Roxio Easy VHS to DVD 3 Plus | VHS, Hi8, V8 Video to DVD or Digital Converter | Amazon Exclusive 2 Bonus DVDs [Windows]

I have a old canon zr100 camcorder that I used to transfer my mini dvd tapes thru my dvd/vcr player. However it no longer works on the dvd side. I was looking for something to easily transfer the tapes thru the computer to a dvd disc. I tried a couple other capture cards that would not work on any of my computers ( I have 3) But, this one was so easy to hook up and use and I have to thank a you tube video or I would never have thought about buying. I would recommend this!!!! I can honestly say it is that simple to use I did not need any tech advise and I am not that great anymore at connecting things to make them work! Thumbs Up for sure on this!

The converter worked great! The instructions left something to be desired, especially on how to get the converted video to DVD. If one misses a step or makes a wrong choice, there is no way to back up; one has to start over.

You need an audio/video cable not included. The one with the red, yellow and white plugs on both ends. After a couple of tries and converting a trial video, it was easy to use. Comes with DVDs but computers nowadays don’t have a way to play them. Videos are saved to the video folder on computer. My home VHS videos are now on line. There were no instructions on how to crop parts of the video. So I recorded the complete video. You press record, walk away and check every so often. It does have a feature to stop at the end of the recording. I would recommend this product.

After reading the reviews and seeing very negative reviews of the bundled Roxio software, I purchased hoping it was usable with VirtualDub2, a free, highly rated video recorder/editor. The mixed reviews suggested it may work and I had no problems recording old VHS home movies to digital format. I installed the latest Roxio software from their website, then installed VirtualDub2, rebooted my Acer i7 laptop and followed the steps in YT video entitled How to convert VHS videotape to 60p digital video (NTSC) by The Oldskool PC. The following is my cheat-sheet that may help you get started: Capture Video Open VD2 Capture --> Capture AVI Device --> {Select capture device} Video --> Video source --> {Select video source Composite or SVideo) Video --> Capture Pin Ensure: Frame Rate: 29.97 Output: 720 x 480 Hit OK Video --> Compression (9:15) Can choose none, Lagarith Lossless Codec, UTVideo Audio --> Raw capture format --> PCM: 48000Hz stereo, 16-bit Hit OK Capture --> Timing ( 11:50) Enable: Drop frames when captured frames are too close together Insert null frames when captured frames are too far apart Sync audio to video by resampling the audio to a faster or slower rate File --> Set Capture file (13:03) Capture --> Capture Video Hit PLAY on VCR Stop recording: Capture --> Stop Capture (or ESC key) File --> Exit capture Edit Video (14:47) File --> Open Video File --> {the one you just recorded} (Window on left is without processing, right-with processing/editing) (15:10) Cut out a section of Video: (15:31) Move to the beginning of what you want to edit/cut out & hit the Home key Move to the end of what you want to edit/cut out & hit the End key Press the DELETE key & it will cut out the section Check/Remove for video interlacing (mouse teeth): (16:01) Video --> Filters --> Add --> Deinterlace Select: Interpolate using Yadf algorithm AND depending on video capture device, select Double frame rate, top field first (choose this for Roxio capture device) OR Double frame rate, Bottom field first 18:22 of video shows how to determine if you choose the right one SAVE DEINTERLACED VIDEO (20:12) Video --> Compression Choose a lossless or no compression Lagarith lossless & Huff YUV Codecs are good File --> Save Video (20:45) Play new video file in Windows Media player (does a good job playing 60 fps) to see if it looks smooth ENCODE NEW VIDEO FILE INTO MP4 Open HANDBRAKE (22:56) Source --> Open a File Select the file you just saved Make sure Container is MP4 VIDEO Tab Frame rate (FPS), select 59.94 Select Constant frame rate Change Content Quality to 18 Click Start to start encoding

Easy enough for my computer illiterate self to use.

Havent used it yet, looks good