Recording on VHS in 2018
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ย. 2018
- Recording on VHS in the 21st century is not at crazy as it sounds. There are several good reason to use this retro format for modern recordings versus digital effects. Watch this video to learn more about why the dead format still works!
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Legend has it, this was recorded in 1985
he has since seen a youtube tutorial, and now he wears false eyelashes
Even the HD part too
Millennial using period VHS equipment to make her films here, great video! I totally agree with your points on the digital "VHS" nonsense. Im guilty of it too, but im moving away from it as i acquire more period equipment. Ive got editing VCRs on the way right now actually. I love this stuff!
Me too!
Aye, i have every digital "VHS" effect but nothing beats a physical tape recording
VHS IS NEVER EVER DEAD BRO THANK YOU!!!!!!
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I love watching my family's old VHS tapes
Finally! Someone who understands VHS recreation, I didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars to make a fake VHS video in professional software. I went out and bought an original camcorder from 1988 and 4 blank tapes for a total of 70 dollars.
Great video. I love the ease of use of vhs. I can just put it in an record tv and I physically own it. Also kids can't scratch it as easy like a dvd. Your right about the modern quality. To me its plenty good enough at dvd quality or 720p. I dont need to see the nose hairs of the local newscaster. It look so real it looks fake and kind of makes me dizzy.
Thank you.
What a unsung hero you are
Also VCR scan lines at 59.94Hz which you can get 59.94fps. The best way to capture VHS quality is at 480 vertical lines and 333 horizontal scan (480x333 resolution) at 29.97fps.
And after that you can convert it to 240p with or without scan-lines at 59.94fps for anything Live, Sports, and Video Games recordings.
Dude that bit about the authentic viewfinder gets me everytime, and the 16:9 ... some people
4:10 Full sized VHS camcorders sold in absolutely tiny numbers here in the UK. Most people used Video8 or Hi8, a few people used VHSC, often because they were hoodwinked into it by a smooth talking salesperson. I've made VHS recordings for customers who wanted an authentic VHS look for some project. I even made a recording onto U-matic, one with a crease in it, to give a real tape crease look on the image which worked a treat.
Ah good times. When I was just born, my mom and my dad would bring the VHS camera to record me as a baby in my first years of life, and we still have that VHS tape today and in some schools they still use them.
I am digitizing a bunch of old VHS tapes right now, family recordings is the main reason, but on a lot of these tapes are television broadcasts dating from the late 80s to satellite tv to the early 00s. The tv broadcasts are very interesting, even just seeing simple things like navigating the guide on direct tv in the late 90s is really cool to see, so much nostalgia.
As for VHS in general, the more I learn about the technology the more I appreciate it, I appreciate it more now than I did as a kid. I have gotten into cassette tapes which are cool and underappreciated in their own right, but VHS is the king of magnetic tape, far more impressive than even open reel tape, even in their ability to produce sound (on hi-fi vhs). Sound wise hi-fi VHS player can basically produce a perfect duplicate of a digital source, I've tested it. Why weren't music tapes ever marketed? Not talking about live music, but just studio quality music. Anyone with a hi-fi vhs player had a hi-fidelity machine that even sounded better than the super expensive open reel machines, cd players didn't get that popular until the early to mid 90s when the cost went down. What a missed opportunity. And it goes without saying that producing a video signal on magnetic tape was a huge feat, and to make these sophisticated machines cheap enough for most people to afford one was another feat. I buy every blank VHS tape I can, they are treasures. Even been buying good VCRs when I come across them.
Which VHS recorder and capture card are you using for AD-conversion?
My primary VHS player is a Panasonic AG 7650 SVHS player which works great with its built in TBC. I have that deck's video connected to a Sony DSR-40 DVCAM deck and the audio runs thru a sound mixer and then to the Sony deck. That deck acts as a pass thru connected via firewire to my iMac. I then use Adobe Premiere Pro's capture function to record the input. I've tried professional capture hardware, but I was never completely satisfied with the results - The video seemed pixelated and didn't look as good as the original tapes. It's a bit of a complex setup, but I think it best preserves the integrity of the original recordings.
_JVC had Super VHS-C._ 📼
*Some of their cameras could shoot in 4:3 and 16:9.* 📹
OH, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE VHS WITH A PASSION:)
Netflix onto VHS
Is it still possible to record from "digital" air antenna to a VCR and still get the "decimal" stations to select, i.e. channel 4.1,4.2, 4.3 or will I only be able to record 4.1 ??
Hi, Using a TV-Top Antenna I can't use my VCR, to record a Digital TV signal. I can't get
channel 3 or 4 to tune in, even with a pre-amp. Pre-amp really boosted the signal!
I've been trying to mate dogs and cats and it hasn't worked so far.
If I buy a CRT TV and use a Digital to Analog Converter, will that work for me?
I need to copy one VHS that was never produced as a DVD, for personal use.
Any advice is helpful.
My Sony VCR/DVD-R has an internal tuner, and the JVC does not.
Nobody sells blank VHS tapes.
Meanwhile in a store in my city - a shelf full of blank VHS tapes :D
Special K LOOL
Hi there...How do I plug in my Radio Shack video enhancer/stereo audio mixer when I want to add music at intervals in my home movies I made in 1980's Thanks
to add.... what is the easiest way to add a chosen song.... to a home movie
I finish yesterday 100 VHS/S-VHS tapes remastering. (Behind the scenes video on channel).
I'm very impressed with high quality from S-VHS HI-FI records. 1988, 1990, 30 years ago.
I have a samsung handycam camcorder and I was wondering if you had any tips for getting better quality audio when filming.
Question, id love to shoot with on actual vhs but all of the camcorders i keep coming across dont have working batteries and i cant seem to find any of thr ones i need. From what i understand they werent rechargeable until a certain year (would like to know when, 90s?) So what do you do about batteries, is there a certain type that is more common because id like to have 2 or 3 because i plan on shooting concerts and band interviews. Thanks!
Check eBay. They might have knock off also from China that might work.
I still do it in 2020. I had more than one opportunity to get a DVR free when I had satellite but never wanted one because I just always liked the VCR. After I got rid of the satellite and went to free OTA TV I thought those days were gone but I recently learned how I can do it using a converter box. I hope with the new 3.0 digital TV coming it won't ruin that but I will do it as long as I can. I don't do it a lot any more but I like to have the option if I want to watch something that is not on at a convenient time for me. It is especially nice if you want to keep a physical recording of something for a long time. I still have recordings I made back in the 90's. This just isn't an option with a DVR.
I do remember remember renting vhs tapes when in early 2000s even thou I was born in 1998
I am trying to find a vhs camcorder capable of movie legth film what brand would you suggest or ebay buyer.
Very articulate and true…since you are from the video industry from that era…could you please explain the meaning of resolution from the point of view of scan lines…what is 480 scan lines….could we increase those lines …. Were there any cameras that had more scan lines….
I miss watching vhs tapes, I bought in late 2022 2 dvd/vhs tv combos and collecting vhs tapes!! But I never recorded on one when I was kid. I want to know how to
Have you seen “dude bro party massacre iii” it came out in 2015 but pretty certain it was recorded on vhs
I was hoping you would touch on the other direction. Taking an HD video and setting it up for recording on to VHS.
Recording a digital video file on VHS is possible. All you have to do is get a HDMI2AV converter and plug your computer into your VCR and press Record.
where you buy a vhs tape beasuce i want may vidio put in the empty vhs tape
how about a how to guide (from digital antenna to analog composite recording) i would love to try that on my old vcr d;0)
Great video!
VHS last forever, unless you break the tape...which I did to my episodes on Steven universe I recorded..
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What did you have for your setup? Or did you just literally plug your VCR to your tv and record? I read somewhere that newer digital video can't be recorded onto VHS?
@@5k122Y i have my VCR hooked to my laptop by hdmi to av. I have a lot of old bad vhs movies i just cover the copy protect notch and re record on them.
I enjoyed the video. When you shoot VHS do you use the onboard mic to record the finished sound, or do you use some sort of external recording device? I have been having a hard time finding a VHS-C camera that records good quality sound.
almost every time I use external mic
One of my main concerns about VHS is the possibility of the value of Tapes, VCRs, and Camcorders increasing in the future. I have been running my own channel shooting BMX videos on VHS for almost a year now, and have already gone through multiple tapes. If those things start to appreciate in value, well, things could start to get quite difficult for me.
Use your VHS vcr videorecorder and b!and Cha tapes to get even with the news media tell your friends to use their vcr viddorecorder
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I still use VHS Hi-Fi, recording no picture, only music. On top Panasonic machines, you had that function.
I still use it to record long FM radio music programes. Like weekly jazz shows. Surely they are also available as podcasts, but a fine tuned classic Sony ES rig, delivers more sound quality and I record that on VHS Hi-Fi.
Cheers
I think I remember a few vhs on widescreeen ......I’ll come back and Edit here if I find any
I recently purchased a copy of "Spawn" Directors Cut Edition from 1998 on VHS that's in Widescreen format. It states on the cassette and slip case "Widescreen Collectors Edition" so they were definitely trying to showcase the fact it was widescreen lol Not sure if I've seen too many others in widescreen
While I agree it looks dumb to fake the VHS look with widescreen video, it's not completely unheard of. Once in a while I still record tv onto VHS, and when I do I record it in anamorphic widescreen (similar to a widescreen DVD, or the way widescreen analog video works on game councils). It's surprising how "VHS" it looks while watching it, even though the aspect ratio is more modern
No matter how I set it up, the vcr will only record audio and bluescreen from the digital tv. Antenna to Converter box to vcr to av on digital tv. Can watch with hook up, but not record video
Let’s say for a example I have a file on my computer of a skateboarding video I edited is there anyway I can put that on to a vhs tape and it actually play through a vhs player of the video I made
it would require a converter of some type I off hand don't know hows its done on modern computer
We had loads of widescreen and letterbox VHS tapes in the UK so yeah they do exist
Not *entirely* true...about 16:9. Had a client's tape recently (in the US), VHS-C, that was shot in 16:9 letterbox. Obviously just black bars, not anamorphic or anything like that, but still...the camcorder did have a widescreen option. In Europe, towards the end of VHS's life (1990s), higher-end home VCRs did support true (anamorphic) widescreen, with a widescreen flag to trigger compatible TVs to switch to Wide mode.
My 37 year old Sony Betamax VCR still works… quality.
What about outputting a 16:9 video from a digital camcorder directly into a VCR with composite cable? Will this cut the edges off, or will the image be squished into a 4:3 video. It can be "unsqueezed" afterwards so you have a true VHS recording in 16:9 widescreen, correct?
That's a great question. I've never tried that. It would be interesting to see what it does.
Good opening of vhs!
Is there anyway i can pass a digital video (from my computer) to a vhs tape?
Yes, you can. I did this with my dad's computer back in 2001. I used to run a composite cable and audio cables from the computer directly to a VCR and sell porno tapes comprised of 30 second video clips I downloaded off the internet at the time. I'd sell these tapes very subtly for $10 a piece in the lineup in the cafeteria at the Catholic high school I attended. Oh, those were the days! Oh yeah, I'd also mix in 80's music that I thought would fit the tone of the videos, mostly tracks from The Cars' Heartbeat City album.
Hey what's the music from 0:13-0:23?
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my question is how to do the intro? like how do you record a title opening animation onto a vhs tape?!?!
It's simple. Create the animation on your computer, get a HDMI2AV box, connect your computer to your VCR and press Record. Get a USB VCR and record the animation from the VCR and save it as a digital file. It sounds complicated but it's simple really.
What song is that at 3:21?
I want to record the Super Bowl now. If I record in 16:9, will the image be cropped, or will it have letterboxes?
it depends on your tv box
What is the name of the song in your introduction?!?! I've been trying to find that for years!! If somebody knows, please tell me!! Thanks!!
No sorry I don't know the name the song came off a Kodak video promo from back in the day
@@NowhereVideoNetwork It used to be the theme song from the "Glenn Haege Handyman Show" on the radio, and I loved how 1980's the sound was, but I can't find it anywhere! LOL!
I want to do it just to be curious
Here I am just using an app to emulate that VHS look.
Thanks
Preach brother preach!
What kinda vcr is that?
i was looking for how to record netflix to vhs because i would like to have stranger things on vhs and i found your channel i am sad to say i have used the fake vhs effect on one of my videos
2:10 I still do that
1982 and you still got it
the thing about he battery.... my suggestion would be to buy a generic BATTERY BELT from an online store and have it set and wired for the voltage the cam corder needs.
I dont even have nastolgia for this its just really cool to me.
Because I LOVE the VHS.
Thank you
Welcome!
I still have my VHS
I think back in the early 2000's Star wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace did have a widescreen release. I'm not sure about Attack of the clones on VHS having a widescreen release.
Since this video I've been hearing more and more about widescreen VHS. It must not have caught on enough to be widely used (no pun intended)
Is recording a YT video into VHS possible?
yes
A lot of things are not obsolete; Instant gratification is a growing disease.
Sixth Era (2016-2018)
Any advice for recording youtube videos onto VHS?
plug a roku into a vcr or get a hdmi to composite converter or vga to composite converter depending on what you are using.
Connect an Xbox 360 or PS3 to the VCR using an A/V cable.
Admit it, we broke dozens of tapes and there was not a whole lot we could’ve done about it.
I had some Family VHS tapes transferred to DVDs in the early 2000s.
The DVDs have only been played a few times.
Half of them went bad. Some have a CRC error now. BOO!!!
My original VHS tapes still work just fine!!
He looks like Tim Sweeney. Btw I just got a vhs camera and I love it.
D-VHS supported HD
hi gen z here
my friends and i have all committed to recording all of our A/V finals onto vhs tapes :,)
6:37 At least people actually put effort into logo design back then to make it stand out...
Nah I love this dude
Let us be a family
All I can say is this:
V A P O R W A V E
I’m doing it, and I prefer it just because I like hands on better and I like to be organized with my tapes and I just like it better, I like the way it looks, I like the way it handles, so why not just use it for making home videos and videos in general. I don’t use it for ironic or aesthetic purposes (but don’t get me wrong I do like how it looks), I simply just like using vhs.
Thanks for sharing!!
Very interesting video! but Im not quite in agreement with the sentiment that analog devices will outlive digital ones, sure a lot of digital formats will become obsolete and be difficult to read in the future but also some digital formats and due the nature of such data sure will be recoverable many years later in the exact same quality as was when it was created. I have a 16 year old USB, it has been washed on a washing machine (forgot on one of my pants) and also exposed to magnetic fields and spent many months on the dashboard of hot car in the sun and still works, still has pictures and songs i stored there when i got it! so they can be very rugged also had other memories fail and get corrupted data but like anything some lasts others die.
i like to use hi8 camcorders from the 90s
*cough* marketing departments catering to nostalgia.
I have a TON of "millennial" clients recently/currently, shooting on Video8/Hi8 & VHS, paying me a lot of money to up-convert to 1080p ProRes! They're doing it for "artistic/creative" reasons, of course. Does make me laugh a bit...but who am I to argue?! 😄
Well at least you're getting paid for it! I guess its a toss up - dumb down the high resolution or level up the old stuff.
2:55 That’s Why W-VHS exists
Also, because you can record with VHS. You can't with DVD.
Not true. There are DVD recorders out there. I used to own one. I no longer have it, unfortunately. I used to record my Hi 8 tapes directly to the DVD player. Worked very well.
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1999
Is this a real VHS recording?
yes
i dont get upset at anybody who uses digital tape effects because at the end of the day, tape is tape and digital is digital. there can never be a perfect substitute for tape
All those filters never made sense for me, they are just kind of generic
Ye I know what u mean I bought a vhs player for 5 bucks
Special k 😂
I thought it was just me who hated millennials trying to mimic VHS quality and not doing it right.
SPECIAL K, LOL