#Elgato vhs converter mp4#
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They currently go for $180 new, but you probably can find a used one that's cheaper. A camcorder might be your most expensive option, though.Ģ) Buy a Canopus ADVC-55, which converts analog to digital video but doesn't compress to H.264. This will create huge, editable MOV files, which you can then export to MP4. I read that it doesn't support all models. Make sure you get a model that iMovie supports. I can think of three other ways to digitize your videos, which should eliminate the audio/video sync problem:ġ) Use a DV camcorder as a pass-through converter and import your video to iMove. Apparently the Elgato converts the video to H.264 format via its hardware. I did a Web search and found several posts by people who are experiencing the same problem with the Elgato Video Capture device, but nobody was able to offer an explanation or a solution. (I'm having a problem related to this, and I've created another post about it.) I'm not near my Mac, and I can't remember what that setting is. You need to turn on a variable comb filter setting.

#Elgato vhs converter mp4#

If you use Handbrake, your MP4 files likely will have horizontal 'jaggies' due to interlacing. The other method I used was connecting my VHS deck to an old DVD recorder, burning DVDs (it doesn't hurt to have backups), and using Handbrake to create MP4 files from the DVDs. I might take those to a video service and see if they can be cleaned up. I've never experienced an audio/video sync problem, but a couple of my VHS tapes didn't track well, and the video jumped around and had horizontal noise bands. I use Handbrake to create MP4 files for iTunes. It takes a long time, and the files are huge, but big hard drives are cheap, and I figure I might as well have editable files.

I capture my video to iMovie, because I plan to edit some of it eventually. It has a FireWire output to connect to my Mac, and RCA and S-Video inputs for my VCR. I don't have the Elgato device, but I do have the aforementioned Canopus, which does the same thing. To the OP: I've done what you've done using a couple different methods. I have an old Sony DV camcorder and could have saved myself some money. Great suggestion, and one I wish I'd thought of before I bought a Canopus ADVC-55 several years ago. Maybe run an image stabilization filter and clem up any audio problems If it were me and I cared about the footage I could edit and color grade scene by scene before comprising. Then you give the DV file to either Handbrake of Apple's 'Compressor' and wait a few hours. The are way-cheep now because everyone wants HD. But the files are higher quality then VHS can produce so there is no loss. The result files are large because DV does not use inter frame compression. (Newer Macs needs a FW to Thunderbolt adaptor.) Most DV cams have an analog input for composite video and will pass that through to the FW output (AK 'Sony iLink output) All DV cams have a firewire output that plugs directly into most Macs. If you want to convert non HD older video formats yourself the best device I have found s a DV camera. Then it is simple to import the DVD to iTunes and keep the DVD as a backup at some off site location.

#Elgato vhs converter manual#

Quality conversions take a lot of manual effort and you have to watch the entire tape on the screen you can't just let it run because there might be blank spots on the tape or defects or color correction issues. How many tapes do you have? Many times the best way to go is to outsource the work for a service. If Elgato isn't going to work for audio syncing, which is? Just a simple 'press play' on the VCR and 'press record' on the computer.

#Elgato vhs converter software#

Because I'm not expert in this kind of stuff, I'm not looking to edit or use 3rd party software for post production or anything like that.

Is there a setting in Elgato that I can adjust to get the video/audio in perfect sync for long videos or am I using the wrong equipment?Īgain, my goal is to preserve old VHS tapes and leave them in iTunes for playback on AppleTV. Some of my tapes are 2 to 3 hours longs and I noticed that any converted videos that are longer than 30 minutes, the audio and video become out of sync. The tapes are playing fine and Elgato converts the file into an MP4 which is perfect for iTunes.

#Elgato vhs converter Pc#

I bought the Elgato USB Video Capture device that connects my old VCR to my PC via RCA. I don't really need to edit them, I just want to make a backup of them, so to speak. Take the old VHS tapes and convert them into a digital files that I would leave on my computer, put them in iTunes and play them on AppleTV. Like everyone else, I'd like to convert them to digital to preserve the memories before the VHS tapes stop working. I have a lot of old VHS tapes that we recorded with a old Camcorder. I'm a novice when it comes to converting videos, so I hope I can get helpful information here.