Convert Old Video Tapes with OBS | Video8 Hi8 Digital8 | Tutorial Guide

[@apsaravideo]

Great clip!!!! I bought the USB2.0 VHS converter online for about $10 . The software Honestech that came with it, is bad. The voice is not synchronized to the video when converted. I followed your step by step guide using OBS on Windows 10 PC. It worked great. I converted my many 20+ years old VHS tapes to MP4 !!! Thank you for this great video! --from from Los Angeles.

[@benchris_gb]

I think i have the same converter as you and i can not for the life of me get any audio from my footage. I watched so many videos and still no fix. My video displays fine but no audio reading. Any advice?

[@christinemoore6675]

Thank you for this amazing video! From start (re. cables and what each is for) to finish, it was SO helpful. The only problem I had was with the studio view, but once I googled that I was good to go. I had great results grabbing old home Hi8 videos (btw 640x480 was the best resolution for me). Thank you thank you thank you for a fantastic, SUCCINCT tutorial!!! JUST ENOUGH and NOT TOO MUCH! Very well done!

[@imraphraph]

Thanks! Happy that it worked out for you

[@jimmytrenton623]

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[@andersoniker6119]

@Jimmy Trenton Instablaster :)

[@jimmytrenton623]

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[@jimmytrenton623]

@Anderson Iker It worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thanks so much you saved my ass :D

[@jx506]

Thank you so very much! You also included the OBS download url on there. Took me forever to find it. I'm trying to do a video for my grandma's funeral slide show. This really helped out and God bless you.

[@vibraniummusic2004]

you just saved me from spending 200 dollars coz now i can covert my tapes myself :) - thank you so much brother :D

[@Raylan-T]

Thanks this worked perfect converting all my grandchildren videos right now

[@imraphraph]

Thanks glad it helped you!

[@mikegillespie1200]

This is a great video and really helped me - I was stuck, particular with the audio. All now successfully complete. I used OBS even though I have a Mac, just straightforward to follow you advice. Many thanks from the UK

[@imraphraph]

Thanks for the appreciation mike!

[@coriipod]

I downloaded OBS and it says "You can’t open the application “OBS” because this application is not supported on this Mac."

[@ixTaKK]

Find yourself a Sony Digital8 cam that outputs through the DV port via FireWire, those old Sony camcorder takes old analog tapes and converts it to digital and even has a time base corrector to deal with distortions and jittering. The cheap $10 dongle and Elegato tend to suffer from jittering/distorted images probably since they don't have a built in TBC. I didn't realize how crappy the Elegato capture was until I used the Digital8. Also for post processing use QTGMC deinterlace and your home videos will look amazing in digital playback.

[@imraphraph]

thanks mate

[@tommylumberjack]

Thank you! Super helpful :) Anything I should keep in mind about audio settings if digitizing video footage of a musical performance for better quality?

[@imraphraph]

Use shielded cables, and record as best quality as you can for settings. Because the sound on the tape is the best its going to get as it degrades over time!

[@TroyRalph-TomkenRoadMS]

While the sound may only be in mono you can get an audio splitter to send it to both sides. I do this on my NES to my Crt. It makes the sound come out of both sides even though the nes has only one audio jack. It would not be true stereo but during playback, if watching with headphones you would hear the audio in both ears.

[@imraphraph]

awesome

[@blamevy]

I was having some audio issues earlier, but after trying the gold plated RCA cable instead, the audio was super clear! Great tutorial & advice!

[@imraphraph]

glad it helps!

[@daviiidruiz]

How much does it affect the audio? I have a rca cable already, is it that much better?

[@msshelley2707]

hi where did you find the gold plated rca cable?

[@aaronoswaldo3778]

And with the method, can it also be used as a camera? Can I take video in real time from the camera to the obs?

[@imraphraph]

Yes you can

[@midnightrun5]

Excellent Video!!! Thank You for explaining all the issues you can run into.

[@imraphraph]

welcome!

[@Malmes999]

Top tutorial many thanks!!! only problem I had is the fade from preview to program both preview and program are both showing at all times. Any tips would be much appreciated.

[@maamotteesoot]

Great! So clear and helpful! What about cleaning the Video 8 and Hi8 tapes before attempting to the playing /saving and recording the videos and converting to digital on computer?

[@imraphraph]

I wouldn't recommend cleaning moldy tapes, they are as good as gone. Unless you send them to a proper repair house but they are very rare and very expensive. It cost quite a bit as they use some very strong chemicals.

[@Omar-pu5tb]

You're the boss, i always go back to your video when i'm having doubts and usually find a solution to my problem. Thank you !

[@carolinsarah3046]

Thank you so much! Great video with a nice step by step introduction.

[@imraphraph]

You’re welcome!

[@tonyroan75]

Thanks for making this video! I'm in the process of converting now.

[@imraphraph]

All the best mate!

[@AmarjitSingh-qg9tp]

The video was big help. Thanks you very much in taking the time to help others like me. It worked as you described.

[@TheOliveBungalow]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you so much! In your outro the video playback on the OBS screen looks choppy - does the final video come out like that or is that just it rendering? Thanks again!

[@imraphraph]

hey thanks. It depends if you have a dedicated graphics card I noticed it has less sutter issues.

[@benj7483]

Thanks very much for this! Video output worked great but audio output didn't work at all. I just used the camcorder's headphone out as the audio in to OBS.

[@iamspartacus6713]

great minds lol i was already thinking of doing that

[@aurorasgura9833]

This was super helpful, I have a sony TRV27E, mono audio, but for some reason my video is black and white and it lags a lot. What am I doing wrong?

[@Ritualsplash]

My video is displaying on OBS and I’m using the microphone usb 2.0 but when I record my video playback has no audio - just a loud buzzing. The video is work fine, and I can hear the audio through my handycam during playback. What do I do!!!

[@imraphraph]

First I would get myself a gold plated cable if you can, if not try a different cable. You can also check the audio record level on OBS? Is there any audio shown on the oBS audio bar?

[@Erikmora38]

Thanks for the video!. The only thing is that the videos on my computer screen (during recording on the software) are choppy and don't look like on my camera display. Maybe a bad cable? I've messed with all settings including resolution and it still does not look good :( ??????

[@imraphraph]

It can also mean a gpu issue, my imac does a better job and smoother in recording than my macbook air. Get a dedicated graphic laptop you will see the difference

[@gossipgi]

thank you so much you helped me out alot, one thing is that my tape or my camera doesnt want to rewind the tape and i dont know what to do about that

[@imraphraph]

Could it be there was a break in the tape?

[@mylesdunlap6571]

Once you convert a VHS cassette to digital there can be lots of dead tape space that got converted. Those segments of converted video can be hard to find and not needed. PyVHS is a Python package that removes those unused tape spaces. PyPi and GitHub is where PyVHS is located. Say you converted a lot of videos and do not want to manually edit them then they can automatically be removed while you do something else.

[@koz4483]

Hi thanks for the tutorial! I'm having one problem though, and it's that no image or audio is going through to OBS. (No blue screen apears when I take the video). How can I fix this?

[@5helly755]

Same, did you find a fix?

[@thecouncil4488]

@@5helly755 same bruh

[@5helly755]

@@thecouncil4488 working now. I needed to grant all the permissions

[@thecouncil4488]

@@5helly755 my camera doesn’t have the RCA connections just the AV port. How can I get it to work? I did all the steps but it’s still all a black screen

[@5helly755]

@@thecouncil4488 mine came with adapters for svid rca and av multi out. you might need to get one probably about $9 on amazon

[@benchris_gb]

I can not for the life of me get any audio from my footage. I watched so many videos and still no fix. My video displays fine but no audio reading. Any advice?

[@imraphraph]

Does the video camera have sound out from its speaker when not connected to the output cables?

[@benchris_gb]

Hi @iamraphraph - yes it does, that’s one thing baffling me the most about it is that I know for sure the mic works as it plays from the camera. The output is a video/audio aux type of slot and i’m wandering if it needs a splitter?

[@benchris_gb]

I think for some reason maybe my easycap is faulty and won’t take audio?

[@imraphraph]

@@benchris_gb do you see the audio out levels on OBS? Did you select the audio channels from the usb converter?

[@imraphraph]

@@benchris_gb That could also be a reason

[@chailipo8]

Hello, I have seen your video and I need help, I have installed the OBS app, everything works fine only until the video, when recording the video, the source audio is not heard. What would be the solution? I use the Easy Cap (Honestech 3.0 SE) or also the Video DVR (AMCap), which are exactly the same, in both cases, the audio is not heard. Could you do a step by step tutorial to configure the camera, the video capture and the laptop? Thank you.

[@ginginthing]

My old Samsung mono camcorder only has a 3.5mm output jack for the RCA AV cables. I can't seem to find a high quality 3.5mm to 2 (or 3) male RCA AV cable. Also this video capture converter you are showing only mentions compatible up to Windows 8. No mention of Windows 10. DO they have an upgraded capture converter?

[@ukantor7688]

Hello, I have a question, I normally use OBS to make Streams on Twitch and I already have everything arranged, the overlay and things like that, if I change the resolution so that the video does not have those black stripes, it will move all my other scenes and I will have to arrange everything again later when returning to the original resolution? Thank you so much!

[@imraphraph]

@@ukantor7688 yes you will need to readjust, its not auto

[@VoorDeFilm]

Thanks so much. This video helped me a lot. The audio isn't working yet, but I guess my very crappy old camcorder is to blame.

[@imraphraph]

Hope you can find a fix for it 👌🏼

[@VoorDeFilm]

@@imraphraph Looking for another camcorder is the only solution for me...

[@parrishthomas92]

My audio doesn't work either with obs,but it works just fine when I plug the camcorder into the tv

[@ianpurnell1991]

On my Sony TV which has 3 phono typical socket: yellow for composite video and both red and white sockets, for audio. Now it does matter which socket you use for audio as if you put a mono phono (often black on older cameras) in the red phono socket you just get audio from the right channel (and while mono it still sounds odd as in unbalanced and TV needs to be made louder as only one side speaker working) but if you put a mono audio signal in the white (left) phono socket on the TV you will get audio from both speakers all be it in mono but it will sound far better and louder then just an unbalanced mono from one speaker on one side of the TV.

[@imraphraph]

Great to know, Thanks Ian!

[@partygrenada]

To get the incoming video to full screen (fit the screen) all you need to do is right click on the video source -> transform -> stretch to screen and this can be achieved using 1080p or 1280p

[@russellrabanal]

Thanks for the tutorial. Got the video working but when I playback the file, it keeps cutting off every 2 seconds. Not sure what to do with settings for this.

[@imraphraph]

I find that machines with dedicated gfx record less stuttery videos

[@joeycan]

Hi Raphael, I've a question on how to convert PAL to NTSC VHS tape to digital (my computer)? I have those old tapes that was from HK but now I live in Canada, so those couldn't played on the VCR player that I bought in local.

[@alisoncondon1751]

Hi! Great video and easy to follow Quick question, my sony camcorder has the option of both RCA and S Video. Is one better than the other?

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

You probably know by now but S Video is better quality 😎

[@sabrineh2632]

Amazing video, helped me out a lot! Do you perhaps know how to enhance the colors and how to better the quality of audio? Thanks again 🙏🏽

[@imraphraph]

Basically whats already there is the highest of quality but if you feel there is static and noise, try a gold plated cable! it really helps!

[@chadhindsley5431]

USB capture cards internally limit quality and bitrate. I just compared Elgato (very popular and highly reviewed) vs firewire capture and the elgato was utter crap. Deep, crushed blacks and

[@duncanmacleod2136]

@@chadhindsley5431are you transferring DV. The specs for DV are 4:1:1. The specs for VHS are 4:2:2. It you use a FireWire to transfer DV that’s the best you can get but if you use it to transfer VHS then you are halving your chroma vertically and horizontally. It’s not as bad if your tapes are PAL but it’s really bad if your tapes are NTSC non DV. It becomes more apparent when your tapes aren’t good and you try to edit it. It doesn’t behave the same.

[@noahvarias4861]

Hi! What do I do when OSB recognizes my AV to USB 2.0 but does not show any image

[@imraphraph]

can you give me more details, did you press play on your camcorder?

[@liamswart99]

Mine didn't work on my windows but did when I tried on my macbook

[@rustyjames_shortfilms]

Thank you for this Raphael - I managed to convert an old family tape with your method. I have one problem though and wondered if you have any advice, the audio recording has an echo throughout - do you know is that a setting I missed in OBS or an issue with the old tape?

[@imraphraph]

It could be a setting on OBS, but check if the original audio has the echo sound.

[@rustyjames_shortfilms]

@@imraphraph I worked it out, just muted the computer mic channel and records perfectly now. Thanks again for your help, got some awesome footage from 25 years ago

[@claudiozaniolo4073]

Hi, I got my OBS running thanks to your tutorial,... thx,...... but I find my recording is a little blurry,... how do I adjust that? claudio zaniolo - Switzerland

[@RonRicho]

I agree with the majority here: Excellent tutorial! Thank you.

[@imraphraph]

Thank You!

[@haydentvvlogs5494]

Very good video. I did convert the tapes but for some reason there is no sound. Would you know why that is?

[@LimeAtions]

Hi. So what you need is a white cable from the rca cable. component, (red green and blue) dose not carry a sound signal. So use the green cable from the component and the white audio cable from the rca. If this wasn’t clear please reply back.

[@imraphraph]

When you were playing the video back on OBS did you add an audio input from the usb converter? You should see audio coming into the audio meter on OBS when you play back.

[@Krofrbbrbrrkodiks]

Thank you so much! I wonder if the audio from the video also will be saved?

[@imraphraph]

Yes it will

[@Krofrbbrbrrkodiks]

@@imraphraph thank you for the answer😊

[@monicajoy77]

Hi, thank you! What does the opposite end of the RCA cable look like? Is it one plug to go into camera or is it also 3 different colored plugs?

[@imraphraph]

It depends on what your camera output is going to be. It is normally the 3 different coloured plugs

[@ItsDanFuentes]

Question, the first time it worked for me and I was able to digitize videos, but the second time, the app does not show the video that I played the camera ... and it no longer works, I don't know what to do :/

[@alipaul9273]

Hi Raphael! Thanks for making this video! I have a Sony video Hi8 from 2001, which only has one audio output and no video output. Would I still have success using the converter that you show in this video? Thanks so much!

[@imraphraph]

Hey all cameras should have an output if its not an RCA type it might be an s video type which requires another converter 😊

[@cod4Rlp]

Hi, the camera probably has a 3.5mm output, this will output into RCA as long as you have the cable.

[@DavidDelLee]

@@cod4Rlp thank you! this comment saved me.

[@marluneth]

The recording looks super choppy on your screen, did the final product look like that as well? Is it because of the USB device itself not being high quality, if so?

[@imraphraph]

Hey there, from my experience if you are using a dedicated graphics card it is smooth as, but if you are going to do it on something like. MacBook I feel it became really choppy. I used the same USB device for both as a test.

[@jessicacoleman2210]

Hi Thanks for this video! I am having trouble with the color on my recordings. I tried the settings you suggested, but I am still getting a pretty washed out picture with a purple hue stripe at the top of frame. Any advice on how to correct this?

[@nbyrne5656]

Many thanks for all the info regarding this. We’re having the same problem with the picture though too. Seems to have purple green stripes going across the picture but it’s not there when you look at the video via the camera. Not sure if we’ve missed some of the settings? Thanks Nicky

[@imraphraph]

Hey I don't normally get that issue. Did you use gold plated cables? It could be the problem on the camera's side of things.

[@nbyrne5656]

@@imraphraph We bought another cable and we then didn’t have the problem anymore, the colours came back with no stripes. The first cable must have been inferior so it is worth buying another just in case. Thanks.

[@armyofda12monkeys]

I'm importing a clip from my Sony TRV340 into Mac with OBS, the audio seems fine but the video is very very choppy. more like a frame every 5-10seconds. Any idea what i could be doing wrong? PS i used MPEG-4 and H.264 for the video output settings/encoding, but I don't see 'CBR' rate control, i only see 'ABR' under H.264. Is that fine? 'CBR' shows up if change to 'x264' encoding format.

[@info3489]

I LOVE YOU!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[@SalehZiady]

Thank you for this nice video

[@imraphraph]

you can increase the input volume from the audio mixer in the middle of OBS under audio meters

[@SalehZiady]

Thank you for your kind reply

[@abduturk1035]

Im trying this with a macbook, and it do not recognise that ist plugt in. In ob’s

[@imraphraph]

what plug in usb did you use was it the same?

[@thenolassociation]

I am trying to capture skate footage but everytime i try to capture some footage I have this background noise , a constant mmmm . as if i can hear the elctricity . i've clecked every cable , and theres no problems, do you have any suggestions ? (using OBS ) I found nothing on the internet about connection noises or bg noises, thank you for your time !

[@imraphraph]

I had that issue then I switched to a gold plated cable, the noises were gone! Try that! Its because your copper cable is probably picking up electrical interference either from other devices nearby or itself.

[@colleenrabenstine5275]

Thanks for video. The recording part is jumping on computer but tape in camera is not. Do I have a wrong setting?

[@imraphraph]

Are you using a laptop? Normally integrated graphics can cause it to skip like in the case of my macbook air.

[@colleenrabenstine5275]

Yes using my Lenovo laptop.

[@imraphraph]

@@colleenrabenstine5275 It is most likely because of the integrated graphics, when I used the same system on a desktop or a laptop with a dedicated GPU it was a lot smoother.

[@triniboyful]

Hello, my old Sony video 8mm analog camera broke, it was one of the very first ones they made. So I have a lot of old tapes that I need to convert. I purchase a camera from someone recently on FBMP. It is a DCR-TVR130 NTSC Digital 8 Handycam. So I was trying to play my old tapes, but I get no video or sound coming out from it. This camera works fine with a new tape digital 8 tape, but for some reason it will not, when playing back my old tapes that were running fine like a year ago. Can you help?

[@joybalagat1176]

First, find out if your old 8mm tapes have the same playback control as the 2nd hand player you bought (i.e. PAL or NTSC). Second, your 8mm old tapes may be damaged or moldy, which is why there is no Video and Audio coming out.

[@chagamer7775]

can you find a way to do the transfer with a camera that only has a mini usb port. this will help alot thanks.

[@imraphraph]

The method should be the same, in which if you can get the mini USB to USB and plug it into the computer, it should read as a recording device on your capture program. But then again I have not personally used a video camera that only has a USB port for video out.

[@skylineq5669]

Thank you. Excellent tutorial video.

[@imraphraph]

Thanks!

[@sm_ath1967]

Hey Raphael! Great video. What's your OS? Because i've read some comments saying this adaptor isn't compatible with Windows 10.

[@imraphraph]

Windows 10

[@msshelley2707]

Hi thank you for this video. I have tons of 8mm camcorder tapes. I am not sure how to find the wires to connect my camcorder to the laptop or tv. I live in the United States I looked on amazon and I am confused on what wires to order. Can you please help me?

[@imraphraph]

What do you need hep with?

[@msshelley2707]

@@imraphraph I have 8 mm camcorder tapes I want to know how to download them to a usb stick or a dvd I just dont want them to lose quality they are old

[@imraphraph]

@@msshelley2707 Did you manage to watch this video? It shows you exactly how to do it.

[@msshelley2707]

Yes I watched it and I got confused and I looked on amazon I cannot find those wired

[@monty4276]

Hi Raphael, Great tutorial, my problem is I am not getting the blue screen showing in obs. I am using a Sony Handycam recorder and an easyCap device. Any suggestions. Thanks in anticipation

[@imraphraph]

Are you using a laptop with dual graphics cards? If you are you have to set the system to only use one. If it is not, it can be that OBS is not recognizing your input

[@sandwizhh]

@@imraphraph im havin the same issue i have pc tho, so it can't be dual graphics cards problem so if it's obs problem how can i fix it

[@imraphraph]

@@sandwizhh do you have a blue screen too?

[@bagherihelen]

Wowww done it😊 Thank you sooo much for you video, it’s the best❤🙏

[@cody60]

Does anyone have any idea why I can’t get any audio from my camera? I did everything here and no audio. When I playback the audio play from my camera but nothing on obs

[@sooori89]

Same here, I don't know what the issue is. Have you figured this out? I get audio from a Sony cassette but not from Maxell cassette :/

[@sydneystringcentre]

Hi there! I am using the Elgato Video Capture video converter. Works perfectly with their program but can't seem to get it to work with OBS... maybe not possible? Would love some advice! Cheers

[@marcusbrien1024]

Hi, Thank you for the helpful video. I've used the exact same products apart from my RCA cables connect into the camera through a jack/AUX AV type connection, Video looks good but the audio keeps making loud stuttery obnoxious sounds over the actual audio, the audio and video work perfectly on the TV with the same original camera cable, The only thing I can think of is that it's the easycap converter causing the issues. The input levels look fine it's not clipping. Any Recommendations, have you run into this issue before? Thinking of buying a more expensive converter. Thanks

[@isaacnoroncaasi]

Try using your computer's mic input (you can either use a RCA to minijack cable, or if your camera has a headphone output, a minijack to minijack cable instead). That's what I ended up doing.

[@marcusbrien1024]

@@isaacnoroncaasi thanks man, I ended up getting a different device to do it

[@catherinek7901]

​@@marcusbrien1024 I have the same issue with the audio, what kind of device did you get?

[@marcusbrien1024]

@@catherinek7901 I ended up getting a "digitnow!" external video capture device for £99 in Amazon. It feels cheaply made but it worked well, recorded onto micro SD card. However there is another one called "tangxi" which is £77.49 atm on Amazon. Think this might be the one I wanted but it was unavailable at the time. Also recommend getting gold plated RCA cables as this apparently will help contain the buzzing sounds. Should be about £10. Also my RCA cables had the wrong colours on them and this caused more noise so check if the video is actually coming through the yellow video wire. The additional noise came when my video RCA wire was plugged into an audio RCA output. There is still a very low electrical hum sound under the audio but not really noticeable and not sure if that's just there anyway. Best of luck with it!

[@catherinek7901]

@@marcusbrien1024 Thank you for your reply! I'll try this out! (:

[@techgajetworld]

Thanks you friend, kena cuba ni !

Hi! Good tutorial man! I'm getting an issue that hopefully you can solve. OBS is recording fine, however, audio is quite too low and noisy. If I increment the dBs, obviously the noise is powered. Do you have any idea what it could be? Cables, VHS reproducer? Inherent to the recordings? When I record Hi8 with my camera that noise is pretty low in comparison with the VHS :( Do you apply any processing to the audio signal when recording?

[@imraphraph]

Sorry for the late response. Normally I would get a gold plated cable because the quality is day and night. But if not try to output higher from your old camcorder if possible

[@Randomvideos-wz2mc]

I just have a question sir How split the screen on my laptop come one screen only???

[@AmarjitSingh-qg9tp]

I was using S video cable. Movie was transfered from camera to laptop. However there was no audio. I followed your KZbin video. Any suggestion?

[@MerlinKrumme]

Thanks a lot, you helped me out much!

[@imraphraph]

You’re welcome!

[@Wrestlelesson]

I have my webcam plugged in do I have to plug out my webcam so OBS can connect to my Handycam?

[@siryonkers]

Have you used the Elgato Video Capture before? I just got that, and it's solid.

[@imraphraph]

Not yet! But I have heard a lot about it

[@siryonkers]

@@imraphraph I used it for an old VHS tape, hooked up through a VCR. Worked great! I used my MacBook Pro, and there were no issues. I'm gonna be trying to convert some old Hi-8 tape footage directly from an old Sony camcorder via AV, so hopefully that works!

[@iqbaalmiah138]

@@siryonkers please can you update me on how it goes with your camcorder, I really want to try this.

[@nadeemanwar1296]

Hi, I am facing a problem. OBS is recording the video but there is no audio capture. Can you please help?

[@jonesy9035]

Had lots of problems connecting to my computer. I ended up playing the movies on my television and filming with my iPhone instead lol. Guess what it worked perfect.

[@gregstreicher956]

super helpful!! thanks

[@imraphraph]

glad it helped!

[@alexey2093]

man can I ask you to capture the fast forward mode with no footage on screen? I need that little genuine "FFWD" sign in the corner - can't find it anywhere, would be so thankful if you can help! thank you!

[@ouran56]

What video format standards your UVC Converter supported: - NTSC, PAL or SECAM?

[@Shortystacks]

great video, my only question is whenever in obs i select the av to usb option, the preview window is black and i cant see any of my video, is there something im doing wrong or whats the best way to solve this! thanks!

[@imraphraph]

If you are running on a laptop with dual gpu you might have to set it to run on only one. I had that trouble before

[@cam4001]

Can you please help me for the love of god, whenever I go into OBS and I click on the video capture, I click on my capture device and the screen stays black it won’t turn blue no matter what I do, and if you’re just gonna suggest me to go into the settings and make sure the camera and screen recording box is checked off I already did that do you know anything else you can tell me?

[@imraphraph]

Are you using a laptop with integrated graphics or one that has dual graphics cards? Coz I had that issue once, you have to disable a setting in your graphic option.

[@cam4001]

@@imraphraph I’m using the newest MacBook Pro with the touchbar above the keyboard

[@cam4001]

@@imraphraph oh and I forgot to mention I got the video to play in OBS last night I figured it out, now my only problem is whenever I try to record the video the audio is either straight buzzing, skipping, or popping sounds how do I fix the audio?

[@thecouncil4488]

@@cam4001 how did u get it to play the video?

[@GamingOldDude]

Hi Raphael, I've a question about your OBS Studio setup. How do you get the two screens Preview and Program with the Transition button in the Obs window?

[@GamingOldDude]

Never mind, I already found it you have to press the Studio Mode button :)

[@imraphraph]

Studio mode ya haha!

[@TheNewStoryteller]

Normally I put the tape from the video8 to the digital8 it's really simple for me.

[@italovalerio]

The problem is bad analogic quality. The best connection is using DV fireware. The OBS recognize Microsoft DV device but not show image here.

[@EiffelEthan]

How about the tapes? can you reuse it again? it can be deleted the files on it?

[@imraphraph]

Nah I wouldn't re use it even if you can tape over because the quality degrades each time

[@Azam_Pakistan]

I am using Easycap. No matter what software I use, the video keeps shaking. Needs tracking every few minutes by the VCR which destroys recording.Any tips

[@imraphraph]

When you mean shaking do you mean the actual video is shaky?

[@A2Z_Productionz]

Hi, i need desperate help with this. I have followed the tutorial and when I connect my Sony handy cam , same one as yours. I can hear the audio but no video? It just displays a grey screen. When I press play and Pause I can see on the grey screen ‘Video8’ so looks like it’s got some kind of video signal? I am trying to record my old hi8 tabes. Please help!

[@imraphraph]

you are trying to record new footage or convert old footage? When you play a tape back is there video on the LCD?

[@khalidmt90]

Excellent tutorial and Explanation! Thank you, Raphael! One question, is there a faster way for recording since I have tons of tapes? Playing each tape will take a lot of time.

[@imraphraph]

I wish there was! That's why analog tape conversion costs so much!

[@skyler_dahan]

Hey Raphael. I was wondering if you knew if it's possible to use a Hi-8 camera to stream? The reason is to obtain a vintage effect for my viewers. I have a black magic intensity shuttle but the image on OBS freezes. Is there a dongle or some sort of capture device I might need?

[@imraphraph]

Skyler Dahan hey it is possible, but I have never used Black Magic Shuttle or streamed via hi8

[@skyler_dahan]

@@imraphraph thanks for your reply ! could you explain how this would be possible?

[@imraphraph]

The Blorgstein one way to avoid problems when live-streaming from the old cameras would be to convert the old tapes first then play it back back during the livestream as an offline video.

[@u4tmradio]

a digital 8 camcorder is the best way to go if you want the highest quality rca cable degrades the picture

[@alijassimal-makdami6444]

Peace be upon you. Can I know the latest Sony 8 mm camera and what is the difference between an 8 mm digital camera and a regular 8 mm camera

[@imraphraph]

The 8mm digital camera uses digital signals to write the data onto the tape as oppose to analog. If you have a digital 8mm you can convert anything before but if you have an analog 8mm you cant convert digital 8mm tapes. Hope that answers your question 😀

[@imraphraph]

I am unsure of the latest 8mm camera but I hunt for whatever is available and still works

[@terencemcculloch3294]

Don't confuse 8mm video tape with 8mm film, regular/standard or super 8mm.

[@laisajeyn146]

Hi i just want to ask , is there other way to convert old tapes without connecting to the camera ?

[@imraphraph]

You will need to buy an old tape player from ebay to play them. But most of them are more expensive than the cameras themselves. They are also called tape decks normally use by pros back then to play back content on broadcast television studios.

[@roontoon5806]

There are so many videos on this and once again there is no solution for capturing the video WITHOUT capturing the time stamp that shows automatically when playing the tape from the camcorder. With VHS-C you can use a tape adapter and avoid this by using your capture device from a VCR. But with hi8 and other cassettes that don't have a VHS adapter you basically have to find a camcorder that will display playback without all the screen info like the time stamp. Does anyone know of a hi8 camcorder that does this? Or any other solutions? No one on youtube or reddit is covering this

[@imraphraph]

You could be the first! 😀

[@vinodjetley2874]

Hello, I have a camcorder with mini DV format. if I buy the Converter Easycap can I use the Camcorder as a webcam on my laptop?

[@imraphraph]

Technically you can

[@blueladybugartstudio]

I'm using a samsung hi8 camcorder to convert my old 8mm videos. My audio is working fine, but there's no video, except through the viewfinder on the camera itself. On OBS studio it shows a black screen. Do you have any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[@imraphraph]

Are you converting it from a laptop that has dual graphics card?

[@blueladybugartstudio]

No

[@imraphraph]

Is the black screen fully black or is there static?

[@blueladybugartstudio]

It is fully black, no static at all

[@imraphraph]

You are using a similar video converter ya? Have you tried another computer system? It can be that the video out on the hi8 might have some issues or the video cable.

[@suliamansaleem5415]

Thanks for sharing, it’s a great Video

[@HK-tv8wu]

This was so useful. Thank you!!

[@imraphraph]

You’re welcome!

[@teddymardjuki7879]

can you use this gadget to turn vcr to webcam ?

[@imraphraph]

Yes you can technically

[@teddymardjuki7879]

@@imraphraph thank you

[@clarisseschlesinger7273]

If you are still online, I am having a problem with my old beta machine. I have it connected with an rca video and one audio. I have elgado and ucec. When I connect it to my laptop it does not work. I cannot play the beta tape or record it to my laptop. I have done a bunch withmy vhs maching but it is not working with the beta. Does that mean my beta machine is no longer working. I cannot fix it.

[@kristiantallberg8108]

Thank you, it worked perfectly!

[@imraphraph]

Glad to be of help

[@5iveHeartstudios22]

Hi I have an Panasonic palmcorder iq and mine dosent have the red yellow and white outlets it only has a/v out would I still be able to convert it?

[@imraphraph]

yes you just need an av adapter to rca to get one with a av output to USB converter

[@thecouncil4488]

@@imraphraph i tried this but my screen is all black? any suggestions?

[@SwitchOnARpg]

ever figured it out? @@thecouncil4488

[@pixeldogz]

I managed to get this working, but the farther I get into the tape, the "glitchier" it looks. it looks absolutely fine on the camcorder screen itself, just yucky through OBS and it records yucky too. anyone have an idea?

[@rh6tt]

i’m having the same issue

[@ndubuisinnamani]

Hello Raphael. Thanks for this video. Please I cant find the USB 2.0 on the list of options for audio input. I can only see Micrphone realtek audio and default. When I chose the first option (realtek), I end up recording surround sounds along with my video sound. Please how do I rectify this. I am using a HDV player and an Eazycap device with OBS. Thank you.

[@imraphraph]

Are you using a desktop ? The easycap should be plug and play

[@ndubuisinnamani]

Thanks Raphael. 😊 So somehow when I mute the dB for audio input and mic/aux, it stops picking sounds from my laptop's mic. Video input seems to play both video and audio. I'm using Windows 11 on an alienware.

[@imraphraph]

@@ndubuisinnamani Cool is everything fixed now?

[@ndubuisinnamani]

Yes yes