Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac | VHS, Hi8, V8 Video to DVD or Digital Converter [Mac Disc]

If youre transferring home movies from VHS to a digital file, this may be of use to you. I bought it to transfer the few remaining VHS movies I had to my computer, and I came to the conclusion that simply buying those movies used at your local used DVD store was much better in terms of price, time spent, and video quality. The software and hardware itself was simple to set up and use. No issues there.

First, the program would only import ten minutes of video (and it was not at all quality resolution even on the high setting). Anything over ten minutes and it would give an error, wasting hours of time. I know because I tried this three times (six hours) before giving up. Great. After I navigated the confusing labyrinth of Roxios register your product for customer service pages, I eventually could send them a help request. After this, Corel (Corel are apparently Roxios new owner) gave me a link to a downloadable software patch. So I installed the patch and the program will now import full length VHS tapes...but, of course, the resulting files are not able to be imported into iMovie. At all. USELESS. I eventually used iSquint (this is totally separate software and was my own idea...Corel/Roxio were NOT helpful and did not respond to my follow-up issue at all) to convert the unreadable Roxiod files into something I could manage to import into iMovie. So...yeah. After all that, now I can import crappy-looking medium-resolution videos files into iMovie. HOORAY! This product is garbage. I expected a lot better. Also: If you (Roxio/Corel) know its not going to import files longer than ten minutes without a software patch, why not just print out a little piece of paper with that patch link information and stick it in the box before you send it to the warehouse? Cmon, how hard is that? Youre a bunch of dimwits over there at Roxio/Corel, apparently. What I wanted: highest resolution possible files from VHS tapes with a minimum of fuss. What I got: mediocre resolution files with a maximum of fuss that are remarkably time-consuming to make. Do not buy this product. Try a different method.

This worked great for me ! I digitized all my old VHS-C tapes with Roxio Video Capture. I was able to transfer the videos to a PhotoSpring Digital Picture Frame. The 30 year old videos came out great. There is a sizing option on the software so you can break up the video into smaller files. This was perfect for my purpose - recovering old VHS tapes before they rot. I was thrilled to see these old videos of family, friends, vacations. Now they are on a digital photo frame to see anytime. I was also able to see them on my TV with the Apple TV box (the PhotoSpring frame resolution looks better than on TV). I was going to make a return to Roxio at first because it crashed. (They do accept returns.) But I persevered and found out it was my VHS player which was broken. I bought a used JVC HRS5912U VHS player for $65, s-video male to male cables $12 to hook it up, and a VHS cleaning kit $10 to clean the heads periodically while running these old tapes through it. I already had a VHS_C cassette adapter (had to replace corroded batteries & clean up, otherwise new is $20). You also need RCA male to male Stereo cable - I already had lots of them. This all worked fine. The VHS player doesnt have to be hooked up through the TV, I just cabled it to my computer with the player sitting under my MacBook - when you hit play on VHS Player, the display goes through the Roxio Video Capture program. The Roxio USB connector was a little loose so try not to jostle it. I tested recording quality difference between a Composite -vs- S-video hookup: Definitely use S-video if you have the option, composite is not bad though. It was all worth it - the cash and the effort. The results are priceless ! Can you imagine getting to recover video from so long ago ? Thanks Roxio !

I havent used all features but happy with product

Needed to convert some VHS and Mini8 to DVD. Reviews shown from 1 stars to 5 stars so kind of confused. After reading most of them. Realized some of the 1 star were from times when the product first came out. Also some of the problems that people run into seem to me are hardware problems and not software. Figured the developer would have enough time to clean up the bugs. So pick one up around $60.00 which I think its a great deal. Installed the thing onto my 2.0 Ghz. Mac running OS10.6.8. Took only about 15 mins. including reading part of the manual and hooking up the wiring. Pop in the VHS and follow the instruction. About 1 1/2 hours later I have myself a recorded DVD. Cannot be easier. Only thing would like to see is maybe some extra functions such as pause and play etc... This way I can skip the parts that I dont want to record. So I dont have to waste time to edit it later. Bottom line, if you just need to do Simple Transfer like me. This is what you want. Good stuff.

Purchased the Mac version. About 1/2 the price of other such devices. Works perfectly when hooking up the good ol clunky VCR to transfer 1980s family footage to digital. Creates .mov files which easily drop right into iMovie.

Setup of the product was easy. The one time it worked -- when I tested it for a couple of minutes on my iMac Intel Core Duo, running OS 10.6.5 -- it seemed to work well. Unfortunately, when I tried to use it again I received a message from the computer that the device was drawing too much current and that the computer had disabled the USB port. Subsequent attempts were ignored by the computer. I tried again on a different Mac on which I had installed the software, but it did not recognize the device either. Obviously, the hardware had been damaged. But this was far from obvious to the Roxio TechSupport people whom I reached via their web site. They would suggest I read the manual (which I had done), install the software (which I had done) and similar useless advice. After faithfully following their advice I told them repeatedly that we obviously seemed to be dealing with a hardware problem, but they have so far simply ignored that possibility. Needless to say, this has been a frustrating process. (I should mention that my professional background is electronic engineering, that I have used Mac computers, peripherals and software since 1986 and that many of my friends ask my help in troubleshooting their Mac hardware and software.) This process has now been going on for a month. It has usually taken 3-5 days for TechSupport to answer my messages and it has now been a week since the last time I heard from them. I have not idea how the device would work if it worked. Will update this review if anything changes.

I am in the process of digitizing old VHS to computer. It comes with software on DVD, however our computer doesnt have a DVD drive. Tech support was easy to contact and provided me with a link to access software via email. I am having a lot of fun editing downloaded VHS into short iMovies!

I highly recommend Roxio VHS to DVD for Mac. It only takes a couple minutes to install and youre ready to go. The quality of the transfer is excellent and it is simple to use. I only started out to save a few items off of one tape but the ease of use and the quality of the transfer has me transferring every single video tape I have left in my library.

Bought it for my iMac to get video off my old VCR with only composite (red, white, yellow) outputs. The capture device worked OK once, but my 16:9 VHS video came through as 4:3 aspect ratios. Everyone look very thin. The software was very limited with no adjustments despite trying to get help from Roxio Tech Support. Next time I used it, the capture device was not recognized by the software so both were useless. I contacted Tech Support for a replacement or refund. VERY SLOWLY they would email ideas over the last two weeks that I had already tried. So far they have not replaced the unit or refunded anything - just more redundant questions. It seems they are just stalling to wear me out. HOWEVER, THERE IS A GREAT SOLUTION. I got a cheap Composite-to-HDMI converter and a cheap HDMI-to-USB capture device (together both cost about 2/3 the Roxio cost), and I used the free Mac QuickTime Player software (you can record using it). That worked perfectly! Do not buy the Roxio device and software for a Mac.