Convert VHS to Digital - How To Convert Your VHS Tapes #middlesiggy

I just started a a digital conversion company and this helped me streamline it all amazing video great job

Sweet video. Very helpful to see the differences of a few products. Wish I knew this years ago.

Great clear instructions, Thanks

Fantastic you answered all the questions I had to ask, and more! Thank you very much for making this video!

Great breakdown of the various devices 👍 I have some family video to convert and your instructions were well done. Thank you 🙌

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

Thank you, Thank you! This was EXACLY what i wanted to see!

The Elgato worked great. Thanks for the guide

I appreciate very much the clear graphics & text charts you made - good production values! Tip: next time keep the name & pic of the reviewed hardware on the screen a few seconds longer. Thanks again.

thanks! I need to do this for so many tapes

Amazing, Joe!

Very informative and professional 👏 This very well may be the best VHS to Digital Conversion How To video of our time! Its so thorough and clear, its as if my Father is teaching me.

Clear and concise, thoroughly informative video

Thank you for this excellent video!!

The native resolution of VHS is 640 x 480 pixels, not 320 x 240 pixels. Computer monitors use square pixels, so 640 x 480 digitized files will appear correctly (ie: undistorted) on these screens. TV sets use non-square pixels, so 720 x 480 digitized files will appear correctly (ie: undistorted) when played on a regular TV. Incidentally, one of the most important considerations when digitizing videotapes is that the hardware must de-interlace the original signal. Without proper de-interlacing, the video will appear very "pixelated" whenever there is motion (or camera shake) in the recorded tape. If the hardware does NOT de-interlace the signal, there are two things you can do. First, you can use computer software to de-interlace the video after the fact. There are many apps that can do this (such as Handbrake) however, it can take hours to complete the process depending on what de-interlacing algorithm is used. Alternately, you can play back the interlaced video using programs like VLC Media Player that include a menu option for de-interlacing on the fly. Works pretty well. However, I much prefer to get properly de-interlaced videos right off the bat from the capture device. The Elgato does a nice job of de-interlacing but it does "soften" the image a little bit. This can actually be an advantage because a "softened" video appears less NOISY, and old VHS tapes can certainly be pretty noisy (ie: grainy).

super helpful! thanks a lot

Thank you for your response, it was helpful

Super helpful...Thank you!!!

Thanks for the great instructional videos. I just ordered the Yitrox converter, Elgato HD60X and clean power supply. I have about 50 VHS, VHS-C and Mini-DV tapes recorded from 1993 thru 2010 that I'm excited to - gradually - convert to high quality digital videos that can be shared with others. Will let you know how they look after I get started.

Thank you for the info!