Device for converting VHS to Digital?

[Xander562]

Hey,
So i have a rather large collection of VHS tapes, some home videos, you know. Can anyone tell me how to do this?/what devices i'll need before i start. Any suggestions are appreciated.

 

[Makosuke]

You want an analog to digital codec box. There are a number of different types of these, but my personal favorite are the ones that take in an analog (from VHS) signal and spit out a DV stream, so you can import video directly into iMovie, edit, then burn to a DVD with little loss of quality. I'd recommend the one I have, but it's an ANCIENT Sony box that they haven't made in years.

There are others that spit out an MPEG4 stream, I believe.

Some of the EyeTV probably do this, and some MiniDV cameras also have a "passthrough" feature which will act like a DV codec box--just plug your VCR into the video inputs, and your computer into the DV out, and you're ready to rip to computer.

 

[imnotatfault]

Some of the EyeTV probably do this, and some MiniDV cameras also have a "passthrough" feature which will act like a DV codec box--just plug your VCR into the video inputs, and your computer into the DV out, and you're ready to rip to computer.

EyeTV250 does this, to be a bit more specific for you. How well, however, I don't know.