How To Convert Your VHS Tapes - Convert VHS To Digital
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2023
- How To Convert Your VHS Tapes - Convert VHS To Digital
In this video, Mark Tachna shows how to convert VHS tapes to digital using a PC. He breaks it down to be very simple and cost effective using OBS Studio, a free software program and the highly effective O-I Data Capture Devise.
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I have just decided to convert my first VHS and have purchased the same I/O Video Capture Card and have followed your instructions using OBS Software which made the job simple and the end result was perfect. Thank you so much.
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I saw other videos, and this is a converter with good price/quality ratio and plenty of options. Great video
Thank you very much for watching and l am super happy that you like the video!
Thank you for the recommendation! Would like to convert some old VHS. This really helped.
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Thank You! This tutorial was perfect. Thank You!
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Thank you so much, 2023 and your tips helped me a lot!!!!!!!
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Super helpful, thank you!
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Thank you very much for your video. I got all the information I need.
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Thank you so much for this video! I have been trying to figure out how to convert my vhs's for a year now with the i-o data, and this video was very thorough and to the point. Tysm
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! I could not have done it without your video. I would have been lost without your software settings. I thought the product was defective. I did not realize the device drivers were on the CD. THANKS AGAIN!!!
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It's the best tutorial, by all accounts. I will try to follow your advice and I am convinced that the result will be exceptional. Greetings from Romania, Europe. A big "like" for you!
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Awesome video! I have a ton of vhs and 8 mm tapes that I am going to try and copy. I was excited to see they you are local, I live by the AF Academy. If I have any problems it’s good to know your local. Thanks again 😀. I looked on Amazon and they had a newer version and a blue-ray/dvd device. I may just get the newer one just because. I liked how you went step by step, video digitizing for dummies, lol.!
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Thank you gj:)👍
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Great video! As a response to the trick you explained at the end of the video: There is a feature in OBS, that will end the recording after a specific time. Go to 'tools' at the top, and then press 'Output timer'.
Cool. Thank you
Instead of stretching the video to 1440x1080 you can set the screen to the same resolution of the capture device by right-clicking on the video output and selecting "Resize output (source size)"
Thank you for the knowledgeable comment. That is good to know!
This seems a lot easier than the elgato crap which i have just sent back today, with elgato if your pc is not bang up to date with everything it will not work, and trying to download the driver was impossible, i will def be giving this a whirl.
It is pretty easy. Good luck and thanks for watching!
You don’t have to use a separate timer. The timer function is in OBS is under the tools at the top. ‘Tools’ then ‘Output Timer’
Thanks
Very good instructions I like it. The only thing is that I can not fast forward the video in my computer. Maybe is in the program OBS can I do something to changer
Software programs like VLC has fast forward and rewind.
Very helpful video, thank you. Once I convert the vhs to digital on my computer, can I edit them with this program? And can I save them to a flash drive and/or burn them on a dvd?
I do not think that this has editing features on it. A simple program to purchase is from Wondershare Uniconverter. There is a free version but it doesn't do much. The purchased version will let you do simple editing and burn to DVD. It is actaully a pretty cool program. I use it all of the time.
Definitely a good capture card - though with your VCR I'd have used S-Video out. I've tried the higher end Sony VCRs like that (believe you have an SLV-R1000 there), but the lack of line TBC in that VCR as there's often significant "tearing" or the upper part of the frame will all be shifted to one side a bit. You can actually see it in this video capture demoed in this video - the top maybe 1/10th of the picture is shifted to the left - pretty easy to see if you look at the small black bar on the left. It's fairly mild here, but can be worse depending on the tape. For some reason the high end Sonys seem to do that worse than any other brand and definitely worse than basic consumer VCRs, or that's been my experience anyway. Happy converting!
Thanks for watching. This video is intended for basic, easy setup. Most vcrs that people have do not have an “S -Video” connection. OBS can be pretty in-depth and using an s connection requires a bit more setup which will be covered in a future video.
@@TheMediaNerdMT I have a SVCR, can you tell me how to get the Svideo cable to work in OBS studio? I do see where I can change the input to S-Video in OBS and that seems to work. Is there anything else to do?
Thank you for good video. I'm using Mac and I don't know if it make any difference but the "Properties" window with the "Weave" check box won't show up. Also when I am recording there is no audio, but when I play the Mp4 file the audio is ok. On the audio mixer window the Mic/Aux respondes like the audio is coming from some mic? Greetings from Iceland.
You may have to check your audio settings on your mac to make sure that the input is coming from your camera. Sometimes when I am using Audacity, I can't hear the output while it is playing so I go to the audio settings on the mac and uncheck the mute button then check it. The audio then seems to work after doing that.
Hello! What s the audio nitrates? Thank you
I did some research on Audio Nitrates and it is a pretty cool band. Here is the TH-cam link. th-cam.com/video/8VrN-9kPhTQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ucZ1CDlT1OeGb15q
I use elgato. You don't need anything else. BUT I will purchase it and check it out.
Thanks
I haven’t tried elgato. I’ll have to check it out as well.
The test video you converted is 15 seconds long. File size is 34.4MB. As a result of these facts, an hour-long video would take up 8.256GB, which is a huge amount of space. Is there anything we can do with these facts?
When I convert video using my Mac in Final Cut Pro the file sizes are about 10 GB per hour so the OBS file size did not surprise me. On my Mac, I use Wondershare converter to drop the file size (and convert it to MP4) which is a lot more manageable and doesn't seem to compromise the quality. In OBS, you will want to play around with the capture settings to see what will give you a good quality video along with a reduced file size or, purchase Wondershare to reduce the size.
I have the wire but my computer's update is too new for the software. Is there a software you can recommend to download so the wire will work? The wire company has not gotten back to me.
Software companies are always forced to update firmware to keep up with computers. You may have to give it some time or get yourself an older used computer
Thanks for the video. I finally got my hardware and have it plugged into my mac but it is not seeing my device. I am not sure what is wrong. The only device it is seeing is the facetime HD camera. Do you have any ideas?
did you load the driver from the CD that came with the devise?
@@TheMediaNerdMT I could not find a driver for my mac. I finally used a windows box and it is working now. Thank you so much
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Thankyou for your tutors, but i can't get the convertet can you help me ?
How do you want me to help you? Do you want me to transfer your media for you?
@@TheMediaNerdMT how much to transfer I have like 50 tapes
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Have you tried using the S-video (Super Video) connection rather than component? Noticed both your machine and the capture device had the connection. Doing so SHOULD give you better video quality.
I have but for the purpose of my video, I am trying to keep things as simple as possible.
@@TheMediaNerdMT Was it in fact better quality using S-Video? Were you able to upscale to 720 or 1080p? Have you tried using A.I. to enhance the sound and video quality to 4K? Does yours work with Windows 10? I'm about to order a similar device to convert a bunch of VHS, so I thought I'd ask.
@@BigBore525x s vs rca is barely noticeable. The setting I used in the video is upscaled. I have not used AI to enhance the av to 4K. I would think that would take away from the nostalgic feel. Yes, I believe it does work on windows 10. The operating systems should be listed in the Amazon description. Happy holidays!
@@TheMediaNerdMT Good to know, thanks.
What about time-base correction though?
From my experience with capturing analog tape, I have not experienced any issues. With that being said, if I need to run an analog tape through my mini dv deck or 8mm camera to get it on my Mac via FireWire, I need to make sure the go through is set at 48 kHz or 16 bit. If not, the audio will not match correctly
@@TheMediaNerdMT It's not difficult to re-sync audio in post.
Good day. I do everything the same, but the synchronization of the image and sound does not fit! Why?
You are meaning that the synch is off slightly? Look at your audio capture settings. Look to see if it is set at 48 kHz. That is the standard audio setting.
@@TheMediaNerdMT This setting didn't help 😐
Is the synch off while you are capturing or during playback. There could be a few issues. Computer speed, cheep capture devise (are you using the one I recommended or a cheaper one?), Audio setting that the tape was captured using. There are different audio settings besides the 48 that you may want to look into. Did you try a different tape? On my 8mm tape camera, I need to go to audio mode and make sure that it is at 16 bit not 12 bit. That throws my synch off with 8mm. Maybe your vcr has an audio function. That's all I got. Good luck!
@@TheMediaNerdMT PC 32x CPU i9, 64GB Ram HP workstation of the latest generation 😉 This will not be the case. I've been doing video for 25 years. This problem is somewhere other than a slow PC 😄
Why would you use a 1440x1080 resolution? Doesn't it make your videos absurdly large for vhs quality?
Not necessarily since it is an MP4 format.
Can I copy movies on vhs to DVD?
I am assuming that you are talking about home family movies. Wondershare Uniconverter makes DVDs. OBS is good for the initial transfer to digital.
@@TheMediaNerdMT no. I'm talking about movie theater movies. Like a movie that is out of production that can't be purchased on another format like DVD.
I don't know if OBS will recognize the copyright code that is typically on a VHS tape. There is a school of thought which is, "if you own a video, it is your right to copy it for personal use for viewing". I take this by meaning that you personally would have to do it. If you would bring the tape to a company like mine to transfer it, then there would be a fee for the service which would then break copyright law. All films made before 1923 are in public domain (95 years)@@danielodor3822
My screen still blue. Someone can help me please ?
Without knowing the specifics of your setup, the only thing I can say is to check your RCA cables and go through the setup process that I showed again. If you are using an S cable, there is a bit of a different setting you need to use in the software program. I don't know the setting off hand.
Is VHS BLURRY,
VHS doesn’t have high resolution quality especially since we are used to watching HD and 4K so it could look blurry.