Hello everyone! Thanks for watching this tutorial. I have created an updated tutorial for 2023. ➡ Check out the updated tutorial: th-cam.com/video/pYuDSU-7LyI/w-d-xo.html
The best video out there. Very clear and easy to follow and literally saved me from tears. My dad passed away 4 months ago and I went on holiday in 1999 with both him and my mum to USA, UK, France, Bali and after many years trying to get vhs onto DVD and that not working I got the usb grabber from jaycar had some problems with audio for a week then after watching your video it all works like a dream. We have about 20 videos and I'll be able to show my brother, son and boyfriend where we went. I'll also be able to see my dad on video. I just wished I'd worked it all out when he was alive as we sadly never used our vhs and so some of the videos I can hardly remember as they were 25 years ago. Anyway thank you soooooo much!!!!
Great video TTDB. I found a cache of VHS-C tapes of the kids when they were younger (20 - 30 years ago) but no longer have a VCR or tape adapter to help convert them. So I picked up a mint JVC camcorder to play them. I picked up the Cleantt vido/audio capture card to use with my Lenovo Flex 5 with AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and OBS Studio. Of the TH-cam tutorials searched, yours was the clearest with step by step instructions. I'll watch it a few more times and take notes before I get started. Thank you for putting this out there.
Thank you! I’ve been trying to get one of these easy cap devices to work for the past seven years or so and finally with the right combination of OBS studio and your video I finally got it to work!
GOD BLESS YOU I have spent hours having issues with this for the past week!! Also if anyone is having issues with an echo sound in their videos, I found that muting every input (desktop, mic AND video capture- not audio capture) got rid of that problem for me.
Works perfectly for me. I had more problems with dirty heads than this setup. Thanks a lot. :) EDIT: There was problem with lack of sound, but I solved it by connecting VCR HiFi output to Line-In port in sound card.
Thanks man for this tutorial! I received my video grabber today and thanks to you I already transferred it to my computer without any lagging or other issues regarding I'm a noob to it. Instructions were clear and comprehensive!
I went with the digitnow device for 20 instead of the elegato at 90 bucks. One thing I'll be looking at is a potential reported problem with usb3 devices like my computer creating jumpy video with usb2 devices like these on usb3 inputs. I'll report back. For those that are confused about the OBS settings (it is confusing), set your base canvas (preview) to 1920x1080 (1080p) under file, settings, video. Set up your capture video like this video, and the tip from realchickentender about using crop on the input window is awesome. The original resolution of a vhs/ svhs is 640x480 (OG tv) or 960x540 in 4x3 format (DVD/ svhs), so you will want the bands left and right, get the top bottom scaled to the preview window, make sure it doesn't look squished. Set your Output (Scaled) resolution to 1920x1080 (1080p) you will get as good a recording as your source/input can do (clean the heads, get a good input/capture device to maybe squeek a bit more quality.) You can also make the output 1280x720 (720p) and, it will be a bit smaller file, and you won't really lose any of the original quality. There is basically no point in trying to save old video at higher resolutions like 4k, it is just a much bigger file. The other settings on file, settings, video: Set Downscale Filter to Lanczos and FPS values to either 30 (which is close to OG) or 60 (won't add anything) if you are outputting differently from the base canvas, this is fine won't make much difference unless maybe you have a pretty slow machine. The other settings on file, output, advanced, recording have to do with the compression that is made between the source and the final file, which can affect quality. The more compression, the more processor power you need to compress it (playback is about the same) and the less data you will have at the end. Select the mkv format, and use your graphic card (NVENC or AMF) as the encoder (x264 is software, use if you have to, its fine it will use more processor power to encode), and don't rescale the output unless you know that you want to. The next area there has to do with the compression. CBR is fine for most things, try starting around 3000 bps, go up or down to see how it works. If you think you are going to pass these files through an editor like Premiere or iMovie, add titles or other edits and re-encode later, having a bigger, less compressed file might be important. Editing and Re-encoding a file will lose a little resolution, so you want a higher bit rate, or experiment with VBR (Variable Bit Rate) being a bit better (but they are close) compared to ABR (Adaptive Bit Rate) which is a bit better than CBR (Constant Bit Rate) for files you want to edit further. All these should be read fine by editing software. CRF (software) or CQP (uses your graphics card) are simplified measurement of compression, higher numbers are lower quality/ smaller size. This is similar to JPEG photo quality settings, they can provide poor (small) up to best (huge) quality depending on size. There are ways to take your output, trim, make/ add titles and edits and stream/ output the video without re encoding using various tools like ffmpeg, virtual dub, lossless cut, even premiere and OBS, but it takes some learning. Keep in mind that almost all of the encoding and decoding is done behind the scenes on any front end is from ffmpeg, and as you learn about the settings, basically all the settings, terminology and documentation goes back to that software, so forums that talk about the settings in ffmpeg also apply to the settings in OBS or other front end video processors.
Thanks a bunch! I was having a hard time trying to find OBS Studio's encoding settings. It's a really slick piece of software, and it's the only one I know that has a pause button during capture, which is a must if you want to get only snippets of a vhs tape and not having lots of separate files. Thanks!
I study ICT and computer is pretty much my life. No matter how hard I tried to make the honestech software work I couldn't. I can't thank you enough for this. Hours and hours wasted trying to fix those crappy CDs that came with it when the solution was so simple. THANKS
Thank you for this video - it solved my problem with audio drift after 5 minutes of recording with the DigitNow USB 2.0 Video Grabber capture device using the software that came with DigitNow ("HT VHS to DVD 3.0 SE") on Windows 10 laptop. Using the HT VHS to DVD software caused audio and video to not be synced and getting worse over recording time ("audio drift"). Truly grateful for the step-by-step settings guide using open source OBS Suite instead of the "HT VHS to DVD" software that came with the DigitNow capture device. Now OBS + DigitNow capture device results in perfect VHS -> MP4 recordings with no audio drift and really good video quality. Thanks again for the detailed OBS setup tutorial!
Hi! This helped me a lot, but I just get a black screen. I can get audio, but not the video. This is my first time doing this, so I have no idea, what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
Everything works except for the the actual sounf on the file after finishing recording (i can hear the sound loud and clear on my headphones while recording or just playing the cassette. can you advise please? i went throught the good tutorial with every step. Thanks.
Great video! I did use the capture type card you suggested but upgraded to an upscale plugged into a HDMI to USB 3.0 card and it’s stunning. I like it so much I am redoing all my tapes again. Much better colors and lighting and less dots etc. I bought a cheap one and it worked but upgraded to the Gefen and it’s much better. Thanks
when you used the capture card, did you find the video quality was degraded when you captured it? I'm running into this problem and it's really frustrating. I can't figure out how to get the video to look better. was that why you changed to the HDMI to USB 3.0?
hi, I have a question. I followed everything in your vid but my screen is just black. no blue screen appears like the one in @2:11 . I also have the same device as you. what could be the problem? can you help me with it? thanks
Hi Mat. It looks like you'll need to allow OBS to screen record. I recently made another video that should help you fix the issue. Let us know if this works. Thank you! th-cam.com/video/dBMWta3AuT8/w-d-xo.html
Awesome! I have the same capture device and the old program is indeed not really great. I didn't know I could do it with OBS, wich I already had! That was wonderful and very simple! Thanks a lot man! From Québec Canada
Subscribed i wqs using easy capture it was rubbish and used dub video converter that was shite tooo. Then you made this badd ass video. Now i can capture all the old videos of my gran R.I.P my dad will be so happy that this worked
Hello! Thank you for this tutorial. I have done everything the way you have shown but I am not able to get the preview from the camera to show up. (The blue screen on preview screen( The audio will record but not the video.
Muchas gracias amigo, estuve dias tratando de configurar la easycap y alfin pude transmitir desde vhs con la ayuda de tu video, muchas gracias!!! eres un crack
In my particular case, i was getting repeated audio after like regular intervals of time. After a bit of fidgetting around, muting the video component also is what finally worked for me. Hope this helps someone else facing the same problem too
Excellent video!! I'm trying to make it simple so my wife can sit down with OBS Studio & convert our VHS tapes using the USB 2,0 converter that you mentioned. After applying all the settings in OBS, is there a way to retain all those settings, maybe a preset, so she can start the process with only a few clicks? Thanks
Hi p thrall. Thank you for the comment. You can make a separate profile on OBS with different settings and retained them within the new profile. Click on "Profile" on the menu bar and select "new."
I've been using VirtualDub2 and VSDC to capture video, but mostly VirtualDub2 which outputs .AVI files. Inputs are via a Canopus A-D converter for the video (fed by an S-Video cable from the HI8 camera) and an I-O Data GV-USB2 for the audio (also capable of handling the video, but think the Canopus does a better job). Have you compared the quality of OBS Studio captures with VirtualDub2 captures? Converting my 20-year old Hi8 tapes to digital format before they degrade and/or the camera breaks...at least want to get the highest quality captures saved to the computer so that I can process (deinterlace, edit and compress) later when I have time.
Amazing tutorial! Just finished converting 15 x VHS-C mini tapes to digital. Each one coming in at around 700MB per 30 mins in great MP4 quality. I then uploaded each one to TH-cam unlisted so I can share easily with family. All the glitches and transitions from the tapes can easily be chopped out in TH-cams online video editor. My tip would be don't install the awful software that comes with these USB converters, just plug it in & download OBS straight away. Thanks again! Any questions anyone has, I'm happy to help.
You explain it very well. I am having a specific problem with capturing from a betamax machine. It does not work. I have used an elgado capture device iwht elgado software. a ucec device with debut video capture software. it does not get it. it works fine with my vhs machine. it does not look as if there is anything wrong with the beta so what else could be the problem i am a senior aged woman who does this to earn some money. i have been doing a job for someone now. i haven no problem with capturing the dvds and getting them to a you tube channel. no problem with capturing and convering the vhs tapes. only with the beta. is the beta machine just not working ?
Thank you for the helpful video! Question: any idea why the audio comes out static and robotic? I am using a DIGITNOW USB 2.0 Audio/Video Converter. thanks!
I have the hardware but not the software CD. I'm using Windows 10 and screaming obscenities constantly because OBS can't recognize the hardware. Is there someplace I can download the needed driver files so it at least can be recognized?
This is a great tutorial. I'm trying to capture some old show and family videos. I am noticing two problems, though - I have horizontal rainbow lines that fluctuate on the video, so much that I can't tell what color any objects are. This is happening on multiple videos. Also, my audio feed has a low buzzing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Hi David. I've been seeing comments about the issues you've described, but I have not been able to duplicate it on my end. What is the brand of the capture card that you are using?
All was well....BUT. No blue screen appeared. So when I hit record, I saw nothing. So clearly something is wrong. Any ideas? USB port is in. Yellow video cable is in. It's all turned on.
at 3:10, next to "Device" I have nothing listed, I can't click on the drop down it's all blank. Earlier, I had the VHS video automatically come up & was playing on m y screen, however the audio would not play no matter what I did & I followed your video to a T, still no audio. I checked the back of the VCR to make sure I had the plugs where they should be, I popped them out & replaced them but now I have no video. I'm totally lost to be honest. If I can get the video to pop back on my screen I think the only i ssue is audio, no matter what i do I have no audio, but for now I have to get the video back. I've been here for 4 hrs now so, tired.
I tried the software that comes with the converter thing but when I play the tape on my pc it rolls without colors. You OBS Will be different? Thx for answering
Hello,after an hour of recording my vhs tapes i have a slight delay to my sound.so i have to stop the vhs cassete and play it again to fix.my audio settings are default any ideas how to fix this?
I have an older sharp camcorder # VL-E650U video camera. I have several videos of when my children were young and would like to transfer them to my computer if possible. There is an AUDIO/VIDEO output on the back of the camera but there are only two rca connections on the end of the cord which plugs into the camera. I have an EASYCAP thing which plugs into the USB port on my desktop. It has a yellow, red and white rca connector also. I plus the yellow from the camera into the yellow on the EASYCAP and plug the black into the red. I plug the EASYCAP into the USB port, and get nothing. I downloaded the OSB Studio but it doesn't recognize my camera. What am I doing wrong? Thank you for your time.
Man it works perfect i recored almost all of my memories ! One Question i recorded a TV show with my VSR back in the days on a VHS tape , now when i run that VHS tape with that method i only hear the sound but i can not see the picture , however if i run it on my TV i see the picture ! Does this has something to do that the TV show was recorded with the VSR from the TV ? Is there any fix for that ? All my memories recorded with my old camera are on TV / Pal system and i got no issues with that watching on the PC , only that VHS tape with the recorded TV show has screen issues!
Great instructional video. Just getting started in making my VHS tapes into MP4's. I have a few questions: 1. I have two methods of '' feeding '' my VHS signal to my PC. One is by way of USB and one is by way of HDMI. Is there any advantage as far as video quality in converting them to MP4's to using the HDMI input over the USB input or vice-versa? Also, I have an HDMI Video Capture Card. Will my pc ( Win10) automatically detect the HDMI port? Thank you. Rob
Hi Rob. I don't believe there's an advantage of using an HDMI input when it comes to capturing a VHS to your PC. You're most likely not going to see improvements in video quality. USB will be just fine. Your PC should detect your HDMI video capture card as long as you are using an HDMI to USB capture card.
Does 'fit to screen' increase the video resolution? VHS is obviously very low resolution, I'm from the UK and for me its PAL (720x576) so I presume 'fit to screen' would stretch it 1920x1080 (but ofc keeping it 4:3 rather than 16:9). Isn't that a bad thing? Wouldn't the video look a tad more crisp leaving it in its original size than essentially upscaling it?
What is the use of s-video cable? i mean is there any risk? Why would the 3 cables exist if s video makes it better quality? Should i plug all 4 of them together or either s video only or the rest of the 3?’ (Red white yellow)?
Followed your instructions but no sound came through - not on my laptop speakers nor in the recorded video. Repeated your clear instruction four times, but no luck. Also, if using the SVideo cable (which I bought hoping it would solve the problem - no luck either) do you use only that cable, or that one plus the RWY cable as well?
Hello everyone! Thanks for watching this tutorial. I have created an updated tutorial for 2023.
➡ Check out the updated tutorial: th-cam.com/video/pYuDSU-7LyI/w-d-xo.html
Dude this helped so much. This deserves more views
Thanks for watching Jay!
Very instructive video. Thanks
Just tried your OBS settings and they worked like a charm. Many THANKS!
The best video out there. Very clear and easy to follow and literally saved me from tears. My dad passed away 4 months ago and I went on holiday in 1999 with both him and my mum to USA, UK, France, Bali and after many years trying to get vhs onto DVD and that not working I got the usb grabber from jaycar had some problems with audio for a week then after watching your video it all works like a dream. We have about 20 videos and I'll be able to show my brother, son and boyfriend where we went. I'll also be able to see my dad on video. I just wished I'd worked it all out when he was alive as we sadly never used our vhs and so some of the videos I can hardly remember as they were 25 years ago. Anyway thank you soooooo much!!!!
This works like a charm. This is the best video I've seen about converting old VHS tapes to digital. Thank you!
Great video TTDB. I found a cache of VHS-C tapes of the kids when they were younger (20 - 30 years ago) but no longer have a VCR or tape adapter to help convert them. So I picked up a mint JVC camcorder to play them. I picked up the Cleantt vido/audio capture card to use with my Lenovo Flex 5 with AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and OBS Studio. Of the TH-cam tutorials searched, yours was the clearest with step by step instructions. I'll watch it a few more times and take notes before I get started. Thank you for putting this out there.
Thanks Tony! I appreciate the kind words.
Thank you! I’ve been trying to get one of these easy cap devices to work for the past seven years or so and finally with the right combination of OBS studio and your video I finally got it to work!
Is obs completely free?
It was when I downloaded it....unless something's changed in the last couple of years. @@charischristou1586
Simple yet straight to the point, great tutorial! Thanks so much my friend.
GOD BLESS YOU I have spent hours having issues with this for the past week!! Also if anyone is having issues with an echo sound in their videos, I found that muting every input (desktop, mic AND video capture- not audio capture) got rid of that problem for me.
Works perfectly for me. I had more problems with dirty heads than this setup. Thanks a lot. :)
EDIT: There was problem with lack of sound, but I solved it by connecting VCR HiFi output to Line-In port in sound card.
not all heros wear capes. I came to the comment section with this exact issue and you solved it for me. THANKS!
Thank you, this was a big help! I definitely needed clearity when it came to using the input audio capture.
One of the better tutorials I've seen. Smart, direct, helpful!
The best video with the perfect explanation, thank you mate.
Thanks man for this tutorial! I received my video grabber today and thanks to you I already transferred it to my computer without any lagging or other issues regarding I'm a noob to it. Instructions were clear and comprehensive!
Thanks to you I spent $11 instead of $90. Thank you very much!
I went with the digitnow device for 20 instead of the elegato at 90 bucks. One thing I'll be looking at is a potential reported problem with usb3 devices like my computer creating jumpy video with usb2 devices like these on usb3 inputs. I'll report back. For those that are confused about the OBS settings (it is confusing), set your base canvas (preview) to 1920x1080 (1080p) under file, settings, video. Set up your capture video like this video, and the tip from realchickentender about using crop on the input window is awesome. The original resolution of a vhs/ svhs is 640x480 (OG tv) or 960x540 in 4x3 format (DVD/ svhs), so you will want the bands left and right, get the top bottom scaled to the preview window, make sure it doesn't look squished. Set your Output (Scaled) resolution to 1920x1080 (1080p) you will get as good a recording as your source/input can do (clean the heads, get a good input/capture device to maybe squeek a bit more quality.) You can also make the output 1280x720 (720p) and, it will be a bit smaller file, and you won't really lose any of the original quality. There is basically no point in trying to save old video at higher resolutions like 4k, it is just a much bigger file.
The other settings on file, settings, video: Set Downscale Filter to Lanczos and FPS values to either 30 (which is close to OG) or 60 (won't add anything) if you are outputting differently from the base canvas, this is fine won't make much difference unless maybe you have a pretty slow machine. The other settings on file, output, advanced, recording have to do with the compression that is made between the source and the final file, which can affect quality. The more compression, the more processor power you need to compress it (playback is about the same) and the less data you will have at the end. Select the mkv format, and use your graphic card (NVENC or AMF) as the encoder (x264 is software, use if you have to, its fine it will use more processor power to encode), and don't rescale the output unless you know that you want to.
The next area there has to do with the compression. CBR is fine for most things, try starting around 3000 bps, go up or down to see how it works. If you think you are going to pass these files through an editor like Premiere or iMovie, add titles or other edits and re-encode later, having a bigger, less compressed file might be important. Editing and Re-encoding a file will lose a little resolution, so you want a higher bit rate, or experiment with VBR (Variable Bit Rate) being a bit better (but they are close) compared to ABR (Adaptive Bit Rate) which is a bit better than CBR (Constant Bit Rate) for files you want to edit further. All these should be read fine by editing software. CRF (software) or CQP (uses your graphics card) are simplified measurement of compression, higher numbers are lower quality/ smaller size. This is similar to JPEG photo quality settings, they can provide poor (small) up to best (huge) quality depending on size.
There are ways to take your output, trim, make/ add titles and edits and stream/ output the video without re encoding using various tools like ffmpeg, virtual dub, lossless cut, even premiere and OBS, but it takes some learning. Keep in mind that almost all of the encoding and decoding is done behind the scenes on any front end is from ffmpeg, and as you learn about the settings, basically all the settings, terminology and documentation goes back to that software, so forums that talk about the settings in ffmpeg also apply to the settings in OBS or other front end video processors.
I diddled around with this for a while until I found your video. Works great. Thanks so much!
Thanks a bunch! I was having a hard time trying to find OBS Studio's encoding settings. It's a really slick piece of software, and it's the only one I know that has a pause button during capture, which is a must if you want to get only snippets of a vhs tape and not having lots of separate files. Thanks!
Thank you for the easy to follow directions for novices like myself. 👍
I study ICT and computer is pretty much my life. No matter how hard I tried to make the honestech software work I couldn't. I can't thank you enough for this. Hours and hours wasted trying to fix those crappy CDs that came with it when the solution was so simple. THANKS
Same here, so glad to ditch the Honestech, probably ok on Windows XP.
Thank you so much! You are a lifesaver. The OBS didn't really come with instructions & was about to give up. THANK YOU again. :)
Helped me get restarted with OBS. Thanks. Easy to follow.
Thank you for this video - it solved my problem with audio drift after 5 minutes of recording with the DigitNow USB 2.0 Video Grabber capture device using the software that came with DigitNow ("HT VHS to DVD 3.0 SE") on Windows 10 laptop. Using the HT VHS to DVD software caused audio and video to not be synced and getting worse over recording time ("audio drift"). Truly grateful for the step-by-step settings guide using open source OBS Suite instead of the "HT VHS to DVD" software that came with the DigitNow capture device. Now OBS + DigitNow capture device results in perfect VHS -> MP4 recordings with no audio drift and really good video quality. Thanks again for the detailed OBS setup tutorial!
Was that 'HonesTech VHS to DVD' by any chance?
Thank you. This was very helpful. It got me up and running with just one viewing of the tutorial.
This should have way more views! All of these other people are acting like we have to pay $142 for that "Elgato" thing. Thanks for the money save!
You sir are an angel doing the Lord's work. Thanks
super easy + straightforward. thank you!
I was struggling to hear the audio while recording. Thank you so much for this tutorial.
I had problems with audio too. But I have HiFi output in VCR, so I connected it by Line-In socket in sound card.
Easy to understand and follow. Thank you
Amazing tutorial! Super straightforward and direct. Subscribed!
Thank you so much for making this video, it was so helpful.
Hi! This helped me a lot, but I just get a black screen. I can get audio, but not the video. This is my first time doing this, so I have no idea, what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
This saved my entire childhood, legit thank you so much for this video!!
No problem!
Thanks!
VERY HELPFULL. THANKS
Everything works except for the the actual sounf on the file after finishing recording (i can hear the sound loud and clear on my headphones while recording or just playing the cassette. can you advise please? i went throught the good tutorial with every step. Thanks.
Great video! I did use the capture type card you suggested but upgraded to an upscale plugged into a HDMI to USB 3.0 card and it’s stunning. I like it so much I am redoing all my tapes again. Much better colors and lighting and less dots etc. I bought a cheap one and it worked but upgraded to the Gefen and it’s much better. Thanks
when you used the capture card, did you find the video quality was degraded when you captured it? I'm running into this problem and it's really frustrating. I can't figure out how to get the video to look better. was that why you changed to the HDMI to USB 3.0?
Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for this video! It saved me so much money!
hi, I have a question. I followed everything in your vid but my screen is just black. no blue screen appears like the one in @2:11 . I also have the same device as you. what could be the problem? can you help me with it? thanks
Hi Mat. It looks like you'll need to allow OBS to screen record. I recently made another video that should help you fix the issue. Let us know if this works. Thank you!
th-cam.com/video/dBMWta3AuT8/w-d-xo.html
Thank You bro, to the point and under 8 minutes.
Thank you so much man, this video helped me so much!
Muchas gracias, funcionó a la perfección, excelente ayuda 👍
Thank you for you help !!!! I was so confused !!!
Thank you for the video ❤
Awesome! I have the same capture device and the old program is indeed not really great. I didn't know I could do it with OBS, wich I already had! That was wonderful and very simple! Thanks a lot man! From Québec Canada
Subscribed i wqs using easy capture it was rubbish and used dub video converter that was shite tooo. Then you made this badd ass video. Now i can capture all the old videos of my gran R.I.P
my dad will be so happy that this worked
Hello! Thank you for this tutorial. I have done everything the way you have shown but I am not able to get the preview from the camera to show up. (The blue screen on preview screen( The audio will record but not the video.
thanks! you video save my life when I was looking for a real good free software. The rest are rubish
OMG Dude If it weren't for you, I would never have ripped vhs tapes to dvd ... thanks man!
Glad I could help!
Very helpful video, thank you so much !
Wow man this is the best video thank you so so much
Muchas gracias amigo, estuve dias tratando de configurar la easycap y alfin pude transmitir desde vhs con la ayuda de tu video, muchas gracias!!! eres un crack
In my particular case, i was getting repeated audio after like regular intervals of time.
After a bit of fidgetting around, muting the video component also is what finally worked for me.
Hope this helps someone else facing the same problem too
Thank you so very much!
Excellent video!! I'm trying to make it simple so my wife can sit down with OBS Studio & convert our VHS tapes using the USB 2,0 converter that you mentioned. After applying all the settings in OBS, is there a way to retain all those settings, maybe a preset, so she can start the process with only a few clicks? Thanks
Hi p thrall. Thank you for the comment. You can make a separate profile on OBS with different settings and retained them within the new profile. Click on "Profile" on the menu bar and select "new."
I've been using VirtualDub2 and VSDC to capture video, but mostly VirtualDub2 which outputs .AVI files. Inputs are via a Canopus A-D converter for the video (fed by an S-Video cable from the HI8 camera) and an I-O Data GV-USB2 for the audio (also capable of handling the video, but think the Canopus does a better job). Have you compared the quality of OBS Studio captures with VirtualDub2 captures? Converting my 20-year old Hi8 tapes to digital format before they degrade and/or the camera breaks...at least want to get the highest quality captures saved to the computer so that I can process (deinterlace, edit and compress) later when I have time.
Excellent, thank you so much. You have save me some money.
You are a frikking ROCK STAR!!!!!!!
not sure you covered the essential part. how you fix the interlacing problem? how you adjust the settings for NTSC or PAL? how do you set up the fps ?
Thank you, i just ordered my DigitNow USB 2.0 Video Grabber.
This tutorial was so helpful! Thank you so much!
I did everything as you instructed, but I cannot have the audio, what could be the problem?
This is a really helpful video, thank you .
Great video dude! So much simpler than VirtualDub. Fingers crossed no audio sync issues.. I'll report back -
Please do!
Amazing tutorial! Just finished converting 15 x VHS-C mini tapes to digital. Each one coming in at around 700MB per 30 mins in great MP4 quality. I then uploaded each one to TH-cam unlisted so I can share easily with family. All the glitches and transitions from the tapes can easily be chopped out in TH-cams online video editor. My tip would be don't install the awful software that comes with these USB converters, just plug it in & download OBS straight away.
Thanks again! Any questions anyone has, I'm happy to help.
@@Moledmc is OBS FREE?
@@controllineprecisionaeroba7454 You can download on the OBS website.
Thank you very much, i am able to convert VHS with sound, you ROCK
I use roxio creator 2012 old one so works. Will try OBS and see
please do not ever delete this video
Can't like this video enough!!!!! Thank you
You explain it very well. I am having a specific problem with capturing from a betamax machine. It does not work. I have used an elgado capture device iwht elgado software. a ucec device with debut video capture software. it does not get it. it works fine with my vhs machine. it does not look as if there is anything wrong with the beta so what else could be the problem i am a senior aged woman who does this to earn some money. i have been doing a job for someone now. i haven no problem with capturing the dvds and getting them to a you tube channel. no problem with capturing and convering the vhs tapes. only with the beta. is the beta machine just not working ?
Thank you for the helpful video! Question: any idea why the audio comes out static and robotic? I am using a DIGITNOW USB 2.0 Audio/Video Converter. thanks!
Hello I have everything checked in security/ privacy settings but I still just have a black screen no video or Audio any ideas? Many thanks
I cant get either my macbook nor my imac to see the USB Device unfortunately.
I have the hardware but not the software CD. I'm using Windows 10 and screaming obscenities constantly because OBS can't recognize the hardware.
Is there someplace I can download the needed driver files so it at least can be recognized?
This is a great tutorial. I'm trying to capture some old show and family videos. I am noticing two problems, though - I have horizontal rainbow lines that fluctuate on the video, so much that I can't tell what color any objects are. This is happening on multiple videos. Also, my audio feed has a low buzzing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Hi David. I've been seeing comments about the issues you've described, but I have not been able to duplicate it on my end. What is the brand of the capture card that you are using?
Thank U brotha
All was well....BUT. No blue screen appeared. So when I hit record, I saw nothing. So clearly something is wrong. Any ideas? USB port is in. Yellow video cable is in. It's all turned on.
What happens if the capture card keeps stopping recording every few seconds? Is it a lack of stability in home movies?
at 3:10, next to "Device" I have nothing listed, I can't click on the drop down it's all blank. Earlier, I had the VHS video automatically come up & was playing on m y screen, however the audio would not play no matter what I did & I followed your video to a T, still no audio. I checked the back of the VCR to make sure I had the plugs where they should be, I popped them out & replaced them but now I have no video. I'm totally lost to be honest. If I can get the video to pop back on my screen I think the only i ssue is audio, no matter what i do I have no audio, but for now I have to get the video back. I've been here for 4 hrs now so, tired.
I tried the software that comes with the converter thing but when I play the tape on my pc it rolls without colors. You OBS Will be different? Thx for answering
Hello,after an hour of recording my vhs tapes i have a slight delay to my sound.so i have to stop the vhs cassete and play it again to fix.my audio settings are default any ideas how to fix this?
Video shakes most of the time. Needs tracking by VCR/VHS video player every few minutes. Any solution?
Audio monitoring worked just once and never again... Any suggestions? Thank you for the great tutorial!
Hi TheKostisk. Can you try removing the audio input source and try re-adding the audio source again?
Thank you so much.
I have an older sharp camcorder # VL-E650U video camera. I have several videos of when my children were young and would like to transfer them to my computer if possible. There is an AUDIO/VIDEO output on the back of the camera but there are only two rca connections on the end of the cord which plugs into the camera. I have an EASYCAP thing which plugs into the USB port on my desktop. It has a yellow, red and white rca connector also. I plus the yellow from the camera into the yellow on the EASYCAP and plug the black into the red. I plug the EASYCAP into the USB port, and get nothing. I downloaded the OSB Studio but it doesn't recognize my camera. What am I doing wrong? Thank you for your time.
Man it works perfect i recored almost all of my memories !
One Question i recorded a TV show with my VSR back in the days on a VHS tape , now when i run that VHS tape with that method i only hear the sound but i can not see the picture , however if i run it on my TV i see the picture !
Does this has something to do that the TV show was recorded with the VSR from the TV ?
Is there any fix for that ?
All my memories recorded with my old camera are on TV / Pal system and i got no issues with that watching on the PC , only that VHS tape with the recorded TV show has screen issues!
Great instructional video. Just getting started in making my VHS tapes into MP4's.
I have a few questions: 1. I have two methods of '' feeding '' my VHS signal to my PC. One is by way of USB and one is by way of HDMI. Is there any advantage as far as video quality in converting them to MP4's to using the HDMI input over the USB input or vice-versa?
Also, I have an HDMI Video Capture Card. Will my pc ( Win10) automatically detect the HDMI port?
Thank you. Rob
Hi Rob. I don't believe there's an advantage of using an HDMI input when it comes to capturing a VHS to your PC. You're most likely not going to see improvements in video quality. USB will be just fine. Your PC should detect your HDMI video capture card as long as you are using an HDMI to USB capture card.
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it works .-- greetings from Germany
Thank you kindly! Great tutorial.
Thanks you help me out so much
While recording, the sounds get mixed up and fall on top of each other.Please help me
Great!
Does 'fit to screen' increase the video resolution? VHS is obviously very low resolution, I'm from the UK and for me its PAL (720x576) so I presume 'fit to screen' would stretch it 1920x1080 (but ofc keeping it 4:3 rather than 16:9). Isn't that a bad thing? Wouldn't the video look a tad more crisp leaving it in its original size than essentially upscaling it?
What is the use of s-video cable? i mean is there any risk? Why would the 3 cables exist if s video makes it better quality? Should i plug all 4 of them together or either s video only or the rest of the 3?’ (Red white yellow)?
Followed your instructions but no sound came through - not on my laptop speakers nor in the recorded video. Repeated your clear instruction four times, but no luck. Also, if using the SVideo cable (which I bought hoping it would solve the problem - no luck either) do you use only that cable, or that one plus the RWY cable as well?
Thank you very much, greetings from Mty, Mx.
Great content. Easy to follow. Worked perfectly. Many thanks
Great to hear!
Can i capture straight from my VHS Camcorder that has a VCR setting (only have the yellow and white ports) or will I need an external VCR system?
Hi, thanks for video, I have a sound cut off in obs all the time, and I have not the blue screen in my obs, how to solve the problems?
hey, what should i do if my obs is only capturing audio even though i followed all of the steps?
Hi I got no sound on my computer I did all the steps you showed me but I can't seem to hear anything please can anyone help me with this thanks!