Roxio Easy VHS To DVD Not a easy software to use but the capture device works well. However, You won't get VHS SP quality perfectly on to your DVDs. Reply to this review.
Easy VHS to DVD for Mac comes bundled with a USB 2.0-based audio and video converter. The USB is bus powered, so it doesn’t need an external power supply. A separate breakout cable provides plugs for connecting or, as well as two RCA jacks for grabbing analog stereo. (Easy VHS to DVD for Mac is strictly analog, with no digital inputs of any type.) Roxio also includes a USB extension cable, which allows you to move the video converter closer to your gear.
Not included are any audio or video cables to connect the converter to your equipment; you will need to provide those cables yourself. Send to Toast: This option launches either, if it's installed.
Once it's open, Easy VHS to DVD for Mac will add the captured video to a new DVD-Project in Toast. You can then use Toast's tools to burn a DVD copy of your video. Edit with iMovie: is launched (iMovie 8 or iMovie 09 must be installed), a new movie event is created, and the video you captured is added. Importing the video into iMovie converts it to AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec) format. This conversion can sometimes take a little while.
Once you finish making any edits, you can send your completed movie to iTunes, a video-capable iPod, or other devices. Send to QuickTime Player: When this option is selected, the video will first be converted to and stored in the same folder as your original video. The original MPEG-2 video is not affected, and will remain in your Movies/Easy VHS to DVD Capture folder. Conversion to MP4 can take a good deal of time.
A two-hour tape I recorded took just under an hour to convert to MP4. A simple USB device that captures analog audio and video into, the native DVD format. There are other video converters available, but most of them save the video file in a different format, requiring you to go through hoops to convert or encode your videos for storage on DVDs. Inclusion of Toast 9 Basic.
After all, this product is designed to archive all of your analog movies to DVD format. Toast is by far the best DVD authoring tool for consumers and prosumers on the Mac.
Simple setup and preview ensure the hardware is set up and working before you press the ‘Record’ button. It’s a basic idea, but it’s funny how often the basics are overlooked.
Video Quality selection lets you decide whether size or quality is most important. Simple one-click sending of captured video to iMovie, Toast, or QuickTime. You have to go through the step-by-step setup each time you use Easy VHS to DVD for Mac. After the first time or two, it gets a bit old. Custom time input.
If you know the video I am recording is 38 minutes, you should be able to enter that time, and not be forced to either select the next highest time (one hour) and record 22 minutes of nothing, or have to wait around to manually stop the recording. Easy VHS to DVD for Mac should have its own basic editor. This is important so you don’t have to go through re-encoding processes that take lots of time and can degrade the final version. No converted video library management. If you record a movie and forget to ‘Send to iMovie’ or ‘Send to QuickTime,’ you're stuck. You can’t launch the application and load an existing converted movie.
Sure, the MPEG-2 file is in my Movies folder, but as far as Easy VHS to DVD for Mac is concerned, it doesn’t exist. You're left to look for a third-party application to do what Easy VHS to DVD for Mac should be able to do on its own.
The times, when we recorded all the events on camcorder cassettes went. But we still hold dear weddings, childbirths, first steps kept in VHS format.
Unfortunately, magnetic videocassette tapes crumble within several decades or their quality degrade. To extend the life of your videos from VHS tapes, you’d better convert old videocassettes to the DVD format. We will show you 3 ways to convert VHS to DVD. Table of Contents:.
Way 1. Convert VHS to DVD with a Video Converter on PC VHS to DVD conversion using a analog to digital converter software isn’t the easiest way, but surely is one of the cheapest. It empowers you to rip many VHS tapes yourself without sharing it with anybody. You can capture and save all your family memories. Besides, you can later upload your content to. However, you have to be an advanced PC user to perform such multimedia processing. If you are not sure of your tech skills, please proceed to. Please note that this method works for personal VHS without any copyright protection.
About it here. Today we will use Roxio Easy VHS to DVD converter because it comes with all necessary software and RCA-USB connector for a VCR player. What you will need:. your old video tape. a new DVD-RW or DVD-R disk.
Roxio Easy VHS to DVD set (video converter + RCA cable+USB cable). a VCR or a TV/VCR combo. a Windows PC, laptop How to convert VHS to DVD with a video converter on PC:. Purchase.
Install Roxio software. Turn on your VCR player and put the cassette into it. Plug RCA cable with corresponding outputs into the videotape VCR. It’s quite simple: yellow is for video; white or red for audio (mono/stereo). Plug the other USB end into your PC. Launch Roxio Easy VHS to DVD converter and follow the wizard. You should push the Play button on your VCR and the software will start recording the tape after it.
The process will take a lot of time. You have to play full video tape and then burn it onto DVD disk. Your PC will be occupied with task. So it’s better to devote several spare hours on weekend for digitizing your old movies.
Don’t forget to watch the ready DVD and to check the quality. If the quality doesn’t satisfy you, record VHS and burn DVD again.
Thus, you’d better buy a DVD-RW disk. Convert VHS to DVD with VHS DVD recorder hardware This is the simplest, but expensive solution for VHS to DVD archiving. You don’t need any tech knowledge or hours of PC torture. Just buy a VHS/DVD combo like and it will do everything. Unfortunately, Sony doesn’t make such sets anymore.
So hurry up to get an old gadget at Amazon or a used recorder at eBay. Like with conversion, you have to play full movie, so DVD burning isn’t fast. For example, an average movie is about 60-90 minutes, it means that you’ll spend not less than 60-90 minutes on VHS to DVD converting. The DVD video & audio quality will be similar to the original video. What you will need:.
your old video tape. a new DVD-RW disk. a VHS to DVD recorder hardware How to Convert VHS to DVD with VHS DVD recorder hardware:. Turn on Sony RDR-VXD655 recorder. Put the old VHS tape into the right VHS slot.
Put a new DVD-RW disk into the left DVD slot. Press the Video button on One-Touch Dubbing pannel in the center (see the screenshot above). Wait till the process ends and check your DVD video. It’s all you need to do.
SEE ALSO: Free & Easily Way 3: Convert VHS to DVD via a web service There are several VHS to DVD web services in the USA and they are happy to transfer your VHS into a digital format for you. All you need to do is to pay a fee and send them your old VHS tapes. They also can edit the output video and improve its quality. As you know, original videocassette quality isn’t HD. Watching an old VHS tape in a MP4 format on a large modern TV screen may upset you. So think about additional video enhancement. However, if you are concerned about your privacy, you’d better stick to.