Transfer video from your VCR to DVD in just a few clicks – the fastest way to convert your analog home video to digital; Capture video from VCRs and directly from other analog sources including Hi8, Video8 camcorders. Easy VHS to DVD for Mac is a very easy to use converter that can transfer your analog VHS, Hi8, and other tape formats into native DVD format, ready to store permanently on a DVD disk. Easy VHS to DVD for Mac includes a basic version of Toast, so creating a DVD from your videos is a. I have a Roxio Easy. I have a Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac for my MacPro and I can't get any audio. The connector cables are connected correctly, but no sound. I have a Sony Hi8 camcorder model CCD-TRV138 and am wanting to transfer these 30 tapes to my MacBook Pro I assume to iMovie to later make DVD's. Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac includes everything you need to easily transfer video from VHS, Hi8, V8 or analogue camcorders to DVD. Perfect for digitising and protecting home videos on outdated media. Easy VHS to DVD for Mac supports most analogue camcorders, VCRs and even DVD players.
This videohelp site is so massive, I could not find information on the best software/hardware to do this. These tapes are over 20 years old and it's time to put them on DVDs. I have an i7 Mac with 4GB of RAM, and an i7 Windows 7 Prof PC tower with 16GB of RAM and a solid state drive.
Would like it quick and easy as this is not my area of expertise. Have read most of the prior threads, but there's nothing recent. Purchased Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for the PC, but haven't tried it yet. It has a USB and cable connectors to the players. Reviews on Amazon not that good. Should a Mac or PC be used? Microsoft word for mac. Which software is the best and why?
Will additional hardware be needed? Thank you in advance. (and thank you Mod for relocating this thread). Would like it quick and easy as this is not my area of expertise. Well.transferring to DVD via PC isn't especially quick nor especially easy. The quickest and easiest way is to record directly to a DVD recorder.
This is the way most people end up doing it. Recording directly to DVD format on your PC amounts to pretty much the same thing (with the same inferior results), although your PC gives you a shot at removing commercials, making custom DVD menus, etc. You'll find free software better than Roxio for that purpose. From that point, everything depends on your expectations. Most serious hobbyists would capture to lossless compression in AVI, repair problems, then render to DVD.

The rule of thumb here is that you can't make VHS look like DVD, but you can certainly make VHS look a lot better than plain, noisy, faded 20-year-old VHS. Your PC hardware is more than adequate. Most of the software and preferred capture devices discussed here or in forums like doom9 are designed for Windows, notably Windows XP. Much of it runs in Vista/Win7, somewhat less of it will run in a Mac. So you're kinda stuck with cherry picking from available hardware/software that's compatible with your PC's and OS. Not that it can't be done, but there's no standard 'list' available.
The section of this forum is a good resource. One of the first things people do in PC capture (other than running out of drive space) is to buy a huge 1-TB hard drive.
These are impossible to maintain, and you'd be amazed how quickly even 1-TB can seem crowded. Better to get a couple of fan-cooled external enclosures (they're not expensive) and load slightly smaller drives inside each. Remember that if your single great-big-huge drive crashes, you've lost all your work in one shot.
You should capture to your PC's hard drive (it's a much faster drive that helps prevent dropped frames and/or audio synch problems), then transfer to external drives for work. Beyond that, there are some (mostly) free guides on the 'net. While not everyone would agree with every specific hardware brand over others available, and while these sites can't possibly be updated every 15 minutes to keep pace with new versions of everything, the basic techniques, hardware and software mentioned will give you an idea of what's involved and how it's best accomplished: Much of the material in these guides was created/contributed by past or current members of videohelp and similar forums. What a comprehensive reply. So instead of using Roxio's package you recommend my Hi8 player and VHS tape player go directly into my DVR which can accept a dual layer DVD, correct? I don't care about quality as much as preservation. If one can connect a player and recorder directly, what's the purpose of Roxio (or anyone) making software and USB attachment devices?
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