Easy Guide to: Converting VHS To Digital Camcorder Media

If you are would like to learn about converting VHS to digital camcorder media, first know that the process is really simple and easy. Even if you are not exactly a professional with electronics and things like that, you can still do this all on your own, with this easy guide.

Equipment Needed For Converting VHS To Digital Camcorder Media

The first step that you are going to have to do is get together the pieces of equipment that you are going to need to convert your VHS tapes to digital version. This includes a VCR or analog camcorder, digital camcorder, computer with suggested minimum requirements: Pentium 4 or equivalent, 512M memory, 20Gig disk space, video editing software, a DVD burner and blank DVD media.

Now that you have all of the basic equipment you are ready to begin and commence converting . You are going to need to make the connections now and so first you want to establish the video and audio inputs on your digital camcorder. Find out where they are located so that you are aware and keep in mind that you may have to open a side panel somewhere on the camcorder to get to these inputs. Now you want to look at your VCR for outputs, and if you do not have an S-video output then you are going to have to use the composite connection. These are the red white and yellow ended cables.

Perform The Conversion

Now you are all set up and are going to actually start doing the conversion. You need to turn on the computer, digital camcorder and the VCR okay this may seem like a silly instruction but you can never be too careful!, and start the video editing software on the computer. Your computer may have an auto-play mode and so wait to see if the software starts up on its own before attempting to start it yourself. On slower PCs this can be very slow as these applications are intensive on your PC’s resources.

If the video editing software recognizes the camcorder device that is connected to it, which it should then you can move on and check your resolution for the video capture. As long as there is enough space on the computer for the length of the software you want to convert, you will be fine and can move on to the next step. Please bear in mind that videos do take up a large amount of space on your computer. So even though you may be burning you video to DVD your PC still needs to store it somewhere first i.e. your hard drive.

Next in the process of converting VHS involves you rewind the VHS tape, and then you want to hit the play button on the VCD and the record button on the video editing software. This will complete the process of converting VHS to digital camcorder media and you can now do this to all your VHS tapes and make them digital. Now you will have to find what to do with all that extra space that your VHS tapes took up!