When I set about digitizing old VHS tapes and 8mm tapes (Video8, Hi8), I read countless posts at the DigitalFAQ.com forum. This video is for the beginner who wants to transfer videos but isn't sure what the best method is and what hardware to buy. What you will learn:

1. What hardware to buy
2. How to capture
3. How to enhance

This tutorial replies heavily on the expert advice at the DigitalFAQ.com forum from Lord Smurf, sanlyn, Selur, jwillis84, Latreche34 and many others. I’ve transferred all my family home movies using this method.

0:00 Introduction
0:31 The four ways to transfer VHS tapes to digital
0:40 VHS-to-DVD recorder (don't do it this way)
1:41 HD upscaler box (don't do it this way)
2:24 SVHS to capture device (do it this way!)
2:31 VHS-Decode project RF capture (interesting...)
3:36 Picking the hardware with avoid problems
4:38 Three types of VHS players
5:10 SVHS players with Line TBC feature
5:42 SVHS player (without Line TBC feature)
5:59 Composite (yellow) cable versus S-Video cable
6:54 Overuse of the best SVHS players may have made them worse that a lightly used medium-quality SVHS player
7:23 Where to buy equipment (Facebook Marketplace, thrift store, eBay, DigitalFAQ)
7:57 How to combine an SVHS player without TBC with a Panasonic ES-10 or ES-15
9:54 Capture device: four options
10:16 Specs of my new (old) Windows XP desktop computer
11:09 When to get WindowsXP in 2024
11:49 Frame-based Time Base Corrector (DataVideo TBC-1000 and others)
13:04 "Weak" Frame-based Time Base Corrector (DataVideo DVK-200)
14:41 Capture software (VirtualDub 1.9.11) and video codec (HuffYUV)
15:15 Transferring demonstration
15:26 JVC SVHS with Line TBC menu options (video calibration, picture control, digital TBC/NR, video stabilizer)
18:56 How to set up VirtualDub (settings, video levels, histogram, compression, capture timing options, drop frames,
28:41 How to set up Selur Hybrid software for enhancing video
28:57 Selecting the output video codec (ProRes or x264)
29:48 Crop/Resize settings (output PAR)
30:42 Filtering with Vapousynth
31:10 Deinterlacing with QTGMC
32:09 Denoise with QTGMC
34:38 Sharpen with CAS
36:34 Frame/Resize with NNEDI3
37:54 Why RealESRGAN is tempting but I don't recommend it for VHS quality videos
38:55 Audio settings (optional: audio delay box)
40:32 Launching the rending with the Job button
40:56 How to use DaVinci Resolve for basic one-step color adjustment


__RESOURCES__

Lord Smurf's SVHS VCR recommendations
https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...

Lord Smurf's Hi8 and Digital8 camcorder recommendations that include line TBC
https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...

DigitalFAQ's guide to TBCs
https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...

DigitalFAQ forum
https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/dvd-...

Selur Hybrid Forum
https://forum.selur.net/forum-3.html

Sanlyn’s guide to VirtualDub capture settings
https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...

_DOWNLOADS__

Download VirtualDub 1.9.11 and HuffYuv
https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...

Download Selur Hybrid
https://www.selur.de/downloads

Download DaVinci Resolve
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...

#VHS #SVHS #video8 #hi8 #digital8 #videocapture #analog #TBC

Credit: thumbnail Angel Wings PNG by Vecteezy
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_CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES_
8:32 You should connect the red and white audio cables from the SVHS player to the audio in of the ES-15. And then connect another set of audio cables from the ES-15 audio out to the capture device. My drawing shows the audio cables bypassing the ES-15. This is an error because it will cause the captured audio to be a but ahead of the captured video. But if you run both S-Video cable and audio candles through the ES-15, then will arrive at the capture card at the same time.

9:54 The Diamond VC500 is an okay, but not great choice. It is considered a bit better than the Elgato, but they are equivalent. Lord Smurf recommends the ATI600, but this is not available new. Lollo recommends the I-O Data GV-USB2, which is available new, so that is the model I would now suggest instead of the Diamond VC500.

10:14 Slide should say ATI All-in-Wonder 9600XT (not 9800)

12:40 I Line TBC helps image quality. A frame TBC helps keep the frames streaming into the capture card at an even rate, which helps prevent or minimize dropped frames. More info at    • TBC explained: what is a time base co...