Digitising VHS

AHarvey · 22 Oct 2015 at 20:54

Hi all,

I've been asked if I can convert VHS to digital, as it happens we didn't throw out the VHS player 2 days ago because we spoke about doing our own family movies from decades ago.

I've a VHS player with a scart and RF in and out. I've a R270, 270x or 280 (not sure which it is)

What hardware/software do I need to rip these VHS to my harddrive?

Magic_x_uk · 23 Oct 2015 at 06:56

i bought a device, forget the make, dazzle rings a bell, which enabled me to plug the video player into one end and then went into USB the other, then used the software which came with it to save on to pc.

takes quite a bit of space up to do it. I did a load of camcorder tapes.

try googling dazzle fusion, / dazzle pinnacle

Tafkap · 23 Oct 2015 at 09:49

I'll second that suggestion, I've used one of those with great success. Magnetic media degrades so it's important that people digitise important footage.

Razor-BladE · 23 Oct 2015 at 14:23

I used a Dazzle a few years back, worked well enough.

vodkacokebloke · 25 Oct 2015 at 14:37

i bought a cheap DVD recorder for £30 a couple of years ago and keep it in the loft for purely this job. Two scart leads - click play on one and record on the other, job done.

It usually means that your front menus are pretty basic, but if you want to do something nicer afterwards then DVDtoAVI will convert the dvd for free once you have finalised it.