How to Put DIGITAL FILES on a VHS TAPE!

[@harveykorso]

This man just addressed his viewers via a VCR tape being played on a monitor in his dorm room. It had me contemplating the time and space continuum. I Don't even know what to say. This is peak nostalgia craze.

[@IanMeyersBHP]

Best comment of 2023 so far

[@AshtonGodbout]

lol 😂

[@vincec5120]

Hey. What type of paper did you use? What type of printer?

[@LuckyMTS]

@@vincec5120he does not have a printer.

[@alphabeets]

The abundance of enthusiasm is contagious. 😳

[@S.F.Sorrow]

the entire vlog series on vhs??? holy shit what a dream come true

[@meandotheryoutubers]

I was googling how to put digital files on VHS and this was the first video to pop up. This was very helpful, thank you.

[@Nakura-dj8mg]

I had a retro games collection and a mini CRT TV to play them with. I stumbled upon a KZbin channel that has a lot of early 2000s and mid 90s shows with commercials and everything and wonder "I wonder if I stream these onto my VHS player for a bit better picture quality and nostalgic feel" so now I'm here.

[@perplxxd]

you are criminally underrated, bro. appreciate it.

[@zachwilson768]

Gonna get some King of the Hill YTPs on VHS and leave them at my parents. That will REALLY confuse my folks.

[@ryder281]

This is positively genius. I might try to do something similar but instead personally alter a movie they're already familiar with. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

I had a buddy named Remus who was a hardcore computer and electronics nerd. He had a bunch of different systems: Amiga, Apples, etc (this was in the late 80s to early 90s). Now, the prize of his collection was a Zilog 8000 system that had unix ported to it. He scored it at a surplus auction. These were set up to be mini-micro-mainframes. Small as a micro computer but you'd hook a bunch of dumb terminals to it. Well he had designed a custom data storage system for this using a multi-head VCR because a REAL tape backup system would have cost a fortune. I think one VHS tape could hold about a three gigs of data, which was ENORMOUS at the time. Dude had TONS of of VHS tapes in book shelves, just loaded with tons of data. He ran a hacker/phreaker/Warez(of course) BBS also and was heavily into the demo scene for the Amiga as well. Man those were great times! Last time I saw his setup, he was got a bunch of VCRs from a school or something that was upgrading. He must have had about a dozen of them, and was working on converting them all to data units. His plan was to offer lots of concurrent storage for his BBS server.

[@Cj_Plays_Everything]

I would recommend putting a black screen at the start so you can wait for the gui of the video playing software to go away before you record to the tape.

[@Chanselleur]

Damn, I thought you meant digital files not digital video… There’s a difference bro

[@lazarx77]

Same...

[@Neptunade]

Same here

[@catsarethebest36]

Same lol

[@rifraf7126]

I was also born in 04, i grew up the same way as a kid! Watching movies on Vhs and also dvds!

[@wing-wing]

The places the KZbin algorithm will take you

[@thejohnsweeney]

YOU SAVED ME WITH THAT TIP AT 3 MINUTES

[@PeaceLoveHappyness14]

thank you for making & posting this, this actually really helped

[@RemiDupont]

Ha! You made a squeezed imaged VHS: 16:9 onto a 4:3 medium, it will look vertically stretched on a CRT TV. Nice job!

[@TheStOne1]

Why do I feel like this person lives in 2005? Nostalgia.

[@MondySpartan]

Even down to his hairstyle.

[@VariationsOnFilm]

Very useful info and you did a nice job with your VHS covers in your personal collection.

[@magzwashere]

Respect and appreciate the creativity of this video!! Thank you

[@moonlambo5229]

Subbed. You sir could be a master story teller and have 1million subs one day. Keep honing your skills and keep making videos!

[@Mechologly]

Thanks needed this Mandela catalog!

[@Speedys_gasoline]

My vcr only has 2 ports for composite cables in the front audio and video nothing is showing up when I plug it up

[@AI-Hallucination]

Haha recording vhs takes place in real time in space time 😂✌️ creative ❤

[@utah880]

The easiest way is ( if you have access ) Make a DVD of the mp4. Put the DVD into a VHS/Dvd combo with a vhs tape in the unit and press copy.

[@B.H.O.R.]

Thank you for your contribution - Elder Alex.

[@red-anteater]

would this work on one of those little TVs with a built in VHS player? this is so cool, I love the old aesthetic

[@Aeduo]

I was thinking like, encoding files in to video to record on the VCR and using a video capture device to read files back. :p

[@Pessimism6356]

My idea was I wanna put All Hallows Eve on a VHS tape, but for me though of course. It’ll just add to the movie itself.

[@EXteamium]

Imagine putting an analog horror on a tape and then hiding it.

[@Chanselleur]

When I got my first PowerBook G4 a friend of mine, had a mini DV camera. I was shocked to find that plugging the mini DV camera into the power book just using S video or composite I think it was just the one single cable actually… It would let me fast forward and when I did, you could hear the tape spinning along with it, it just blew my mind that was so powerful that you could scan live. Too bad they put Intel processors in their computers afterwards they never wear that fast or efficient again.

[@isabellafriedrich323]

This is great !!! was wondering if the process of digitizing a tape is fairly similar?

[@WasabiTheInkling]

I love Vaporwave too! :)

[@jeanclaudedowning]

Hey man ! Great tutorial ! Do I still need the box if I have a HDMI to avi cable ?

[@YankeGinobreaker6]

Can someone please help me I’m not getting an output for my Laptop, I set up channels on my vcr but still nothing 😢

[@JoeStoppinghem]

Where are you getting a VHS player, since most used rubber belts, that fail due to age.

[@goodmorninganime]

you crack me up bro sick vid

[@josephcontreras8930]

Can you put music or audio files on tape then pull said mp3 files be it music or podcasts from the tape to put back on the computer then transfer files to a phone or whatever??? So in essence a vhs tape can be used like a flash drive or hard drive right?? Glad i didnt throw out my used vhs tapes yet now i can use them as hard drives....cooooooolllll😮😮😮how do you download KZbin videos??????

[@ishakali8634]

Great video and you made me laugh at 4:10 "Fidgeting" quote!

[@pepsigasm8333]

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS SAVED MY LIFE I WILL SEND U A FREE TAPE OF MY SHORT FILM IF U WANT

[@KaylaOdell-lw2px]

Thank you. Now I can put the rickroll video on a actual VHS tape and rickroll people with it.

[@laciryl]

Thank you for this.

[@brianreed6812]

After several years of owning the very same office chair, I finally caved and threw it down a flight of stairs. Godspeed with making more content on a chair that is less comfortable than the floor 😭😭🫡

[@joshuapowell1868]

Try Wiching videos online about mode switches and you might know lot more then what you think

[@morgankingsley8711]

Didnt work. I got all the supplies I needed. Plugged the HDMI2AV to my computer and even bought a AV2HDMI for the other side because my tv didnt have av adapaters. The VCR player shows up on the TV fine, but the laptop screen doesn't show up on the TV, and just stays blue screen. When I put in a new tape, that tape plays normally, but like I said, the laptop screen doesn't show up.

[@4336aaa]

What you are actually doing is taking a digital source, converting it to analog, then recording that onto a VHS tape. Would that be correct?

[@XTRgames2024]

Underrated.

[@earlthelovebug5691]

I should give it a shot someday

[@laurenbaker9833]

Help! Thanks so much for the video. I have everything connected just like you've said, but on the TV I am only getting the VCR screen, not my computer screen. Here's what I have going on: RCA VCR Out on the back connected to the TV RCA input, HDMI cable connecting my computer's HDMI port on the motherboard to the output on the HDMI converter box "thingy", and a separate RCA cable connecting the input of the "thingy" to the input on the front of my VCR. When I turn on the TV to the Comp./Video input I only see the VCR screen. I have tried to change the input on the VCR but there doesn't appear to be any other options that what it defaults to. The display on the VCR says "L" or different channel numbers. I'm assuming L is the record channel. I just don't understand why I'm not seeing my computer screen on the TV. Doesn't seem right to me. Can you please help??

[@EngineeredBricks3548]

Great! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go put a scary video on my vhs player, thanks!

[@JackSykes-j3e]

Sorry, I need some help for some reason I've done the exact same thing as you but it isn't showing on my VCR the only difference is that my VCR only accepts yellow and white cables but I've seen others do this with them and another thing is that I have the new mac os which has a HDMI port built into it so by any chance is that effecting it

[@eltoroescareno]

Thanks dude I appreciate you!

[@Ghost-vh1kt]

how do you record in EP my VCR automatically records in SP do I need to hit something on my VCR?

[@octapesarini]

I just use a modded PS2 with videos through usb and it works fine lol

[@gabedudas2201]

It worked but there’s no sound coming through the tv

[@t4aton3dud3]

I'm gonna put the boiled phenomenon on a vhs and then I'm gonna have a sleep over with a couple of friends, and then I'm gonna tell them that I found some crap in the attic and were gonna watch it. I'm gonna also get some people to wear some costume I'm gonna make and completely fuck with them lol.

[@demicatt]

does the tape have to be blank? or can I just get a cheap movie from half price books and record over it

[@davidcantu282]

Thank you for the information.

[@waydeparzival1951]

Cool video man!

[@tricatfilms6136]

As soon as the HDMI/AV converter goes into my VCR, the display shows color, but when I RECORD it only comes out B&W. I am 100% on NTSC (and checked the switch) and the converter is plugged into USB power.

[@matthewrendle9321]

I have just got so many videos to convert to digital old acdc videos and the angels midnight oil inxis icehouse

[@gpowerdragon9852]

Tapes last longer than HDD drives i mean A BUDGET CHOICE FOR BACK-UP

[@Thatcher-Davis]

Time to have the mandela series on vhs....

[@jules1659]

Can this work with streaming services ? Like Netflix and Disney plus ???

[@norbkowa]

May not since copy protection may kick in. I tried before with KZbin and Amazon and copy protection stopped me from getting a good copy but some older 80s VCRs they bypass it and could be done. Best would be to use S-VHS to do it.

[@ksaOfficial017]

Now that how you can make analog horror

[@francesm5373]

thank u so much friend!!!!!

[@joshuapowell1868]

What do you know about fixing broken vhs tapes

[@BKDDY]

Do this for rare VHS, print boxes for them. EZ millionaire.

[@indymudshow]

I have an issue with my laptop. I have an hdmi out and I've used it on my TV before, but only the picture has ever come thru. Never any sound.

[@joshuapowell1868]

Great video everything proven vhs tapes don't lock up at all like internet does everything proven broken vhs tape itself is fixable with Scotch tape it starts playing again with out no problem's

[@mfbfreak]

nonoNONONONO do NOT put scotch tape on video tape. If somehow it comes loose or otherwise bleeds adhesive over the tape, you can kiss your video heads goodbye. Those things are very delicate, much more than the heads in audio recorders. Tapes are easy to find, but new head drum assemblies have been out of production for much longer than the tapes, and are harder to find anyway. Don't take the risk - it's the wrong kind of thrifty. It is fine to use for a priceless tape that must be copied at any cost, but in those cases most people use a beater VCR just in case such a thing happens. Video tape splicing essentially never happens in consumer level equipment. You can find casette tape splicing blocks, copious amounts of splicers for reel to reel tape, but not a single one for consumer video tape. It was only done in the 60s with certain professional formats, but phased out rapidly.

[@geggy310]

How do I make it record onto the tape in 4:3? I'm trying to put a movie on vhs but it won't record properly in 4:3 even though I ripped from a full screen dvd of the movie and switched my resolution to 800x600.

[@olli-pekkajuusola3068]

I like vhs-tapes and C-cassette´s :)

[@ninetysixbitterbeing]

Does this also work with a desktop computer?

[@FalseKing98]

really helpful video! is there anything we need to worry about with regards to aspect ratio? I wanna run some shots of animated footage through VHS for a nostalgic filter and I figured I'd go for 4:3 to be authentic, I assumed it would be cropped or letterboxed to 4:3 either way, but your footage seems to be widescreen which surprised me. Does it depend on the screen size you're using or were you using a widescreen VHS?

[@IanMeyersBHP]

If theres one thing about this whole operation that i cant confidently figure out, itd be the aspect ratio. The tv i use automatically stretches 4:3 images on even normal vhs. So i would say it depends on your computer display AND your tv display. If i wanted a 4:3 image with my setup, i would need to go into an editor and add black bars myself then record that onto tape. But thatll differ depending on the setup i would imagine. In your case i would familiarize myself with the setup you have, then record stuff using a dummy tape while fidgeting with the setting on the computer and the tv. Good luck!

[@FalseKing98]

@@IanMeyersBHP thank you!! that helps a lot still! I'll test with/without black bars then, just working on ebaying all the wires I need for the setup.

[@IanMeyersBHP]

@@FalseKing98 let me know how it works!!

[@mfbfreak]

@@IanMeyersBHP Aspect ratio on widescreen TVs has always been a bit of an issue. Even back in the days of analog TV. One possibility is to capture it with a video capturing card and display it via that, with the TV hooked up to your computer the normal way. Your TV will then 'see' a 16:9 or 16:10 signal, but you can just run VLC or whatever program you want full screen and it will keep the aspect ratio correct. Your best option is to find an actual 4:3 CRT tv, because the CRT makes video tape look a lot better than it is :)

[@Milky-Monkey]

What settings do I have to mess with to get the sound through

[@ReesesPeanutDogger]

so is this actually recording onto the blank vhs or is the tv just acting as a monitor?

[@brooksmeyers1237]

All that technical jargon at the beginning gave me a headache...🤣

[@chrisgnarly7123]

So I’m currently hooking up to my PlayStation instead of a PC. My set up is exactly the same, I just have no video of my ps just a blue screen. But when I turn my VCR on it’s on the L1 input, and I don’t have a remote to change it to L2. If I buy a remote should changing it to L2 fix my issue

[@chrisgnarly7123]

Or is there a law to switch to L2 with no remote

[@fayesingleton565]

Attempting to do this for a project, I’ve managed to record my laptop screen onto a VHS however when I play it back there’s no audio,, any advice? Thanks!

[@thelthrythquezada8397]

I am getting closer but when I playback I don't get sound, any help would be appreciated. I did hear you say to fiddle with the sound?

[@RobbiePopkidcom]

very interesting thank you.

[@markrichardson5701]

Please can you help. Everything is ready but my 16:9 film is cutting parts off on my CRT. When I crop to 4:3 it makes it worse?

[@joshuapowell1868]

Everything proven people like myself are making vhs tapes to be our own Disney plus everything proven people don't have to have internet to watch TV

[@iamenrico]

i was wondering if i could also record gameplays such as minecraft cause it captures the monitor screen? i would like to know thanks

[@WeedGnome.]

So basically if your tv has both hdmi and av i can do it with out the adapter?

[@Snekks3244]

I have everything set up and i even tried changing the channel and changing it to L1 and L2 but nothing showed up, just the same blue screen, any way to fix this?

[@CorneliousJones-x1r]

Same issue

[@adamrooney517]

Any ideas how us in the UK can record on our VHS players as I've tried this and doesn't seem to work

[@PITFAILED]

I've tried this and got the screen and audio on the TV. But when I play back after recording I only get sound and the picture flickers in and out. Any chance you went to tommys?

[@adamrooney517]

@@PITFAILED I don't even get the sound and picture on the tape after recording as I've tried two HDMI to AV devices and they don't seem to work regardless which way set

[@lochneassa1678]

Thank you!

[@Emmetwatson]

3:24 he said inappropriate😂😂

[@MarioC-xj5hq]

Can you stream Netflix and then record to VHS or have to download the file first?

[@Pooliscool]

could someone help please? Whenever I put the correct cables up instead of my desktop I just get a blue screen on my vcr. What do I do??

[@accidentalpatient4152]

I don’t have a computer do you think I could just do it off of KZbin on a console?

[@lazerlightsub]

yooooo, thanks

[@LuckyMTS]

I don’t want to be stupid I want to be smart boy.🐶

[@WaffleConeProductions]

Hey man, how much would you want to do this with an 8 minute MP4 of mine shipped to the west coast?

[@ricardorivas5955]

can you record on top of it again or on a tape with something for more glitch effect right?

[@copaxan]

where did u get the poster of the earth thats in front of ur laptop ?? That shit nice as hell

[@IanMeyersBHP]

Thanks! I bought it maybe two years ago at this point, so it has been a while, but I believe I got it from this link - a.co/d/9rFCmow

[@TinyToySpiders]

Hey so I’ve done everything, however the recording is pretty darker and has made it harder to read words on screen. Is this normal? Or can I do anything to fix this issue

[@vincec5120]

what type of paper did you use? what type of printer?

[@grogshla]

Hi Ian, Thanks so much for this tutorial mate. I have followed this and everything looks good during the setup/recording process but when I play back the VHS it is only playing in Black and White. Any idea why this may be? Would really appreciate any advice. Thanks

[@mfbfreak]

Very likely dirty heads or degraded tape. If your recorder is from before the 1990s, it might also be the manual tracking adjustment. In general, most mid-late 80s and all 90s recorders are automated in that regard. To clean the heads: unplug the recorder, remove the cover, get a strip of ordinary printer paper, soak it in ethanol or isopropanol, and *very gently* hold it against the head drum with your index finger, and hold it completely still. With your other hand, give the head drum a couple of spins. You should just about feel the little black video heads come past while you spin the drum. Undoubtedly there is a tutorial on this on youtube or elsewhere on the internet, if you need to see it before you do it. With a cotton swab dipped in isopropanol/ethanol, you can scrub the audio and the erasing head which are stationary and not part of the drum assembly in most cases. NEVER try to clean the video heads on the drum with cotton swabs. They are extremely delicate, and you can easily snap them off if they get snagged by a cotton fibre. Finally, it may be a TV system difference. Make sure that all settings are set for NTSC if you live in the USA, or PAL if you live in Europe. Try out Pal B/G/... - the letter has something to do with local variants that are mostly but not completely compatible.

[@joshuapowell1868]

What you know about fixing broken vhs tapes you need to start fixing some yourself

[@GenreFluid]

I have a scart vcr but when I tried it via scart it didn't work