HOW TO TRANSFER VHS TAPES TO YOUR COMPUTER

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[@MarkHoltze]

Part two of this video can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYuxqoakrcSbi6s Looks at specific record settings setup for those who haven’t configured this kind of thing before. **EZ CAP SOFTWARE HERE: www.ionaudio.com/video-2-pc-hd-vid2pchdxus

[@dantereynolds5202]

Hi Mark, my mac book pro doesn't have a dvd drive. Could you post the link to the software??

[@MarkHoltze]

Try that: www.noterepeat.com/products/ion/vcrs-and-video-conversion/546-ion-audio-video-2-pc-mkii-ez-cap-installation-and-setup-guide

[@dantereynolds5202]

Thanks for the quick response! It seems the page was removed :( anyone have any other suggestions??

[@MarkHoltze]

Dang sorry mate. Mobile now but will look when I get back to a computer. Ion to PC ezcap software, google that.

Mark Holtze, in Germany it is also allowed to copy movies if you do it for private, but not in you break something like DRM or anticopy.

[@whatever]

Wow a video that explained everything simply and to the point, no 10 minutes of BS.

[@janhundling4647]

Unlike your videos

[@LilCraftyNook]

Exactly what I was going to say, except hilarious too!! What wonderful memories!!

[@kyaing9047]

it costs money

[@joankwok1405]

Thank you,, really simple to understand 👍

[@TheGuyJose]

Straight to the point and that's what we need.

[@saimanda_]

Wow you do not know how much this have helped. Im from Haiti, I escape the earthquake in 2010 and lost almost everything. My mom was a photographer and videographer and she brought all the VHS tapes of our lives with her here in the US and just had them sitting there in the drawer collecting dust. We watch them on christmas but thats it. Now I can watch them and show my friends Haiti before all the earthquakes and my life as kid 😁😁😁😁

[@MarkHoltze]

That’s incredible! Sharing that will be quite the experience! Best of luck with it!

[@GrimReacts]

Thanks for this man, been wanting to get a VHS camera to mess around with and this is simpler than I thought it'd be!

[@MarkHoltze]

Ya it's super easy, once you get the hang of whatever capture software that comes with it. I did a whole "vlogging with a 20 year old camera" to really test out the camera and the software. Been using it almost all the time ever since going through all of our old stuff. It's great and a nice way to modernize these old memories. Thanks for watching. EDIT: Shooting with VHS is dope, I have to say as a creative authenticity that's totally coming back in style ;) Nice channel content by the way.

[@pedersteirud7733]

I have been a teacher att highschool in Sweden for decades and have just recently retired. I have tons of this stuff and it´s all on high 8. Sony Camcorder and high 8 whas state of the art at that time. The camera kept on running, in the 80:s and 90:s and so i have memories of my children, parents etc, but all the tapes have been just laying there. But now i can digitize the tapes and show them for family and friends! What is great padagogy? It´s a person with a great knowledge about a subject and who also has the will and capacity to make complicated things easy for other to understand. And man u really want to teach us something here. "High five" U made it :)

[@MarkHoltze]

Hi Peder, what a great message to find here thank you so much! I honestly feel pretty strongly about this as well as everything I talk about on my channel. It comes from a place of both experience (been working as a professional filmmaker for damn, 16 years now?) but also from a place of authenticity. I really do feel like sharing these old videos with people who haven't seen them really is something special. It's not something I started to appreciate until I got older, but since kind of discovering it I felt it was an important element to share with anyone out there who may feel the same but doesn't have the knowledge or understanding how to do it. Anyway thanks so much again, your comment made my day for sure! Wish you the best in your retirement. You can use some of that time to find some select moments on these tapes and share them with those who'd love to see them. Best mate! -Mark

[@vietNguyen.]

HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU EARN ???😍😍😍 YOU MUST BE RICH

[@johnrflinn]

Always store tapes horizontally otherwise they will get an oval sag and playback will suffer.

[@franfinesim]

God... such nostalgia! I am 25 and my dad used to tape me and our family in the past. I still remember the sound the adapter is making, when you put the cassette. today's technology may be easier and so on, but they do not have the same charm like the technology before. much of it was built to stay for a long time.

[@MarkHoltze]

Totally agree!

[@Vedrajrm]

now I wanna watch your last day in high-school

[@MarkHoltze]

I REALLY want to cut it lol. Maybe I should. Thanks for the inspiration push my friend!

[@KrizzyBlakc]

@@MarkHoltze What year did you graduate high school?

[@MarkHoltze]

@@KrizzyBlakc 1999

[@KrizzyBlakc]

@@MarkHoltze Nice. You Managed To Graduate Just Before The 90's Passed. The 90's Was A Great Decade.

[@MarkHoltze]

@@KrizzyBlakc It was! You?

[@AJ-on-youtube]

You'll get better video quality if you use the S-Video port instead of the yellow RCA cable. Also, some of those video capture devices will change the way the colors look, and or save the footage in a lossy format.

[@SoapboxEntTV]

I'm not gonna lie 0:40 had me cracking up. Thanks for uploading, very helpful!

[@MarkHoltze]

😝:)

[@Riceordie]

It's all about nostalgia. Times were so much "better and easier" than now. Thanks for the clear and fast instructions. My dad and I are going to keep ourselves busy with putting all our memories onto the computer. Edit: And LOL to your teacher drinking rum or whiskey or whatever that was.

[@MarkHoltze]

That’s amazing, should be a great experience to do that with your dad.

[@ddave7026]

Like watching that movie Mid 90s

[@speedyboishan87]

How does VHS look on a large HD TV

[@MarkHoltze]

@speedyboishan87 it looks fine; it’s SD remember so don’t expect HD level resolution ;)

[@neilforbes9147]

1:02 The three cassettes seen here are Hi-8. The camera is a Hi-8 format, that can play back regular Video-8 tape but will only record to Hi-8 cassettes. VHS-C cassettes are slighltly shorter(not by much, though) but are deeper owing to the half-inch wide tape contained in them. A full-sized VHS tape dwarfs both types of cassette(though there is a cassette adaptor for VHS-C to play them in regular VHS machines).

[@MarkHoltze]

Yes, but the process I’m showing is tape agnostic. This isn’t a what tape is this, it’s a tutorial to help show you HOW you can capture X tape format to your computer. But nice for those who are wondering about what tapes are what :) thanks Neil!

[@neilforbes9147]

@@MarkHoltze I've done this myself, using first a software from a company I cannot recall the name of, but then I discovered Cyberlink Power Director.....WOW! What I was able to do with my old tapes, I was amazed, then I learned about CLPV, WOW again! Converting old 4:3 into KZbin-friendly 16:9(though initially I was burning to DVD prior to 2016 when I launched my Trams & Trains KZbin channel).

[@useyourimaginasean]

Thank you, this video is so helpful. Simple and quick. Loved the old stuff you showed too

[@MarkHoltze]

Glad it was helpful!

[@shaynelahmed6323]

I am not tech savvy..but your tutorial is truly awesome..even I can do it..save precious memories.. And money! So empowering! Thanks dude!

[@MarkHoltze]

My pleasure. It’s pretty straight forward once you get into it, but if you do have any further questions, happy to help.

[@shaynelahmed6323]

Mark Holtze ...bless!

[@col]

Awesome tutorial. "Like federally bad" haha that made me lol. Makes me want to dig up my Dad's old VHS camcorder!

[@MarkHoltze]

+Colin Ross thanks Colin! You should totally do it. Use it as a D cam or just bring up old memories to laugh, cry or cringe at ;)

[@MultiWayland]

the best of times

[@MarkHoltze]

I won’t tell if you don’t!

[@LilCraftyNook]

Colin Ross I did!!😊

[@Quetzachapin]

Amazing how goofy the tapes looked when you captured the moment but 20,30,40 years later, they seemed priceless. Thanks for the vid.

[@MarkHoltze]

Totally agree. My pleasure

[@emanuelcarvalho8510]

those high school footages...its so so sooo precious

[@Sew_OzzyWar_Made_This]

If I can find my old home videos, i am so doing this. Thanks for sharing!!

[@MarkHoltze]

My pleasure! Good luck!

[@MistaXtreme]

This is an awesome tutorial, straight and to the point! 👍

[@iusedtoslaymonsters]

I’m doing this in 2019. There are loads of reasons for this. I have an iPhone X and blackmagic camera but I’m currently shooting a horror movie on a mid 90s canon ex1 hi8 camera. Great fun. This will be the first time using digital editing on Analogue footage for years and I can’t wait

[@parrishthomas92]

Did you ever finish the movie?

[@dinoschachten]

Awww, that last day of Hugh school snippet is so beautiful and fills me with nostalgia - which might be weird as I can't remember having been there with you. :D Thanks for this video, just ordered one of those adapters to revive some childhood vacation videos that seem like from a different world...

[@lazypiola]

there may be a slight exception in relation to copy copyright content. At least here in England you can make a safe copy of copyrighted items provided you own the original and that is just for security/preservation reasons. There are VHS films that are not available in digital form, I am talking about rare items like for example 'Breakdance Sensation' which VHS original tape comes at 100 dollars on Ebay. In that case I would feel more safe if I had a digital copy on my mac in case the original VHS would loose too much quality or would be damaged accidentally.

[@MarkHoltze]

Absolutely, I definitely didn’t want to get into in this video, it was more just that FBI warning I remember at the beginning of every movie :). There is nothing preventing the transfer, just can’t distribute it in any commercial way as far i remember. Unauthorized duplication (to sell on the black market). I wanted digital copies of the ya altered Star Wars films where Darth’s Light saver is still a shade of red and not a pink tone from too much remastering :) Thanks for the comment, I think you have the longest name on KZbin! I dig!

[@lazypiola]

Ahahaah yeah thanks :) we Italian have the tendency of placing long names after our channels LOL :) PS also one of the longest videos, I made an episode lasting 9hrs and 43mins (in Italian...)

[@MarkHoltze]

9 hours! That rivals the rough cut of appocalpyse now !! Lol brilliant, jus checked it out and subbed. Need to brush up on my Italian. I won’t start with the 9 hour one! ;)

[@lazypiola]

ahahah gee I understand LOL :)

[@LilCraftyNook]

The Man In Red - Funk, Soul, Boogie e Hip Hop Square Dance callers are allowed to digitize records into mp3 and us it in that format only IF they keep the original record. (I know, honor system.)

[@canadiankin]

This was great. Just what I needed to learn how to do this.

[@beansrgd]

Thank you for the most forward understanding and instruction for transferring from camcorder. I think it’s a trip down memory lane , and saying- oh yeah!! I remember that now!?!

[@Cluez31]

THANK YOU! My parents have a lot of old home videos and too much hassle for them to dig them out and hook up a VCR and play them. I was looking into Legacy Box, and their prices are waaaaay too high. Especially now after seeing how this is done. You saved me bruh!

[@drewnix7201]

Very informative. I also liked watching your older clips.

[@MarkHoltze]

Thanks Drew! It's so much fun to be able to capture and share this stuff with family and friends. People's reaction to seeing footage not seen in decades is pretty incredible and worth the effort IMHO. Thanks for the comment!

[@greekguytalks]

I got everything except for material on the VHS. I just wished I recorded more during those times.

[@nathancruz9172]

But, you can also do Costco, Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart for transfer from 📼 to 📀.

[@heathernevil6689]

Mark! Awesome!!!! Goodness some of the old posts have older more expensive and complicated ways to convert. This is most appreciated!!

[@MarkHoltze]

Hi Heather! Happy to help. Thanks so much for watching.

[@svenburns9069]

I got two of the Easycap dongle capturecards and they work great too and I even used them for livestreaming.

[@archive4389]

Boomers: you young folks don't even know what a VHS is Us "young folks":

[@gabbaganscha]

Have you ever heard of Betamax, Boooomer? 😂 😂 😘

[@loop5720]

Boomer is a dead meme, but damn I hate boomers

[@sulena8823]

Omg this makes me want to cry bc I can finally save all my home videos!! My camcorder was starting to not work and I was scared to lose everything! Thank you so much for this video!

[@MarkHoltze]

My pleasure! Helped me, I figured itnis would help a few long the way.

[@marzan6857]

Thanks. I always wanted to do this with our home videos but didn't know how to get started. Thanks again for starting us off.

[@MarkHoltze]

My pleasure, good luck with it!

[@patriciamackay2545]

Thank you so much for such short and clear instructions.....will need to get an adapter and replacement RCA cable and then I am definitely going to give it a go even though I am 68 with zero technology knowledge. You can rest assure I will be revisiting your video.

[@MarkHoltze]

Best of luck with it Patricia

[@adrianna5378]

Thank you for this! I have some old home videos of my mothers who recently passed. I really want to have them for my father and my future family.

[@MarkHoltze]

Hi Audrey, I'm sorry to hear about your Mother. Condolences. This kind of thing will go a LONG way believe me. It's pretty magical what seeing these old memories can do for the soul.

[@tireacejohnson5424]

Amazing video. Thank you so much for the sentiment put into creating this.

[@MarkHoltze]

My pleasure! Hope it helps! :)

[@EstephanyS]

I’m graduating and I wanted to make a slide show of my baby videos at my graduation party - this was very helpful!

[@nxrwxl]

2:52 the most 2000's clothes ever

[@jackkraken3888]

Great video. But one important tip you left out is that not all video output from a camera is the same in terms of quality. So on the camera you had in the video it seemed to also support S-Video it Super Video, and the adaptor you bought also seemed to support it. And since S-Video tends to be better than RCA it makes sense to try and use that method of video capture whenever possible. But note you will usually have to buy a separate S-Video cable to connect the camera to the adaptor.

[@MarkHoltze]

I kept it to the simplest common denominator, but you're right. S-VIDEO, i figured if one can understand the basics of this they might already know about S-VIDEO, I also don't have a cable to I didn't think it was that helpful to demo what I don't have. Great points though Jack.

[@jackkraken3888]

@@MarkHoltze I understand. Great video still..

[@zombietwitch]

Weird that, that was high school for you, everyone looks so much older, and they probably were seniors in that video, and I’m a senior now just typing this, I’m going to record my last day with my Sony handycam, hopefully I can do something like this.

[@MarkHoltze]

Ya, in Ontario at the time we had GRADE 13 or (OAC) Ontario Academic Credit) which is what we would use to prep for University. So we're all 19 and 18 in this and yes this was last day of school before we all went away to Uni.

[@zombietwitch]

Mark Holtze amazing

[@TuckerCox]

Excellent - simple, direct, understandable, most informative! Thanks! Tucker

[@LilCraftyNook]

Soooo glad this popped up on my feed!! I was given my dads old Sony Hi8 and was going to use it as a secondary (maybe even primary now, we’ll see!) camera to record my content. I have a Mac and was needing a converter. You showed it right to me!!😄👍🏻

[@clovermaria]

Very useful thank you and guess what ?when i am tryng to stop the video and i accidentally push the subscribe button that appears in the middle of the video. brilliant ! greetings from Japan .

[@Saiarts_yt]

Same here! In different creative platforms. Also my nationality is from Japan.

[@jcamman99]

I've been looking into several options Elgato or diamond video capture I've also considering just dumping everything to DVD and then ripping it. The only thing I get confused on is the installation of the software and how to set up codec and compression and video speed and all that good stuff

[@MarkHoltze]

H.264 codec is most efficient with quality and space. Medium settings is fine for the most part.

[@topicruben]

Thanks a lot Mark!!! Didn’t know those kind of adapters existed!!!

[@MarkHoltze]

lol, this is an oldie, i've done an updated one and youtube kept telling me how badly it was performing, but like this one...after a few weeks it starts to take off. There are better ones than this adaptor now, the Capture One specifically is what I upgraded to. Software on these might stop being supported (this one) so updated OS and kill support. The Capture One is self contained, captures it directly to SD or USB stick, de-interlaces it and gives you the most efficient settings so no software to deal with either. Just drag and drop, really has never been easier.

[@topicruben]

@@MarkHoltze if you can send me some links pls!

[@computerkid1416]

Transferring analog movies to digital wouldn't be illegal if you were doing it just for yourself. The bottom line is though that you shouldn't bother unless for some reason you don't have access to a higher quality version.

[@MarkHoltze]

Correct, it’s commercial distribution or third party selling that is illegal. Just a bit of cheeky humour to throw back to that old FBI warning ;). Han shot first is archived forever on my computer ;)

[@LimeCrimes10]

Useful. I’m ready to record some spongebob and other vhs tapes

[@a-fox]

How do you deinterlace the video on a mac. Your footage looks like it is still interlaced.

[@MarkHoltze]

I usually run it through a deinterlace video filter in editing software. Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro or avid. I think QuickTime can do it and might be able to do it by selecting de-interlace but not sure. Not at home this week so can’t check.

[@VideoGizmology]

Great tutorial video. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

[@MarkHoltze]

My pleasure mate! Hope it helps!

[@aviezek3072]

Thank u for being right to the point! This saves a lot of time. I need to save those old home videos.

[@MarkHoltze]

Yes you do, no time wasting here, if I extend some stuff it's usually for context, but ya...we don't have 14 mins to watch a simple video, I get that 100%.

[@sharkdrug]

2:31 is that the restaurant that the characters in Seinfeld always go to?

[@MarkHoltze]

Tom’s, yes it is :)

[@yooitskristina]

Question for you: I set everything up, press record, finish the recording, and try to open it on the computer and get an error that the video is not compatible. I was able to get it work in the past and i can’t for the life of me figure out why it’s not working now!

[@MarkHoltze]

What file format did you set it up as do you know? You can change the codec. I would suggest using mpeg 4 or H.264 if possible.

[@kindofheaveneyes8600]

Mark, thanks for the mars bars and this helpful video

[@MarkHoltze]

My pleasure Thomas. Just check OS compatibility with these adapters. Good luck!

[@five_star_images3019]

Just what I needed. Will order the adapter

[@hype8172]

So the things in the description, all I need is the converter ?

[@MarkHoltze]

You need either a camera/VHS machine to play back the video. RCA cables to connect the camera/VCR to the adapter. The Adapter which converts the signal to USB and the software (that comes with the adapter) to translate the signal into something that you can easily digitize.

[@4rransMirroredDoors]

thanks seeing your footage just made me want to do it even more!

[@MarkHoltze]

!!!! (my secret intention behind this video) ;)

[@TheRealHarrypm]

VHS-Decode is the only good way to do this today and cheeper and having the RF and Video of your tape is a lot better then a compreessed to death copy.

[@MarkHoltze]

ya for a very small percentage of us who appreciate the full preserved copy, but for the market (very casual users who want to capture their home movies) this is all you need. Target market and who these devices are meant for are the boundaries, this video is also many years old and new devices have since come into the market.

[@TheRealHarrypm]

@@MarkHoltze Sadly mostly people who buy these are just uninformed, educating the uninformed is what the media world is all about, I write the wiki I spent over 2k GBP in R&D into this to make reference data and honestly no new devices under the 150-800USD total cost mark beat decode on a basic VCR. Ware as decode can be deployed for under 50 USD from scratch with a CX Card which is around 20 USD using any VCR with standard test points it's not complex nor expensive in fact it takes the need for understanding an TBC and using one in real time out of the picture, its 1 command capture 2 commands done anyone with a desktop and a free weekend can set it up it beats out the FA-310P and TBC-3000 witch are well 900-3k USD TBC units the thing decode shines on is damaged and shedding tapes witch TBC units dont really do much a good with in one run. Also this covers Video8 / Hi8 / BetaMax the list goes on potential wise. Now after the RF is captured decoded and video you don't need to keep it but then again 8TB of storage is only 120USD a unit with WD white label REDs inside the easy store units etc RF compressed is only 325MB/min with all signal data intact thanks to FLAC compression so 1 hour fits on a 25GB M-Disk even so total its 4 copy paste commands from capture to video and archival. All content is history so it's soul-crushing to see it defiled by the cheap consumer era when for a fraction of paying someone else to do it you can do it better than an 1000USD+ setup at home. The economics past 5 tapes make perfect sense and I would love to see you make a video on it. I will also say StaxRip and 1-2-3 QTGMC de-interlacing beats out eveything today thats a 3min setup if not less on windows but to present that on YT 1440x1080 and higher upscaling is needed SD video is just DOA in terms of YT processing lol.

[@damnright4]

Digging thru old home movies now, thanks for this...

[@prinblablabla7849]

was that a selfie I saw during 2:28??? In 1999???

[@MarkHoltze]

Yes May 10th 1999 😂

[@flyinghippo36]

Hey Mark! Any thoughts on whether it's better to play back (record) the video through the actual camcorder or through a VHS player using VHS cassette adaptor - from a quality standpoint?

[@MarkHoltze]

I would go through the VCR personally if you can. Dedicated player vs a player/recorder (camera) but it won’t have an impact on quality directly. VCR might have cleaner play heads and better “tracking” options. Ultimately whatever is easiest for you :)

[@flyinghippo36]

@@MarkHoltze Thank you so much for the immediate reply! I'm now a subscriber so I'll reach out if I run into any other glitches!

[@MarkHoltze]

@@flyinghippo36 My pleasure! Best of luck and happy to help where I can. It's nice when I get notifications directly to my phone, but it doesn't always happen right away. Definitely happy to help! :)

[@TheOneTycoo]

Can’t find this adapter anywhere or anything like it...help? :/

[@Capturing-Memories]

You should really have used S-Video cable instead of composite, Composite is a bottle neck for what's recorded on tape, Whether Video8, or Hi8 the signal recorded on tape is in Y/C format where Y is luma (black and white) and C is chroma (color). The camcorder takes those two signals and combine them into one signal called composite, this process results in slight loss of quality for convenience. The good news is some high end camcorders allows you to capture the native Y/C signal recorded on tape bypassing the low quality composite output (yellow RCA) by adding a S-Video socket that taps directly into that signal. The same thing applies to 8mm/Hi8 decks and VHS decks and camcorders.

[@MarkHoltze]

Def, I need an s-video cable, but hard pressed to order one until I really need it ;)

[@roaringmouse4505]

How do I install the software if there is no dvd port in my computer?

[@MarkHoltze]

Support on the website I imagine you can DL the drivers and software. I’m still running this on an old system, but ya my new computer no drivr

[@-dripfeed3740]

Hey Mark, thanks for this very informative and well crafted video. I have a problem I was hoping you might be able to help me with. No matter how hard I try I cant get rid of all the overlaid digital stamps my VHS c camcorder produces. I have managed to turn off Date/Time, by changing the view mode to ‘Simple’ in the settings section which takes off the majority of the stamps, however, during playback Time elapsed, ‘TBC’ ad ‘SP’ remain visible destroying the aesthetic quality of my recordings. As far as I can tell no settings on my camera allow these stamps to be turned off, so I am wondering if there is anyway outside of the camera that i could bypass these stamps? someone spoke online of using a VHS C adaptor. Is this feasible? Thanks in advance for your time

[@MarkHoltze]

Hi Dripfeed, my pleasure. I’ve come to a point where I feel we shouldn’t leave these old formats dead in a closet. Too many important memories to share. Sounds totally like it’s a camera issue. If you can change them on the fly like that then it must be. Given it’s just a digital overlay, the actual vhs-C tapes should be clean. That should make getting a VHS-C adapter the solution. I use a VHS-C adapter as the old signal from my camera doesn’t play well with the adapter. You can find them on amazon pretty easily. Just make sure it’s a prime seller and read reviews. Lots of cheap knock offs out there made specifically to fleece people. Hope that helps! Good luck! Let me know if the problem persists and we’ll see what other options there are.

[@-dripfeed3740]

Mark Holtze thanks for the prompt response brother! I have invested in an Adaptor, will i also need a VHS player to then connect to my laptop? im not familiar with the outputs on the Adaptor

[@MarkHoltze]

Anytime! Why I waste my time doing these videos is sharing info and the good vibes :) Yes unfortunately now you will need a VHS player. The setup is pretty simple: VHS with rca composite cables (red, yellow, white). Cables plug into the VIDEo and AUDIO “OUT” on the vhs and the other end to the video and audio IN on the adapter. Adapter has a USB cable that plugs into your computer. Install and load software and capture. I have a part 2 where I outline the record settings setup. But that’s a later step. VHS decks: consignment stores, eBay, garage sales, parents basement? Seems that lots of people have VHS put away so ask around before going and buying one. I’ve sound the same with film projectors. People keep these things and forget they have them. Good luck!

[@speedyboishan87]

​@@MarkHoltzeWhat's VHS like on larger HD TV's

[@tjnickles4782]

I still can’t wait to see the VHS video I can’t remember if I asked you to do a video on VHS and why it’s so cool but it’s just my personal opinion but your videos are awesome keep up the good work

[@MarkHoltze]

Thanks TJ! I will definitely do one. I kind of get these ideas amen based on my schedule and motivation I do them. VHS is definitely one and it’s just a matter of developing a reason for it. Every video needs to be motivated by some Sort of narrative with some takeaway. Usually an idea hits and I just follow it through. One will hit soon for VHS I can feel it ;)

[@tjnickles4782]

Mark Holtze thank you so much I think what makes a good KZbin is replying back to some of the comments that’s what makes a good KZbin or and you were one of them and thank you so much for agreeing with me like I said before in the past and I will say this again I still use technology like VHS DVD’s cassette tapes all that good stuff and I’m glad someone understands what makes a good KZbin or is responding and replying back to some of their messages or responses whatever you want to reply back some people don’t always reply back and some do keep up the good work man and have a good day and I can’t wait to see more content in the future

[@MarkHoltze]

My pleasure mate and thanks! Honestly though I think it's important to respond to anyone who's taking the time to watch your content and asking a question about it. Part of what I love about this platform is being able to share in what I know with an audience, you have a conversation and both people hopefully walk away knowing more. I can understand why some of the bigger youtubers can't because they'd just get nothing done if they did...but I don't have the problem ;). Plus I think this is a big part of what inspires me to bother making these anyway. thanks as always for watching and contributing! I appreciate it!

[@DaveNash]

So funny. The ending was heartfelt. Thank you so much!!

[@MarkHoltze]

Thanks Dave! I'm always looking for places to drop in stuff I shot so long ago.

[@ladytrue90]

love the intro!

[@lindseys3708]

So could this be done with a VHS player as well? Not just a camcorder? I've got some old full size VHS I want to save digitally.

[@MarkHoltze]

Hi Lindsey, yes a VHS player works just the same. :)

[@tracyanderson3715]

Oh my God, you literally just saved my life totally click subscribe and all notifications. I recently had an experience with a company called. I don’t know if I can say it on here or not but I’m going to legacy box everything I sent to them along with the stickers, came back in DVD with the supposed matching stickers and on a thumb drive, which I haven’t looked at yet the DVDs are horrible. Some of them have nothing on them, some of them do you think there’s no audio when you crank the TV up to like 100+ whatever maxes but thanks to this I can now just go do it myself. You are amazing. I want my mom to be able to see things back from my wedding children being born trips, family members at holidays that are no longer with us, but we can remember them through this, so thank you I can’t say thank you enough you are awesome

[@uptownsoldier]

how do you use it? mine isn’t showing up and it says i’m supposed to install a software the usb isn’t showing up

[@jonathanwamble9340]

haha! this is cool! The last day of high school. Wow. I have been putting our family VHS-c onto DVDs. Slow process but so worth it!

[@MarkHoltze]

Ya it's super slow. Capturing the footage alone takes forever lol. What transfer device are you using?

[@jonathanwamble9340]

@@MarkHoltze I've been recording the video Cassettes to DVD with my dad's VCR/DVD combo player. Then I just rip them onto my hard-drive. Its time consuming cause those cassettes are 30 minutes and I always have to be there to switch it to the next one. What do you think of that workflow?

[@finlayanderson5235]

Silly question I know, but how do you load the recordings from the tape In the camcorder to the software?

[@MarkHoltze]

You have to make the connection. Load up the program, set your record destination. Hit record on the software and play on the VCR and it will record. I have a part 2 of this video which outlines that process. Check the link in the description. Shows the process. Hope that helps

[@jmonkey1111]

Hey Mark, Do you still recommend the same device in 2019-2020? Is this THE ONE or should I look for a newer-ish device? Thanks in advance

[@MarkHoltze]

This one isn't supported anymore unfortunately. Plenty of replacements though. I should really order a new one and do a new review on it. Check the top link as that one seems to be the best reviewed and works for latest Windows/mac OS's. You can check user reviews from there if you want. it's too bad this one isn't supported anymore, I still use it on my old machine and it's just so easy.

[@niffumdam]

@@MarkHoltze Getting one for cheap on eBay . . running MacOS Mojave . . any idea if I can get hold of the old software and run it?

[@MarkHoltze]

@@niffumdam EZCAP won't run on Mojave unfortunately. They stopped supporting a few updates back. Kind of annoying, but other adapters that do the same thing have supported software.

[@kriskemp4226]

This guy looks like a pro-skaterboarder turned movie actor. Thanks for the video.

[@MarkHoltze]

😆 pro snowboarder turned….old man more like it! ✊

[@bekim137]

i recommend to use s-video because you get better video results

[@Saiarts_yt]

The date on the last clip before the outtro, it was my birthday. Sadly I was born in 1998 not 1990.

[@MarkHoltze]

That was the world 8 years before you arrived ;) didn’t miss much ;)

[@VictorianMetalGirl]

I was born in 1990 which is cool but I wish I had been born sooner too.

[@MarkHoltze]

@@VictorianMetalGirl Why do you wish you were born sooner? I was born in 1980, it was pretty cool being a kid in the 80's, but the 90's weren't so bad either ;) What decade do you wish you were born in?

[@hype8172]

Thank you so much man, one question I only have a yellow and black cord, will it still work with the adapter ? The black cord is the audio

[@MarkHoltze]

Yes it will. You can plug it into either the white or red input and you will have audio. Mono single channel but that’s all the camera has so shouldn’t be a problem.

[@arthurdent6447]

Have about 30-40 Hi8 tapes going back up to 22years.....am transferring to my PC using a Elgato game capture device and an hdmi upscaler to get a hdmi output, quality is very good....only one tape got stuck on first loading, but powered off removed battery, reinserted battery and it ejected, wound forward and back using a pencil with an eraser top and wound back & forward fully in the camcorder, hopefully ok now, very impressive for such an old camera

[@samanemnsr3212]

Are you sure

[@arthurdent6447]

@@samanemnsr3212 Am I sure about what ?

[@kasetar9532]

awesome video man so clean and easy to watch :D

[@MarkHoltze]

Thanks mate. :D

[@insanejughead]

So... Is ten-year-old Mark going to be schooling me on manual-focus SMC Asahi Takumar/Pentax lenses sometime soon? If not, then I give up on this channel... (But not really, as I love my FD lineup of Canon glass.)

[@MarkHoltze]

lol! i can go back in time and inception plant this idea into my 10 year old self ;)

[@coydog7902]

my HI-8 camera doesnt have an RCA output what HI-8 camcorder did you use?

[@MarkHoltze]

It's the Sony Handycam, it has a S-VIDEO as well as RCA Composite outputs. Some have an RCA/Composite to MINI which on one end would be a mini jack (one metal prong) with the red, white and yellow on the other end. What kind is yours?

[@coydog7902]

My is a sharp VL-AH50 and it’s a pain in the ass it has no charger and it needs this special video/audio cord to hook it up to my DVD recorder

[@MarkHoltze]

Just googled it! I remember seeing those around! I think it has the AV to mini jack...I THINK. I'll check the manual when I get to a computer (mobile)

[@coydog7902]

Yeah I found the charger and AV to mini jack online if it works I’m gonna use my Panosonic DMR ES-15 DVD recorder to archive it onto blank DVD-R’s then put in my computer

[@MarkHoltze]

Sweet! So much work for this legacy technology! It's nice to move forward, but leaves so much in the dark.

[@JetskiSakata]

Thanks alot ! I just found my dads old camera with tapes from the 90s and wasnt able to play them back. Thanks so much!!!

[@GRilovethisname]

BTW your editing skills are great! Awesome info, idk why I thought this was so difficult to do.

[@WarfareRidge]

SHIT I just realized I have that adapter somehow!

[@MarkHoltze]

AMAZING! Go use it! :)

[@szaki]

You jocking? Video transfer with the yellow composite cable? Even the S-Video is better? Best is using fire wire or IEEE 1394 plug, 1:1 quality transfer, means no video quality lose. IEEE is hard to find now days on new computers, everything is USB! Fire wire is still fast , but the new USB3 , maybe 20% faster.

[@MarkHoltze]

Not all cameras especially older VHSC cameras have Svideo. I couldn’t find mine sonjust used what I had coupled with the lowest common denominator. SVIDEO is best, IEEE unless your camera has it. Those are late 90’s and early 2000’s era.

[@szaki]

@@MarkHoltze My 8mm Sony camera from 2000 has IEEE plug, transfered a few tapes to my PC, video came out beautiful. But without compression (MPG4 etc...), I ended up with 30 Gig file/tape. LOL! Over 10 years ago, only writable blue ray disk can handle that size of files and they were expensive back than! Back than I was nuts about keeping my family videos to the highest quality! Another story if just copying an old movie for fun!

[@MarkHoltze]

@@szaki I remember my first year film school where they were talking about IEEE (Firewire). Sept 1999, LOVED the idea of digital transfer both audio and video, input and OUTPUT ONE cable. Magic it was!

[@szaki]

@@MarkHoltze Yes! I still have some 2x dozen 8 mm, VHS tapes, loaded with vacation, family videos from the 90's etc... I'm gonna star digitizing them using IEEE. my older Lenovo laptop has the 1394 plug. Lot of fun! Looks like you're into video transfer, eh?

[@szaki]

@Sannesthesia Long time ago done firewire transfer 8mm to PC, but needed a piece of software to download for windows to make things work.

[@skapunker1986]

i have hope again, the video recorder you seemed to be using in the video, almost looks Exactly the same like the Sony recorder i had back in the 90's early 2000's gonna take a while before i uncovered my camera and old tapes under the heaps of boxes in the attic, but seeing you doing that on the exact same camera i used to have. gave me hope again that my old highschool and vacation video's might be salvageable again.

[@litocapistrano3571]

Thanks for sharing this video , I have a Sony video camera and I think what I do to convert the tape into a loptop signals . And I thanks to your video , now I have an idea to use it .

[@cian.o]

"Like, federally bad." The fbi can't stop me!

[@MarkHoltze]

I’m no 🐀 either mate ;) your secret is safe with me

[@WhirlOmar]

Reminds me that I have a lot of transferring to do of old tapes. Thanks.

[@uzuitengens4thwife960]

our camera broke and my dad got really sad cause he can’t watch our childhood videos so i’m trying to salvage those memories for him so thank you 💕

[@vincentkirkwood6693]

Allavsoft can directly download videos and music offline, it also has the Record option.

[@erfelgamazig]

This is a very good idea and thank you for publishing this. someday probably soon my camera will stop working and I won't have anything to play my tapes on. I use high-density tapes but I don't believe that my camera is a hi-8 camera.

[@johngiannone7694]

I have a treasure trove of 40 year old VHS tapes (transferred from Beta Tapes!) but have no PC to use my Canopus motherboard card to transfer the tapes to digital. The ION will be perfect now that I have a 5K imac. Thanks for the video!

[@MarkHoltze]

Hi John, check the envato now, the ION isn't supported any longer for some reason. Process will be exactly the same, it's a universal setup process. GOod luck with it mate

[@johngiannone7694]

@@MarkHoltze Dang! I ordered the Ion before your message! You were right about no more support, so I returned it and will shop Envato, thanks!

[@MarkHoltze]

Ya it’s annoying mate. Hopefully this works out for you. All the best.

[@johngiannone7694]

Mark Holtze I could not find your referenced hardware, but I did order the vid box: Amazon‘s choice. I’ll let you know how it works out.

[@MarkHoltze]

Please do. I need to update mine. Thanks John!

[@andrewnorman2001]

I have a camcorder like that. I have a Sony CCD-TRV99, but it doesn't have the stickers

[@shottyshottageek9819]

Thanks bro even in 2022 you're a legend had to fix it

[@luisansorena]

The sound from the old camera is pretty decent! Thanks for the video

[@MarkHoltze]

I shot a “vlog” with the Sony just to give it a days test and was really happy with the results. Battery lasted all day, auto focus was really quick and sound was decent with just the standard mic. All in all a good experience. Thanks for the comment Luis.

[@luisansorena]

Amazing. Watching your video, I would say that the audio from your old camera is better than the audio from modern point and shoot cameras. As you well say, in old times the hardest point was editing. Again, thank you for your video. It makes me want to go to my parents house and get the old tapes!

[@MarkHoltze]

you TOTALLY should. There's a joke in my house, every time we go to my parents for dinner I vanish for a bit into the basement. I always come up with some relics from the past ready to take back home to my place. Old Nintendo systems, some old toys - the kicker though has been the camera stuff. Not only our old VHS stuff was down there, but my grand father's an great grandfather's 8mm film reels,cameras, and even a 1914 Kodak 1a (film camera). This thing is a work of art it's unbelievable. Anyway I guess my point is you'd be surprised what you find down there ;). Happy hunting and even if it's just the VHS stuff, at least give it a watch. Those moments shouldn't be lost for good. :). Take care Luis, hit me up if you have any questions.

[@neilforbes9147]

The cassettes shown in your thumbnail are Video-8 or Hi-8 format, though when the video plays there looks to be a mix of Video-8, Hi-8 and VHS-C cassettes in that box.

[@MarkHoltze]

Yes there is a mix, the process is exactly the same across the tape formats. I captured both VHS-C and high 8 but the high 8 camera is more reliable so opted for that to showcase. None of that changes the steps to capture them.

[@neilforbes9147]

Here's something I found, If I dubbed from VHS to VHS, the resultant copy was okay to watch, but crap for dubbing to computer(digitising), BUT, if I dubbed from Video-8 or Hi-8 to VHS, I could use the VHS dub OR the Video-8 or Hi-8 tapes to get a good(reasonable) quality image on completion of the capture process. Rather odd, that! I have Cyberlink Power Director 8 and 14(both Ultra versions) and they really come into their own in editing video captured off tapes. They have a feature where you can convert 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9 without everyone in your video looking like they've raided the refridgerator, it's called CLPV. I've used it to great effect when converting old content I shot "many moons ago" on Video-8 and Hi-8 then dubbed to VHS before I had the computer technology I have now.

[@vdgitaliano]

As long as you have a physical licensed copy that you purchased and can prove that you possess it, you're allowed to backup any VHS or dvd to a personal library. It's only illegal if you don't have an actual copy in your possession that you own.

[@MarkHoltze]

True!

[@cazzcazz5517]

Thank you Thank you Thank you for this very informative video. Exactly what I was seeking.

[@fletzyproductions1190]

Got some tapes from my grandparents and a palmcorder, gonna use this

[@theralhaljordan7337]

thanks man, this will save me space and money converting my rack of VHSs in my garage to digital files without having to buy DVD copies or something

[@batman1169]

Just found this a year after you did this. Very informative. I was looking at a video service that does this for $15 for two hours. I have about 10 High 8 tapes. They claim at the store (Staples/Costco) they will clean up or digital enhance so video looks more crisp. What is your take on this?

[@MarkHoltze]

Mr Bat Man! It's an honour lol. I'm sure they do a pretty good job for you. It's also less time consuming, doing 10 tapes will probably take awhile, but it depends on how you value your time. If all you have are the tapes and that's all you plan on doing, might be an idea to go through the service .You save on time and buying the adapter, storage space etc. They'll probably put it all on a USB stick for you. Of course the total cost would be a factor and I can't speak to the actual quality as I've never used it, but I'm sure being a commercial product they do a good job. Hope that helps mate, good luck with your decision.

[@batman1169]

@@MarkHoltze Wow a quick reply! I will shop around! It does take time and i need to get this done in 3 weeks! lol

[@MarkHoltze]

How quick can this place turn it around?

[@batman1169]

@@MarkHoltze Its local so in a few weeks they claim. What did you use to edit you video? Good job! Splits, cuts, quality, intro video and sync sound! wow! More than 10 min work for a 4 min video!

[@MarkHoltze]

I cut mostly on Premiere Pro at home for these youtube videos. I’m a film and tv series editor by day so for that Avid Media Composer. Pretty much been shooting and editing in some form or another my whole life heheh. I would go with the house, just set your timeline expectations and they should be able to meet that. Just don’t pay more for a “rush”...it’s all profit for them at this point. :)