Spec me a PC build to capture VHS tapes.

[Ynot]

Hi, can someone please spec me a PC to build for a friend that wants to capture his VHS tapes.

With a lot of help from this forum I built video edit PCs for myself that are still going strong

He could buy a device, something like "ClearClick Video to Digital Converter" but he thinks and he would be right, a PC could make a better job of it.

Any thoughts and thanks in advance.

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[whitecrook]

Ive captured hundred of tapes with a simple office dell i5 .

I use one of the hdmi to usb adaptors for £10

Virtual dub will do the capture.

The key is getting your signal into the pc i use a vhs deck with hdmi out.

Then i did whatever edits in fcp on a mac but mostly just used ffmpeg to convert the capture to mp4 directly.

 

[Ynot]

Ive captured hundred of tapes with a simple office dell i5 .

I use one of the hdmi to usb adaptors for £10

Virtual dub will do the capture.

The key is getting your signal into the pc i use a vhs deck with hdmi out.

Then i did whatever edits in fcp on a mac but mostly just used ffmpeg to convert the capture to mp4 directly.

Thank you, He has a Panasonic S/VHS deck BTW thanks again.