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vhs to digital software

Postby videogeorge » Sun Apr 07, 2019 10:11 am

This is a 2 prong question:

1. I'm trying to convert my old vhs tapes to dvd's and am using Adesso Video Capture Express which comes with Cyberlink Power Director 12. Worked fine for awhile but now getting a message saying that Power Director can't start the recording. I've uninstalled and reinstalled a few times, applied updates, made sure I have the latest driver etc. but to no avail.
Any suggestions on what to do next?

2. What other capture devices/software are people using to do this successfully?

Thanks in advance for any and all responses
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Re: vhs to digital software

Postby John 'twosheds' McDonald » Mon Apr 08, 2019 12:25 am

videogeorge wrote:...2. What other capture devices/software are people using to do this successfully? ...

I use an old Canon MV6i with video passthrough. Input is from an old VHS tape machine, output via Firewire to my PC using an old Firewire card that I installed.
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Re: vhs to digital software

Postby Chuck Engels » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:57 am

Can't help with the Power Director problem but I have transferred many VHS tapes to my computer for editing and DVD authoring. I used a ADS Pyro A/V Link, there is also the Canopus models of converters that work well.
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Re: vhs to digital software

Postby videogeorge » Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:34 pm

Thanks John & Chuck. I used to have a Canon ZR40 handheld camcorder that had analog to digital capability but no more. Thanks for your suggestions, I will persevere.
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Re: vhs to digital software

Postby Peru » Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:57 am

There are usually Canopus units on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R ... s&_sacat=0
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Re: vhs to digital software

Postby Chuck Engels » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:31 am

And you can probably find another Canon ZR40 on eBay as well :)
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Re: vhs to digital software

Postby videogeorge » Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:24 pm

Thank you all for the feedback. I will look into it.
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