How to Record on a Pre-recorded VHS tape

I purchased a pre-recorded 90 minute tape from a Yankee One Dollar store for 25 cents instead of $2 for a new blank tape.

[@niccage6375]

I'm going to buy goldeneye on vhs then record goldeneye on Nintendo 64 on it then I'll take it to a different thrift shop and someone else would get fooled.

[@MilesDoodles]

Dude, that... would be awesome!!

[@TheSecondcitysaint]

A be kind rewind move.

[@corrodedcassettes5263]

This is hysterical to be honest.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

That would be the most incredible shit ever

[@janlundberg5924]

Losers

[@mechaarmoredangel6008]

Cabin fever is one of my favorite horror movies.

[@ladanielm]

isnt there a giant snake 🐍 & the guy who plays thor?

[@cashplaybass]

That’s cabin fever

[@CleanTeeths]

Thanks man, this really helped me and a couple friends accomplish a task that we had a real time crunch on. Instead of cabin fever we recorded over cruel intentions, a 1999 flop starring Reese Witherspoon and the oft forgotten Ryan Filipe. It's raunchy and high stakes fever love film. Duff says hi.

[@coolelectronics1759]

I just wanna record my fl studio music to a vhs tape so that it sounds vintage. Tape wow, the noise and everything

[@j06films33]

Thanks to this video, I recorded Power Ranger (2017) on Vhs today.

[@KeiranCounsellKC1994]

I discovered this trick when i was a kid, i simply compared blank vhs tapes to pre recorded tapes, i noticed when i snapped out the little flap as designed the blank vhs became non re-writable, as you can imagine our video collection started to shrink as i would record tv shows over them lol

[@MrWolfSnack]

You don't have to do all that shit with the paper. Just stick tape over the hole. Duct tape if you really wanna make sure it doesn't fall off. And you can get a pack of blank VHS tapes on eBay for like, $10. Each time you record over the tape, the quality will degrade.

[@bigflea4259]

I used to do this a kid, I stuffed a wad of paper in there and went for it, mom got mad I recorded over her favorite movie lol

[@CesareVesdani]

Use opaque tape to block light so that you can re-record over a pre-recorded VHS tape.

[@18436Melissa]

Thanks man, I just pre-recorded 3 EAS screens, and a disclaimer at the end of the VHS tape.

[@horrortimeproductions5504]

I already knew about this when VHS was still in modern use in 2006. All I did was put a piece of paper in my mouth to get it wet, and then all I had to do was smash the wet paper inside that square hole. I had a lot of movies that people gave me that sucked, so I just recorded over them with TV shows I liked at the time. Whenever a tape got worn out, I just threw it in the trash and grabbed another movie to record over, I did it all the time. xD

[@rick92rr]

I just used a single piece of tape to cover it when I was a kid :')

[@creamtherabbit8343]

Wow Cool! Good Job!You Can Make Toy Story 3 2010 VHS Now!

[@michaelpierce4036]

No, not Cabin Fever!

[@tali6844]

I don't think this will be an issue for me, my anut gave my dad and mom about 200 hundered blank vhs tapes in 1995, they're maxwell and memorex so they have lasted a long-ass time. The "professionally done" tapes always lasted the longest.

[@JoesInvestmentExpress]

This is great!! Now i can finally record over those old VHS tapes!!

[@ClefairyGodmother]

This is how my dad 'accidentally' taped a Twins game over the tape of my birth 😂😭

[@marcelovalenzuela5174]

lo hizó con toda la intención, podia regrabar en otra

[@jonjonas2528]

Use your VHS VCR videorecorders and blank VHS tapes to get even with the NEWS MEDIA and tell your friends to just use their VCR VIDEORECORDRS !

[@CJLACE33]

Hey thanks! this helped me record over a VHS tape, you are the best!

[@psyborg303]

now i can finally record over that dumpster full of granny porn i found!

[@sindexthelivingbeing4138]

why?

[@fruitygarlic3601]

Your loss, dude.

[@mauricebynum9205]

Good for you

[@marcelovalenzuela5174]

pasame algunas para regrabar ​@@mauricebynum9205

[@nbarrager]

I remember being very frustrated as a child because I couldn't record over my old Dora the Explorer tapes

[@RandomGuy_99]

Anyone 2019?

[@timothylordan7453]

Fpp_RandomYT yup

[@bigdawg112]

You better believe it because I wanna over record some music cassette tapes that are not from my generation and put newer music on it

[@CZghost]

Are you telling me that a pre-recorded VHS tape with a copyrighted material on it is cheaper than a blank VHS tape with nothing on it? I assumed that movie tapes were higher in price because of first of all the quality (it's 1st gen tape, straight from factory), and of course because the material is copyrighted (so you basically purchase a licence to watch it, which supports the creator, or at least should). A full movie for 25 cents? That's cheap as hell :D

[@impatrickt]

technically the quality is worse for recording because you will be the second person recording onto it

[@scottpoplin803]

Damn. Cabin Fever on vhs shouldn’t be recorded over.

[@Blumasters2ndChannel]

Scott Poplin Yes Old VHS Movies should be Recorded over, All you have to do is go to the Goodwill, Random Thrift Stores or Find it online on eBay and Amazon :D

[@pillarsofserpents]

just get the DVD. it's probably $1-2 at your local junk store. record over that damn VHS.

[@jamesstewart9496]

Very helpful my friend 😎..thank you for posting

[@eddierice3254]

i did not know this about the vhs only the hi-8 for the camcorder

[@advancedhell42069]

what year was this filmed? it sounds like 2002 to me!

[@ladanielm]

i get a crisp vibe also 😂

[@AwesomeRobot15]

Just put scotch tape over the hole without the paper

[@ratiomaciasjr7013]

Thank you so much now I can erase movies I don't like and re-record thank you for showing the video happy VHS every body

[@timothylordan7453]

Thanks for the explanation

[@damianhendriks6162]

Did this to a Teletubbies VHS in 2001.

[@pgperezlife32]

Back in 1986 when I was a wee lit'l kid I would just chew a small piece of paper into a wad then put the spit wad in the hole!

[@ritualhorror]

Yo this solved my problem. Thank you so much

[@fabricehenry7905]

thx it work plus i still use vhs today to record

[@wildtiger5773]

fabrice henry me too

[@KozenaDrzka]

Are VHS Hi-Fi tapes with pre-recorded movies good quality? I am looking for some good VHS without spending money. I have some Warner Home Video VHS Hi-Fi and I wonder if it has good quality to record on?

[@ldyer7643]

You the real MVP

[@prnaaa]

good tips!

[@realgroovy24]

awesome! ill use this to record shows!

[@Awsometurtle20]

So I'm trying to record over old VHS tapes and I play it back on but it goes from static to what I recorded then I put it in a vcr and it does play only(stays on blue screen) when I fast forward it does the static and then a little piece of what I recorded comes up

[@skateinspace]

this guy is a hero

[@----.__]

Just so you know, we've known about this for 40 years.

[@Kloppsserialbottlers]

So why are you here then?

[@musicisbrilliant]

Thank you very much! it worked!

[@HowardHeGerold]

Thank you!

[@tasosmitskopoulos7748]

When did manufactures stop making blank vhs tapes?

[@TheSpyt67]

Pulp fiction is a great movie!

[@dylbeentheplotagonistandra2811]

They didn't, my dad has bought me some blank VHS tapes from Rite Aid where he works

[@mikahandony1562]

Still today I can get 20 blank vhs tapes at home depo for 5 bucks

[@armanlaa]

It works for me, but the footage turns black and white when its done recording. Help!!!

[@Nyxius0]

creedos that’s because after you tapped over the footage it damages the tape in a fast rate

[@aquinobonelli11]

How did I get here

[@megadurian9979]

damn was this recorded on the vcr?

[@253joshskates]

great vid

[@geoninja8971]

Yep.... the rest of us worked this out in 1985.... :D

[@damianhendriks6162]

I knew that in 1999.

[@HRO-n-SLO]

it worked but it looked damaged at the beggining weel i figured it out it was because i forgot to put 2 more layers of scotch tape DANGIT!

[@danek_hren]

Everyone knew about it!

[@raamishkaratela2993]

v informative!

[@JoeyMcCart]

Thanks yo

[@bearvollmer9761]

Dude could already had the tape opened out of the package?

[@Dillinify]

Do you know how to do the same thing to an audio cassette tape? I'm not sure which hole to put the paper in. If you do, it would be nice if you'd make a video.

[@danek_hren]

Sounds like you have type 2 or 4 cassette. OF COURSE I'm too late to the party but if you are alive then you have to mask the closest to the left side hole only. Same on the other side. Covering other holes can result the deck into thinking that this is different tape.

[@reecebower6313]

i did this and the video was wayyyyy too fuzzy to see anything but the sound still came through. any suggestions

[@horrortimeproductions5504]

Reece Bower Clean your VCR?

[@juniorfio1196]

+Reece Bower (RevvedRidersMedia) clean the vcr or use a VHS that hasn't been used a lot(ish). the tapes that are use frequently are the ones that have deteriorated the most.

[@horrortimeproductions5504]

junior fio Did you try recording in SP which is 2 hours? :0

[@juniorfio1196]

***** yeah, I don't know how to change it so I could get to record for 6 hours instead of 2.

[@horrortimeproductions5504]

junior fio Hmm, do you have the remote to it?

[@jonathanizzo1696]

Where do I buy blue label ? Should I use duct tape to cover the name of the movie label ?

[@rarebrockstark6219]

Can you please I had any problems I'll explain it. You don't want to do the top of the tape You want to go to the bottom of the tape at that part of the notch. That's a thing that I had problems with. For example if you want to record on a tape say toy story you would want to go underneath the little notch on it. For other tapes I'll just say where the barcode / title / opposite side that you put it in is where you put the tape. Also you don't need to use tape and all the things that he did I just used some thick Scotch tape. Bye.

[@yoof6237]

why the paper???

[@nicholasmohr3353]

THIS WORKS

[@theuglyzone]

Haha what I get for not having a dvr

[@themopar426]

will this work on vhs c tapes?

[@trevorlahey4345]

VHS C tapes have a switch instead to enable recording.

[@themopar426]

thanks

[@maximwinner5326]

how to ruin a sealed copy of Cabin Fever.

[@mrpax03]

You don’t need paper

[@AfterSchoolReviews]

thanks I'll use this to record Freddy's nightmares and the croods

[@ParanormalExplorer]

Is this a joke? Anyone old enough knows how to record on a VHS. It's just like cassette.

[@eascec8374]

That's Not How you Record A VHS...

[@Nyxius0]

EAS CEC I agree with you the video shows how to damage your vhs cassettes

[@AztaTheGreat]

i could do this for free as i have old tapes

[@johnmattson007]

Nice watch, not taking about the 4 minutes that could be 20 seconds

[@goldensolder44]

Record over 'Cabin Fever', no one needs to see that trainwreck.

[@EeccmanNL]

Cabin fever sucked