hd60+ with OBS. I did a 5 minute test run with my vhs transfer.1440x1080p 60 fbs, mp4...after I completed and it transferred to my laptop...the video file was huge. 5 minutes = 1GB of a 6 hr tape! I lowered to 720x480 (1gb=9 minutes) then 680x480 etc. Obviously the OBS does not compress. What do you do with your files using this way? Do you use a compression software? Perhaps, I've completely set the parameters wrong. I'd appreciate any advice. I should say, I'm tech savvy but a little more than a beginner. Thank you

i purchased this capture device. Had to download some windows support programs but once i got it loaded it works perfect. Thanks for taking time to show me this.

I got a Retrotink with S-Video con convert my VHS family films to Digital, sadly my capture card is pure crap, its one of those generic USB 1080p - 1440p capture cards

Any thoughts on the 16mm film?

I thought we had finally gotten past the point where people would sit there looking at an image displayed in the wrong aspect ratio. It's such an inexcusable basic fail, that wasn't even mentioned.

Does the quality of the VCR that you are using to play the VHS play a role in the quality?

Does a broken camcorder screen affect digitalisation? I have a sony handycam, tapes all working when viewing through the viewfinder, but the camcorder’s viewing screen had broken sometime ago, so the issue i have been running into is a black screen only when i open any video capture software, obs or any other does is the broken camcorder screen causing this issue? And do i now have to seek for a new camcorder ?

When I have almost hiend card Sapphire RX 6800 (16GB vram ) and hiend processor AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (16 core), is it possible to use this hardware instead of Elgato HD60 Pro?

Thank you for extremely informative and helpful video. I had tried various methods with the gears that the camcorder came with but none that my computer would recognize the video input. I was going to get the Roxio VHS to DVD software package but ultimately decided on the Elgato (after watching your video). Again, thank you, sir!

Are there any Audio syncing issues with these products?

Good video

Awsome Video helped convince me to buy a home assistant!

A TBC is useful to connect between the vcr and upscaler it will fix errors such as discoloration.

good video! I do glitch art and my converter does not support some effects and gives me a blue screen with no signal, which do you think is a converter stable enough to support glitches?

And why do you upscale the video instead of recording his native resolution? if you can upscale later on a video editor?

What focal length is best for filming on your a74