Transfer VHS tapes onto your computer

So, You need to transfer VHS tapes onto your computer. Equipment Needed:VCRVideo camera with analog-to-video capabilities. Then a computer with video editing software. (Recommend Macintosh with iMovie)All the cables required to connect: component and firewire.

How 1. Connect the component cable to the VCR and the video camera. 2. Then connect the video camera to the computer. 3. Put the video camera in playback mode4. Launch the video editing software and select capture.5. Press play on the VCR and capture the video.

TipsSet the capture feature to break clips into 5 minute or smaller. This will help with file management.

Video files are huge the video you capture will average 10 gigabytes per hour of video.

Monitor the playback to ensure the tracking. Nothing worse than capturing for two hours and having unwatchable video.