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

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.

I’m having a difficult time making the software work. I need to be able to load the VHS video to my MacBook Pro, which I was able to do. However I have two problems, when I run the video on my computer the movie plays with a Play Directive in the upper left part of the screen that says play with some kind of icon. Also I’m unable to transfer the video to a DVD. I assumed when the software says Roxio easy VHS to DVD it means I can transfer the video from my computer to a dvd.

Had a little trouble with the sound not coming through, every other tape. Had to keep rebooting to fix that problem, but we think it may have been associated with the cabling. My VCR does not have all 3 connectors (not stereo), so that may have caused some confusion in the connection. The process is a bit tedious for lots of tapes because it runs real-time. The most disappointing thing is that by reading the description on Amazon it leads you to believe you can burn DVDs with this software. You cannot. You have to take the converted copies it created and then process it from there using something else. In my case, I dont have iDVD or bundled DVD burner, so I have to find yet more software to do that because I want to view the movies on a standard DVD player for TV, not huddle around my Mac. On the plus side, for a reasonable cost I now have all 20 VHS home videos safely converted to digital and stored in my Mac. That was the biggest hurdle of all since having it done professionally would have cost far more.

The Amazon description is for a version of this software that will run on OS X 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 Macs. The problem is the software sent to me will only work on Intel Macs, and only those running OS X 10.6 up to OS X 10.9. The information right on the package I received stated Intel only. I sent it back for refund. I need a version that will run on PPC G5 processors with OS X 10.5.

Im not sure if Ive ever written an Amazon review. But I feel compelled because I spent WAY too much time comparing the various options for digitizing VHS. Hope I save others a bit of time. Im running macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. First, Roxio is a perfectly good product. It is easy to set-up and use and produces good results. So, whats the but? After trialing Roxio, I decided to check-out Elgato just to be sure Im getting the best possible results before investing the time and effort into converting a lot of precious family video tapes to digital. While the differences arent night & day, Elgato is the better product for a few reasons. First, and foremost, the AUDIO is so much better. FAR less noise and better sound quality overall. The video is slightly better. 5%? 10%? Finally, the file sizes I get with Roxio are THREE TIMES the size of the file sizes with the Elgato. Dont get me wrong, if I was giving letter grades, the Roxio would be solidly in the low-B/high-C range. It is not a fail by a long shot. But for me, the Elgato is easily an A-. Hope this review helps others.

The directions are not that great at all. Should give it only 3 starts for directions.

It works, basically, but suffers (makes the user suffer) from basic flaws, endemic to corporate ideology. Some tattle: Roxio was purchased by Corel. In the go-go world of consumer-targeted software firm acquisitions, orphaned products like this app get shorted in support and development as a matter of course. The prime directive is to maximize profit, if it even needs to be stated. (Roxios Toast was certainly the cherry on top of the negotiations, so you can expect Corel to go all Adobe on its ass, eviscerating that app of its former usefulness. If you like Toast, dont upgrade. Start looking now for a replacement app, open source or otherwise.) Okay, this app, Easy VHS to DVD, works, but you have to swallow the $49 price and just lower your expectations. Once you have done the former, a few points might be helpful toward profiting from the latter. I have dozens of tapes to rip, so to make it less painless and more organized, I want to streamline the various processes. - Set a computer aside for the sole purpose of ripping VHS tape. - This app is not particularly useful beyond merely ripping one big .mov file per cassette. If this is your scenario too, youre going to need ample disk space. - When you set up to rip each tape, forget about High Quality setting. It does not apply to VHS, and if you are ripping something of higher quality, do a 60 second test run and see if its worth it. The high quality setting is the unchangeable default, inconveniently, and it seems to create audio synching problems. There will be no help from Roxio/Corel on this, but there are some helpful chats out there. Search: roxio vhs audio synch problem delay (or the like) - Have a precise idea in advance of the duration of the tapes or segment(s) you want to rip. You can do this by making notes on paper for each cassette, and then naming the .mov file (rip) to match its tape/segment (source). - Set an external alarm clock to tell you when to come back and Finish the rip file. (The auto-stop feature is not entirely useful, as it is only big round numbers.) - Dont waste time trying to clip, trim, or manage files using this app. It is only a bulk ripper, as far as I am concerned. - I use QuickTime Player to view the .mov files timecodes and make notes (again, on paper) for precise cutting points. - I then use HandBrake to re-rip each .mov into custom length .mp4 files. (You will need a seconds calculator, HandBrake does only second or frames.) - In HandBrake, select the preset iPad then uncheck the Large File checkbox, and you will get good compression and quality. (Let it be known, for I am proud to say it: I do not use, nor do I recommend iMovie, iDVD, or any software which starts with a lower-case i for that matter.)

This product is very easy to use. The directions on installing the software are clear and easy to follow. The cable hooked up to a USB port and then to the VCR with a standard RCA cable, which came with the VCR. I copied a home VHS tape on the first try and converted it a DVD using iMovie and iDVD. I really like this product, and have many more home VHS movies to convert. I would recommend buying a 1 TB or 2 TB external drive to store the files before burning,and for possible future storage of these files.

I found a bunch of old tapes and wanted to get them into a digital format. I looked up this product, and although I saw a lot of bad reviews for it not working on OSX 10.6, I saw a few others said it worked fine. I have 10.7, which I just upgraded a little while ago from 10.5, and it works fine. I plugged in the software, plugged in the cables and updated anything that needed to be updated and boom its there. Ive already ripped 3 VHS tapes onto my Mac. You just have to let it play as its recording. Which is good if you want to watch the video again right before you start editing it. You can also mute the audio so you can continue facebooking or whatever it is you kids do.

This was very difficult for me to understand how to use. May just be my level of knowledge on the product use all in itself.