How to convert a VHS tape to a computer
At the time, the VHS format dominated the world of video, home movies and video cameras, even professionals. Like any technological format, VHS has lost its prominence to the new and smaller formats of greater capacity. If you have existing data on a VHS tape, you can transfer it to a usage format without the possibility of loss of degradation and the information associated with the format. Using some basic scanning techniques, you can convert a VHS tape to a computer in a few steps.
- RCA audio / video cable
- VCR
- Backpack video capture
- Video capture software
one
Connect one end of an RCA audio / video cable to the video and audio outputs of a video. The yellow connector transmits the video signal and the white and red connectors transmit left and right audio channels, respectively.
two
Connect the opposite ends of the audio / video RCA cable to the corresponding inputs in the video capture box that interacts with the video capture software.
3
Insert the opposite end of the video capture key into a USB port on your computer.
4
Turn on the VCR and the reference cassette you want to convert to the desired start point.
5
Open the video capture software that corresponds to the video capture key.
6
Click on "Registration" or "capture", depending on the software, to start capturing the data from the backpack.
7
Press the "Play" button on the VCR to start playback of the tape.
8
Press the "Stop" button on the VCR when the segment you want to convert ends.
9
Click on the "Stop" button in the video recording software.
10
Click on the File menu and "Save". Enter a file name for the converted data and click "Save" to save the file.
