Technology How To

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to convert an oldVHS tape into a digital file that will never lose quality.

1. After placing our videocassette tape into the VCR2PC VCR and making sure it’s rewound to the beginning, we begin by double-clicking the “EZ VHS Converter” icon on the desktop.

2. We next click on the “VCR 2 PC” option in the main menu.

3. Next, we type the filename of the move we are digitizing. In this case we’ll call the video “My Home Movie.” We also choose how long we would like the computer to record from the VHS tape. Be sure to insert a time larger than the actual tape, as we can always choose to stop recording manually later. Finally, click record and immediately press the play button on the VCR to begin transferring the video.

4. At any time, you may stop recording manually if you are satisfied with what has been recorded. Once the time has elapsed or once you have manually stopped recording, move your cursor to the top left of the screen and click the back button to return to the main page.

5. We now click on “Videos” to see our newly digitized VHS content.

6. We can see that our home video is now displayed in this folder, from here we can choose to burn the file to a CD or make some primitive edits to the content.

7. Often times, we want to save the file to a thumb-drive or media source other than a CD. In this case, we’ll have to exit the VCR2PC program and find the file in My Documents>My Videos. Begin by finding My Documents from the start menu and clicking “My Videos”.

8. The “My Videos” folder now shows our videocassette turned into a digital file. We can now save it to a thumb-drive or (if it’s a small enough file) email it to ourselves.