How To Record Over VHS Tapes

[@darinb.3273]

Just so you know ALL video cassettes have this spot. That is not copy protection, it is ACCIDENTAL erasure protection/ prevention. Audio cassettes have a similar tab. The tab on video and audio cassettes is usually absent so the commercially recorded tape is ACCIDENTALLY recorded over by mistake.

[@reelbytes6447]

Thanks!

[@darinb.3273]

No problem young man I grew up lovin' electronics glad i could help you learn a little today, BTW you video showed up as a recommendation (how I came across it) LOL

[@AnythingTube_HD]

So does it work still

[@darinb.3273]

@@AnythingTube_HD Sure any machine that can record as long as the hole is covered (tab in tact or covered with tape. The tape can be recorded over.

[@RedTroPc]

Yesh

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

I still have my VHS tapes :) Never giving them up. The best media for watching anything. Because it has soul.

[@napasenseigaming]

Agreed I’m hoping to get my favourite old school anime’s on vhs in complete like fist of the north star witch unfortunately didn’t get a complete English vhs release for the original dub and the slayers since having anime on vhs is the best

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Thanks for the comment man.@@napasenseigaming

[@SodaPop3092]

Never giving them up either

[@maximilianshootsfilm]

brilliant! thanks! just got into VHS tapes today, planning on doing art films and stuff on them and it's really hard to find blank VHSs where I am! now all I need to do is go to any old fleamarcet and pic up old tapes!

[@reelbytes6447]

thats awesome!!

[@RazorShalom]

VHS is making a come back. I have a DVD and VHS vcr those are the best.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

Really is it tho I have old vcr and vhs tapes to relive my child hood.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

I have a vcr and vhs tapes too.

[@Ninja-il8oy]

vhs have NOT made a comeback

[@Galidorquest]

Man, that is so cool... I wish I had known I could record over cassette tapes years ago when my family still had them... Would've been useful. There's so much rare content I could've recorded with unwanted tapes.

[@reelbytes6447]

(I guess I’m a bit late to reply) If you still are interested you might be able to pick up a vcr quite cheaply at a thrift store or yard sale. With digital media being the way it is there’s less of a need for them, but I still like to have mine around just in case. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@queenielouweekly3160]

Thank you for this. I want to tape over Rabbit-Proof Fence, as that film triggers my PTSD, but my parents insisted the VCR would reject the tape immediately after I would have pressed the record button.

[@reelbytes6447]

glad i could help!

[@marppram2006]

Thanks I needed this because I have vhs tape that has 6 hours but had a recording of the village even though the side was blank

[@bert_gimspon]

I miss analog technology...

[@AlexMartinez-bu1et]

I needed this ! Omgggg !!! Thank you !!

[@reelbytes6447]

I’m glad I could help!

[@Memerbrick]

But this might be a bad way to record because if you do it at lease 2 times the image will shake and audio will be mixed up but still a good way to record if you don’t have any plain tapes!

[@willratcliffe2738]

Extremely helpful vid thank you

[@abigalebuss359]

When we put just scotch tape over the hole on a video tape then the scotch tape would be pushed in after we put the video tape into the machine. We had to end up putting something into the hole and using cloth tape instead.

[@juandedioslezama4057]

thanks for the video brother quick question tho, would the video quality be significantly worse or just about the same

[@reelbytes6447]

Id say about the same, maybe a little worse. Sometimes I've had issues with the old picture still showing through a little, but I think that was mostly because my VCR was in rough shape. Thanks👍

[@fcmovies]

My man!

[@laurencraigels]

Would this work for a Panasonic camcorder? Or is it vcr solely?

[@reelbytes6447]

Hi, I believe it would but I’ve never tried. As long as it takes standard sized cassettes I believe it will work fine. Hope that helps 👍

[@laurencraigels]

@@reelbytes6447 it totally did, thank you for this video!!!

[@reelbytes6447]

@@laurencraigels no problem glad I could help!

[@horrortimeproductions5504]

What use to be common knowledge, except I didn't use sticky tape. I would wet notebook paper in my mouth, and squish it into the square hole. Other people did the same thing as me, some would use their chewed bubblegum. I know it's gross to hear, but that's how people taped over VHS movies. It was just more convenient, than digging in the kitchen drawer for sticky tape. Lol

[@AtlasCesar]

Will it break the VHS heads

[@reelbytes6447]

I can’t think of a reason it would, I’d try to make sure that you’re tape is good enough to not fall off in the player just in case. 👍

[@AtlasCesar]

@@reelbytes6447 it’s just when they I pop in a VHS tape while I’m recording a TV show from my converter box (the converter box converts, digital signals from my antenna to analog signals to my VCR) it could interfere with the video signal from the video tape or my antenna

[@AtlasCesar]

@@reelbytes6447 it’s just what I’m trying to say is that the RF signal from my antenna is mixing with the video signal from the pre-recorded tape

[@reelbytes6447]

I am not sure how to fix the interference you are talking about. Moving the sources of RF away from each other might help, and making sure you are using a good shielded coaxial cable could lower interference as well. I hope I understand right and this helps you

[@reelbytes6447]

If you mean you still see the old picture on the tape still even after you record over it, you may want to record a blank screen a few times first, then try to record from your digital to analog converter box.

[@guitarteen2003]

It worked good

[@reelbytes6447]

Glad to hear that

[@CMILF]

I tried doing this by plugging my NES into my vcr and recording and corrupted my tape and heard a popping sound in my vcr the vcr was a magnoxvox MDV530VR Combo help

[@reelbytes6447]

Very odd. Have you had any issues with the vcr before? Are you sure that the sticky tape you used was secured so that it didnt come off inside the machine?

[@CMILF]

@@reelbytes6447 hmm, when i ejected the tape the tape was still on the vhs tape but i heard some corrupted noise. i tried recording at the end of the tape and it was kind of damaged. i didn't have problems with the vcr before but i dont have a remote.

[@reelbytes6447]

@@CMILF This might help: www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/nes/hook_av_vcr.jsp Edit: if the vhs tape was damaged and crinkled it is probably going to record incorrectly, so you might want to try a better tape.

[@CMILF]

@@reelbytes6447 yeah first I trued a damaged tape but then I tried a shrek tape (not damaged)

[@fanfismtism]

off topic but how the heck to you "corrupt" tape??

[@krash185]

isn't this illegal?

[@turbomario]

recording over tapes isn’t illegal

[@marcelovalenzuela5174]

no es ilegal, pero si grababas encima de una película rentada, tendrías que pagarla

[@Riplee]

@@marcelovalenzuela5174 No puedo creer que todavía se alquilan cintas

[@queenielouweekly3160]

No