Digitizing Equipment to VHS
- You need a VHS Player or a Video Recorder.
- In order to digitize the analog data, you also need an a/D Converter.
- A/D Converter are built-in graphics cards with Video-In, analog-enabled TV cards and Video Converter cards.
- In addition, you need a Software with which the transmitted Video signals and saving the record.
Transfer VHS to PC
It's worth it, if you look at your existing equipment before you buy extra for the digitisation of new ones. There are a lot of connections and devices, which are suitable for Dubbing from VHS to the Computer.
- If you still have a Video Recorder, look, about what outputs it has. Common outputs Scart, antenna cable, RCA and S-Video.
- Depending on the Video output of your Video recorder, you will need a graphics-, TV - or video grabber card with an antenna connector, S-Video input or RCA input. Offers you can find for example here at Amazon. With an adapter cable you can easily transfer the video signal from the SCART output into an RCA input.
- The wiring of the devices in this CHIP Workshop explains
- Common Tools, such as the Freeware Virtual Dub, and the action of the digitization in this practice tip, exactly as described
In particular old movies and TV shows don't have to transfer it yourself. Many are there already on DVD or BluRay to buy or as a Stream to look at. Three Streaming providers in this practice tip compared further in this.
