The FPS setting for American VHS should actually be 29.97 NTSC (for proper frame capture and audio alignment), and the output (scaled) resolution should be 720x540 to give get right aspect ratio (4:3 instead of 3:2) because older TVs didn't use square "pixels" (or "dots" to be more accurate) that computer monitors do. I'm going to try these settings in OBS to confirm, but from what I have learned in the past dealing with other software and old NTSC video, these settings should be correct. Thanks for the video, I am looking forward to testing this cheapo capture card and OBS! UPDATE: Yes, my settings are correct and work well. Here are a few other tips: 1. Deinterlacing (to smooth the lines you might see in motion) - Right-click on the capture device under "source," go to "Deinterlace," and select "Yadif" 2. No Sound - If you've tried everything in OBS and still can't get sound, check Windows Settings/Privacy & Security/Microphone and make sure Access is ON and Allow Apps to Access it. 3. No Capture Device shown under "source" in Windows - Mentioned at the end of this video, but make sure Desktop Apps have access to "Camera" in Windows Settings. I was stumped earlier on why I didn't see any devices when he did, researched it and fixed it before I realized he mentions this towards the end. 4. Set Color space to "601" in advanced settings and under the capture device source setting, and set color range to "limited". I had to turn down the saturation a bit too. Overall, these cheap little USB capture devices work great, as long as you set it up right! I didn't use the exact "Digitnow" brand he has, but mine looks the same and probably is. Slightly different naming in the device list. Mine was currently $11 on Amazon, so if you get that one it should work just the same.
You're a genius! I've been struggling with sound for two days and couldn't do anything until I read your comment. Thank you so much! May God grant you ill health !
OBS isn’t really capture software it’s screen recording software. That’s a lot different than capturing from hardware. Captures should be 720 by 480 ideally for NTSC. Capture to losslessly compressed Huffy with virtualdub then reencode later to w/e you want after editing. The re encode is where you flag for anamorphic pixels or use square. What you are talking about capturing at 720 by 540? That doesn’t make sense to me. The entire visible picture is 486 tall but they do 480 to take advantage of Mpeg compression shortcuts. Capture interlaced and de interlace later with QTGMC. OBS doesn’t support interlaced encoding. It’s not meant for interlaced video.
this video was extremely help full Ive watched videos all week and not 1 made it clear finally uploaded the video having trouble adding audio might be because I am using a new Mac but will figure it out thank you mate, have a nice day.
Thank you. I spend a great deal of time communicating with the USB Digital Video Adapter customer support. But didn't get very far. Their English was not great and they kept saying the unit is a plug and play unit. But it really isn't, on my MacBook pro. Watching you video I managed to get it working.
You don't need OBS, you can just use Quicktime to record your VHS videos. It automatically detects the resolution and frame rate from the capture device. Much simpler to use than OBS.
*On MacOS yes,* however QuickTime is a no no on Windows because of software vulnerabilities and dangers that come with it QuickTime being discontinued years ago.
Thank s for interesting video I need advice I managed to burn to usb however when I play usb on tv picture screen is very small does not fit tv screen help
I have a videocapture device that looks exactly like yours but my PC (windows) cannot detect it. So if yours a modern one? Mine is bought many years ago.
Everything worked perfectly for me after recording two tapes, the next one could no longer see the video in OBS but if the audio played the first tapes again and the same thing happens to them, I don't know what it could be. You only see everything in black but the sound comes out perfect, please help
Thank you for the good explanation! But inmy case I got only blue sreen or the logo of the video player, ollso I tried different converters, Win 10 and 11, and Mac, and different video players but without success. Please give me advice on what to do?
Hi, thank you so much for this video it has helped me a lot to convert my old VHS. But I am currently struggling to get the audio to also play on my Mac. Do you have an idea how this can be done.
Hi. Thanks for the comment! You'll need to make sure audio monitoring is set to 'Monitor and output' on the USB video capture device. In your sources area, select the audio input for the USB video capture device. Click on the three dots and select 'Advanced Audio Properties.' Look for the audio input and select 'Monitor and output.'
Im still playing with obs. I didnt like the black bars on the side so i switched output to 640x360 for a 16:9 ratio. Looks full screen on my tv now. Still dealing with audio drift over time.
Thanks for the comment! There might be some settings you have to adjust within your operating system in order for OBS to see AV to USB 2.0. Are you using Windows or MacOS?
@@osmankerimben2149 Thanks for the update! So on MacOS you will need to add OBS to the camera section in 'Security & Privacy' or 'Privacy & Security' in MacOS Ventura or later. Normally you shouldn't have to do this after installing OBS studio as it should have automatically been added, but I have encountered this issue before. On MacOS click on the apple icon and select 'System Preferences' or 'System Settings' if you're using MacOS Ventura or later. Then click on 'Security & Privacy' or 'Privacy & Security' and scroll to the 'Camera' area. Once you are in the camera area you should be able to add OBS studio by clicking on the plus sign. Restart OBS and try adding your capture device. If you still don't see your capture device in OBS, then try restarting your computer as well. I hope this helps!
This was extremely helpful. I was able to get the video working but now have a new issue. I am recording from VHS to my laptop. The audio is coming through with a cracking broken sound. I have gaps and static. Do you have any idea what this could be. It isn't in the original recording. I have a different version of OBS than you because I don't have all the settings you have. I am on a MAC silicone. OBS 30.0.2
Hello and thanks for the comment! This is a strange issue. I might have to try out version 30.0.2 on my Mac to see if I can duplicate the issue. Here are some things you can try. 1.) Mute your microphone input in OBS studios. 2.) Mute your desktop audio if that is enabled in OBS studios. 3.) Try changing the audio sample rate to 44.1khz. You can find that setting in settings>audio>sample rate. 4.) Try lowering the volume on your video capture card within the Audio Mixer area.
I followed the steps and added the video. When it came time for audio I'm not hearing anything from my computer. I even tried pressing configure crossbar and nothing pops up for me. Do you know how to fix it?
I don't understand I've followed the exact same step but I can't get the image I get the sound though, and I tried it with a dvd player and it worked but not with my vhs
Hi there, thanks for the video. But I am having trouble with my VCR. When I plug in everything and open OBS studio, the screen is completely blue, even after I press play. What can I do?
Hello. Thanks for the comment! Unfortunately you can't edit videos with OBS. Once you have recorded/convert your VHS tapes to a Mp4 file, you'll need to use a video editor such as iMovie, Openshot, Clipchamp, or any other video editing software to cut out any parts you don't want to keep.
Im having issues where my capture card along with the color output, over it, there is grey lines that distort the image. this is either a capture card or OBS issue. if it deals inside OBS can someone help me fix it.
I ran into this, I had other things running in the background, youtube (watching an OBS example), browser with lots of tabs, etc. I shut it all down. Didn’t seem to help. Next I was using my GPU for encoding, turned that off and went with the software option, and that cleared it up. I didn’t go back and to double check, but this last thing seemed to do the trick, I expect all of the above is the right answer. After that, 14 straight VHS tapes captured, all came out as good as you can expect (my tapes go back to the late 80’s!)
Can you please help me.. I followed all your steps and the audio sounds perfect, and records, but the video doesn't show in my computer, it looks like a black screen. what am I doing wrong?
I have about 30 VHS-C tapes I am trying to convert on my Mac, do I need to run through the OBS settings for each tape? or once the settings are selected, will they stay that way?
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I just have one question: the file size is extremely large, I'm getting a 15GB 30 minute video file. How can I reduce that? I tried reducing the bitrate from 60000 to 2500 and all it did was lower the quality of the video, the size stayed the same. Thanks a lot in advance for any tips!
First of all, you only mention VHS. Beta tapes are very popular here, much more than VHS. I suppose your procedure is good for both formats and also perhaps for Laserdisc. Although you explanation is excellent, it is a very confusing and difficult procedure for common "Joe Average" chaps. I ask, Is this the easiest way of configuring Betamax (or other analog players) for digitizing analog recordings? Perhaps it would be easier if the software included with the video grabber is used instead of OBS? Thank you
The FPS setting for American VHS should actually be 29.97 NTSC (for proper frame capture and audio alignment), and the output (scaled) resolution should be 720x540 to give get right aspect ratio (4:3 instead of 3:2) because older TVs didn't use square "pixels" (or "dots" to be more accurate) that computer monitors do. I'm going to try these settings in OBS to confirm, but from what I have learned in the past dealing with other software and old NTSC video, these settings should be correct. Thanks for the video, I am looking forward to testing this cheapo capture card and OBS!
UPDATE: Yes, my settings are correct and work well. Here are a few other tips:
1. Deinterlacing (to smooth the lines you might see in motion) - Right-click on the capture device under "source," go to "Deinterlace," and select "Yadif"
2. No Sound - If you've tried everything in OBS and still can't get sound, check Windows Settings/Privacy & Security/Microphone and make sure Access is ON and Allow Apps to Access it.
3. No Capture Device shown under "source" in Windows - Mentioned at the end of this video, but make sure Desktop Apps have access to "Camera" in Windows Settings. I was stumped earlier on why I didn't see any devices when he did, researched it and fixed it before I realized he mentions this towards the end.
4. Set Color space to "601" in advanced settings and under the capture device source setting, and set color range to "limited". I had to turn down the saturation a bit too.
Overall, these cheap little USB capture devices work great, as long as you set it up right! I didn't use the exact "Digitnow" brand he has, but mine looks the same and probably is. Slightly different naming in the device list. Mine was currently $11 on Amazon, so if you get that one it should work just the same.
You are the MAN! thank you so much this helped out so much.
Thank you! There's so many different tips but this really helped sum it down!!!
You're a genius! I've been struggling with sound for two days and couldn't do anything until I read your comment. Thank you so much! May God grant you ill health !
OBS isn’t really capture software it’s screen recording software. That’s a lot different than capturing from hardware. Captures should be 720 by 480 ideally for NTSC. Capture to losslessly compressed Huffy with virtualdub then reencode later to w/e you want after editing. The re encode is where you flag for anamorphic pixels or use square. What you are talking about capturing at 720 by 540? That doesn’t make sense to me. The entire visible picture is 486 tall but they do 480 to take advantage of Mpeg compression shortcuts. Capture interlaced and de interlace later with QTGMC. OBS doesn’t support interlaced encoding. It’s not meant for interlaced video.
Thank you for telling me the resolution ratio for PAL @11:53. It saved my videos from skipping. Not everyone lives in the USA.
Many thanks, so clear and informative tutorial, you helped me a lot, and you got a new subscriber.👍
Thanks for the support!! I'm glad to hear the video helped you.
Thanks for this!
GREAT video! Extremely helpful! Much appreciated!
this video was extremely help full Ive watched videos all week and not 1 made it clear finally uploaded the video having trouble adding audio might be because I am using a new Mac but will figure it out thank you mate, have a nice day.
Very helpful, many thanks!
Seems to be working great! Thanks for the tutorial to get me started.
Thank you. I spend a great deal of time communicating with the USB Digital Video Adapter customer support. But didn't get very far. Their English was not great and they kept saying the unit is a plug and play unit. But it really isn't, on my MacBook pro. Watching you video I managed to get it working.
When I transferred a video there was not sound, anyhting I can do to get the sound? Thank you for the video
You don't need OBS, you can just use Quicktime to record your VHS videos. It automatically detects the resolution and frame rate from the capture device. Much simpler to use than OBS.
Do you get more than 10:57 min out of that? There seems to be a recording time limit
*On MacOS yes,* however QuickTime is a no no on Windows because of software vulnerabilities and dangers that come with it QuickTime being discontinued years ago.
Thank s for interesting video I need advice I managed to burn to usb however when I play usb on tv picture screen is very small does not fit tv screen help
I see mostly green and stripes. What's wrong? Thanks for helping
I have a videocapture device that looks exactly like yours but my PC (windows) cannot detect it. So if yours a modern one? Mine is bought many years ago.
I would assume this software is only when you have the video files already?
Ayuda! Cuando conecto la casetera en la tv los colores se ven bien, pero cuando lo conecto en la capturadora y lo veo en obs, no se ven los colores.
thank you, very well presented. massive help!
You were the only one to helped me, cheers
Where did you get the drivers to make it work?
Audio Tutorial at 12:07 for those who updated the app and found that the sound isn't working.
Everything worked perfectly for me after recording two tapes, the next one could no longer see the video in OBS but if the audio played the first tapes again and the same thing happens to them, I don't know what it could be. You only see everything in black but the sound comes out perfect, please help
same here :(
Thank you
Thank you for the good explanation! But inmy case I got only blue sreen or the logo of the video player, ollso I tried different converters, Win 10 and 11, and Mac, and different video players but without success. Please give me advice on what to do?
Hi, thank you so much for this video it has helped me a lot to convert my old VHS. But I am currently struggling to get the audio to also play on my Mac. Do you have an idea how this can be done.
Hi. Thanks for the comment! You'll need to make sure audio monitoring is set to 'Monitor and output' on the USB video capture device. In your sources area, select the audio input for the USB video capture device. Click on the three dots and select 'Advanced Audio Properties.' Look for the audio input and select 'Monitor and output.'
This way you will end up with 25/30 fps instead of 30/60 fps which VHS has, not to mention interlace artifacts during horizontal camera movements.
Can you describe what should happen? I'm having issues with interlacing and i can't eliminate it.
It’s 29.97. 30 fps is the old black and white signal before color was added.
Im still playing with obs. I didnt like the black bars on the side so i switched output to 640x360 for a 16:9 ratio. Looks full screen on my tv now. Still dealing with audio drift over time.
Thanks for the video. I Have a question, at my Device option i can't get and see AV TO USB2.O ? Can you help me out please
Thanks for the comment! There might be some settings you have to adjust within your operating system in order for OBS to see AV to USB 2.0. Are you using Windows or MacOS?
Thnks for the response, i use mac. 👍🏼
@@osmankerimben2149 Thanks for the update! So on MacOS you will need to add OBS to the camera section in 'Security & Privacy' or 'Privacy & Security' in MacOS Ventura or later. Normally you shouldn't have to do this after installing OBS studio as it should have automatically been added, but I have encountered this issue before. On MacOS click on the apple icon and select 'System Preferences' or 'System Settings' if you're using MacOS Ventura or later. Then click on 'Security & Privacy' or 'Privacy & Security' and scroll to the 'Camera' area. Once you are in the camera area you should be able to add OBS studio by clicking on the plus sign. Restart OBS and try adding your capture device. If you still don't see your capture device in OBS, then try restarting your computer as well. I hope this helps!
@@osmankerimben2149 You can also follow this guide too, but I believe this is for MacOS Ventura and later. obsproject.com/kb/macos-permissions-guide
How do I get my device to show up? I'm on macOS and using the Elgato Video Capture device
Did you manage to solve this? I can't get it to show up either.
Unfortunately not 😢
HELP! I have connected my cam correctly, but although obs seems to capture the audio of the video, there is a black screen ! What do I do ? :(
thank you for the detailed video. However once exported to Mp4 or MOV, I am not able to fast forward and reverse, any settings to fix this ?
This was extremely helpful. I was able to get the video working but now have a new issue. I am recording from VHS to my laptop. The audio is coming through with a cracking broken sound. I have gaps and static. Do you have any idea what this could be. It isn't in the original recording. I have a different version of OBS than you because I don't have all the settings you have. I am on a MAC silicone. OBS 30.0.2
Hello and thanks for the comment! This is a strange issue. I might have to try out version 30.0.2 on my Mac to see if I can duplicate the issue. Here are some things you can try. 1.) Mute your microphone input in OBS studios. 2.) Mute your desktop audio if that is enabled in OBS studios. 3.) Try changing the audio sample rate to 44.1khz. You can find that setting in settings>audio>sample rate. 4.) Try lowering the volume on your video capture card within the Audio Mixer area.
Alright, so if the vhs is copyright protected should I be worried about this not working?
How to record In Secam with OBS please ?
Anyone know of a fillter or audio setting to help decrease the static background noise?
I followed the steps and added the video. When it came time for audio I'm not hearing anything from my computer. I even tried pressing configure crossbar and nothing pops up for me. Do you know how to fix it?
I don't understand I've followed the exact same step but I can't get the image I get the sound though, and I tried it with a dvd player and it worked but not with my vhs
Hi there, thanks for the video. But I am having trouble with my VCR. When I plug in everything and open OBS studio, the screen is completely blue, even after I press play. What can I do?
Your vhs tape might be done aka too old.
Deinterlasing really helps but there are still some parts of the videos that it doesnt fix does anyone have a good work around for this?
mines records the timestamp on the footage how do i get rid of it?
Can you edit/cut the video before saving it so there isn’t like 10 seconds of blank after the video?
Hello. Thanks for the comment! Unfortunately you can't edit videos with OBS. Once you have recorded/convert your VHS tapes to a Mp4 file, you'll need to use a video editor such as iMovie, Openshot, Clipchamp, or any other video editing software to cut out any parts you don't want to keep.
Im having issues where my capture card along with the color output, over it, there is grey lines that distort the image. this is either a capture card or OBS issue. if it deals inside OBS can someone help me fix it.
how do I fix laggy videos on playback? I converted my vas tape from my JVC handy cam.
I ran into this, I had other things running in the background, youtube (watching an OBS example), browser with lots of tabs, etc. I shut it all down. Didn’t seem to help. Next I was using my GPU for encoding, turned that off and went with the software option, and that cleared it up. I didn’t go back and to double check, but this last thing seemed to do the trick, I expect all of the above is the right answer. After that, 14 straight VHS tapes captured, all came out as good as you can expect (my tapes go back to the late 80’s!)
great
OBS will not see my Sony 8mm vcr connected by Firewire at all despite following instructions. Magix Movie Studio does see it but capture is choppy.
mine picks up the audio but the video is only a black screen what am I doing wrong?
Can you please help me.. I followed all your steps and the audio sounds perfect, and records, but the video doesn't show in my computer, it looks like a black screen. what am I doing wrong?
Same issue here. No Video or audio, just black screen.
I have about 30 VHS-C tapes I am trying to convert on my Mac, do I need to run through the OBS settings for each tape? or once the settings are selected, will they stay that way?
Thanks for the comment! You only need to set up OBS once and the settings will be saved. You don't need to run through the settings for each tape.
OBS Studio cannot pass interlaced video.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I just have one question: the file size is extremely large, I'm getting a 15GB 30 minute video file. How can I reduce that? I tried reducing the bitrate from 60000 to 2500 and all it did was lower the quality of the video, the size stayed the same. Thanks a lot in advance for any tips!
You need to compress video to MP4 compression, that should reduce the file size.
Thanks for easy tutorial, I will try this later on.😊
O meu fica em preto e branco, consegue me ajudar?
not sure why my roxio doesn't pick up video signal, anyone have this problem?
29.97 Frames Per Second for NTSC
Does anyone know a better usb capture card that is good. The one that is being used on this video is awful.
all these USB digitisers are out of audio sync and quality is low.
I used GV-USB2 capture, worked perfectly, 14 VHS tapes, (windows laptop, old Sony VCR).
@@jdevoz What software?
@@Capadona40 OBS
First of all, you only mention VHS. Beta tapes are very popular here, much more than VHS. I suppose your procedure is good for both formats and also perhaps for Laserdisc. Although you explanation is excellent, it is a very confusing and difficult procedure for common "Joe Average" chaps. I ask, Is this the easiest way of configuring Betamax (or other analog players) for digitizing analog recordings? Perhaps it would be easier if the software included with the video grabber is used instead of OBS? Thank you
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768x576 merci ▶🔧