VHS hockey fights to YouTube

[CRussell]

I kept Flyers VHS tapes for years. I really need to get up to date and digitize this stuff. I need advice - assume the only thing I have are the VHS tapes. What is the best way to go about this? The laptop I have is really old and can't handle video so I am basically starting for scratch.

I would like to be able to:


1 - digitize my VHS fights on a hard drive


2 - upload the VHS fights to YouTube in best quality possible


3 - I want to be able to also upload new hd fights to you tube from current 2013 games in 1080p on YouTube.


I don't really need a new laptop or computer other than this reason. But what do I Ned to get started. A new laptop with what components? What program should I get for video capture. Thanks for any advice.

[JetWing34]

Kind of have experience with video conversion to PC.

If you have an Ion VIDEO 2 PC digital converter, it should have software that lets you convert to Youtube or social media. Just have a compatible computer (XP, Vista, or 7 if you have a Windows computer).

One problem is: with recording, you might drop frames (which is recording lag). This might not be good, and you might need to record the footage again. Hope this helps.

[antonio106]

If your VCR has component cables (i.e., Yellow, Red, and White), rather than Co-ax, you can hook it up to some video cards, depending on your PC. From there, using a video editing program like Windows Movie Maker would probably get you set. That's the cheapest answer.

[darius]

You don't have a shot in h3ll getting any material off those tapes if your laptop is old. It would be tedious and extremely time consuming. You'd also have more problems than success. It's not as simple as transferring from tape to harddrive. You still have to splice, re-encode and upload. Good luck with that.

[mckendo83]

can it be this easy?

take your tape to somewhere that converts tapes to DVD...

then using the DVD rip it to your computer

then upload it. you can edit it too once you have it on your computer.

[Sharpsfan]

I use a program called dazle . you can also get cheap dvd / vhs combo players from wallmart for a 100 or so but like mentioned earlier not sure what your laptop is capable of.

[nyrpack]

im in the same boat, i have about 1000 hrs of fights all on vhs !! lol