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Off Topic Converting VHS Tapes

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  1. Wildie

    Wildie Well-Known Member

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    Morning Guys,

    My father in law passed away last week, and in his house were a number of VHS tapes of my wife and siblings with him when they were younger. We have managed to get the VHS playing through our TV with a Scart to HDMI converter, but want I would like to do is get them converted into mp4 files on my laptop if possible.

    Has anyone done this, and if so, what adapters/converters do I need? I've looked on YT and most involve RCA cables which this VCR doesn't have the ports for - it is purely Scart
     
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  2. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator Staff Member

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    There's lots of companies offering this service and they don't seem all that expensive (even Asda offer the service, though theirs doesn't seem that cheap).
     
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    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    If you have the converter cable you just need a hdmi capture device. They’re like a usb stick with a hdmi input, that you can use to record whatever is played through it. Then just plug it into your pc and save it on there.
     
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  4. Tigger

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    Put vhs to digital recorder into ebay. You'll get everything you need for about £10.99.

    I did all my tapes and it worked really well. If you haven’t got AV connections on your VHS player, you can get a scart converter that will link them to the laptop.

    It's really easy but time consuming as you transfer the data in real time.
     
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    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Anyone got any old VHS tapes of their mrs they’ve had enough of? :bandit:
     
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    Ian Krankie. :emoticon-0143-smirk


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    I've got some of yours
     
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    Revenge porn was a bit clunky on vhs tapes, best disguised as football videos.
     
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    My son in law’s old work converts them from vhs to dvd discs, Don’t think it’s overly expensive, they’re in Driffield but he now lives in Spain in 20degrees lucky bugger.
     
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