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Once the video is converted and on my laptop, am I able to add it on a dvd and a thumb drive?

So, how do I make it so the scanner doesn’t scan the “jump”between frames? The resulting movie looks jittery

Thanks for the great video! I am having trouble connecting the Elgato to my DVD player. My LG DVD player does not have the yellow/white/black audio video jacks, just an HDMI jack (out to TV). Is there a coupler I can use to hook up these two (the female elgato jacks to the HDMI)? Any advice you can offer would be great!

Hi, I like your video, quick question: I get the Yitrox, and it upscale well, but it displays only black and white, no colors at all, and it pauses the output constantly, the tape is good, I play it many times and it does not stop at all. Any recommendation to get the color back? My VHS do not have s-video output

I really appreciate all of your videos. Have you, by chance, made one yet that shows the ins and outs of your settings in OBS? The hardware arrived yesterday: S-cable, Yitrox upscaler, power supply, Elgato HD60X, and new external hard drive. I've installed OBS and watched a lot of videos on their site, but I'm still tweaking and trying to understand resolution and pixels and stretching, etc., and what to select in OBS as the input and output sizes and FPS, etc. Are there any other tips, tricks, or videos that you recommend? Due to your CZcams channel, I now have the confidence to tackle digitizing boxes full of home videos. Thank you!

the worst ways to convert vhs to digital

Don't use Elgato vhs capture card. Bad quality, no 60fps, wobble, low bitrate and expenisive. I use an easycap capture card and I'm happy with it. It produces high quality,60fps, decent bitrate and it comes with easy-to-use software and the best part is that I paid only 10$ for it. Worth it! WARNING: the easy cap is named by many brands and the quality is inconsistant from brand to brand

I no longer recommend this device, as it is now almost impossible to find and personally I would just stick with the Yitrox.

Really excellent information. Thank you! I just built a DIY slide copier that gets pro results, at a low cost. I guess next I tackle movies.

upscaling, inserting missing pixels with stuff that it made up. and no idea what the missing pixels actually are.

Newbie here. Your videos are excellent! In trying to mesh several of your videos together to go straight from VHS to hi def (1080p, I think). Would I connect the VCR to the Yitrox HD Converter to the Elgato HD 60 X to my laptop USB to make this work? And it sounds like the S-cable is superior to the composite cables so I have that option available. Have I understood how the Yitrox and the Elgato work together in between in the VCR and the laptop? Or should a newbie just stick with the regular Elgato simple setup because it's good enough? Thank you for all the videos.

You should always use a 75 ohm co-axial cable for composite video where possible, it can give a substantial improvement in image quality by removing the RF ringing in 'shoelace' wires. With PAL region VHS machines that have a SCART socket you can use an adapter with an RCA composite socket. They're pretty much the same as SPDIF digital audio connectors which use similar carrier frequencies (several MHz) to analogue video.

I'm still learning as I go. Thank you for guiding me on this journey! I intend to look into this new hardware in the near future.

I tried this. I purchased the Yitrox upscaler and hooked it up in between my camcorder and my capture device. All I got was a fuzzy black and white video. After reading the specs on the Yitrix upscaler, I learned that it does not support 240p input. It starts at 480p and goes up from there.

Everything is fine, but from time to time when the shots on the tape change, the picture changes from color to black and white, and I have to switch to switch it back to colors, possibly because I am using an S-Video cable and not CVBS?

Avoid Elgato Video Capture. It's crap. It's capture quality is very awful. Mine was directly to recycling facility.

Interesting demo of these 3 different converters. They all look great, but i really didn't care for the 4:3 to 16:9 upscaler, because it seemed to stretch the picture. Unless i missed something, is there a way to up scale to a 4:3 to an HD without stretching it to 16:9? Thanks

There is a big problem with Gefen upscaler. It has not been produced for 5 years and is impossible to get!!!!

Thanks a lot to record this helpful video:)

Love!

I ordered the YITROX on the bases of this video, and it works great on my SVHS tapes.. Now that I am using it on my VCR tapes, the source indicator keeps popping up every 30 sec. Its really big. How do I fix that? - Capture software OBS 30.2.2

I purchased the Elgato video capture for my Mac, however when I open the download it says that there is no application to open it. What should I choose for application, or get from App Store?

I've got the Yitrox influenced by your review. How in the heck are you supposed to get a 4:3 aspect in 1080p? Using SVHS for video inputs, I was only able to see 720p and a 1080p at the display (even though I'm having to push the DPI button around 5 times for scrolling to get those only two options...stretched picture from Hi8 footage of course (no pillarbox). Is this unit not going to do what I need it to do? Or will it, but I have to add the extra step of changing AR in post? Thanks for your videos.

I watched another video about this device and it was revealed to be a old non fancy capture device inside. Very much buyer beware with this box of tricks

I've used one on my MAC (running Ventura) for a few months. It was great. Then all of a sudden NO video signal (but I do have the audio) I did not change the physical connections. I tried the coax (yellow) and it did not work as well as the S-VS connection and no video. I reinstalled the program and no luck. Any ideas? TIA

I've used the Elgato on my MAC for a few months. It was great. Then all of a sudden NO video signal (but I do have the audio) I did not change the physical connections. I tried the coax (yellow) and it did not work as well as the S-VS connection and no video. I reinstalled the program and no luck. Any ideas? TIA

I have pressed the stop button at the end of my recording and sometimes it gives me “The recorded movie could not be opened for further processing” And it won’t let me use the Trim at that time. Can you tell me what I may be doing to cause this problem? Sometimes it works as it is supposed to.

Can I just upscale the video with Topaz?

Did you have any flicker/tearing issues. Folks talking about needing a TBC have me all freaked out.

I was really disappointed with this capture card. When I learned that it uses the exact same chip as cards that cost $20, I knew why. Low bitrate, introduces noise into the image. Definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Do they make one for sound?

Does it matter if I use a Elgato 4k capture card and a 1080p upscaler? Or is it overkill and its better to get the Elgato 1080p capture card?

Do you develop the film yourself or send it out to someone first before digitizing?

What is the name of the bench power supply from Amazon you mention $15?

thx for this very interesting analysis. i have only a laptop with only usb inputs. how can i use this Ytrox upscaler ?

Where can I buy the vitro upscaler you recommend for $38? Also what is the name of the bench top power supply from Amazon as I couldn’t quite make it out?

Where do you buy the vitox upscaler that you recommended $38 from?

Cannot find the Yitrox anywhere now. What's second best that does 4:3 and won't break the bank?

I've watched several other reviews of the REELS digitizer, and this is the best one by far. A couple others, the guys were practically fumbling their way through... mis-handling the film, literally putting the feed reel on BACKWARDS in one case (sprocket holes to the wrong side!), and other issues, like putting their fingers (and accompanying sweat) directly ONTO the film emulsion... they had a lot to learn about handling film by its EDGES ONLY! This video is quick, covers a lot, and answered every question I had and then some I didn't yet know I'd have. At 07:55, it looks like someone slipped some old EKTACHROME footage in there with that "blue-ness"; definitely a post-processing time expenditure. I'm prepped for stuff like that though, so, no biggy. Overall, an impressive review, and very compact, time-wise. No wheezy guessing and gumming; just the important stuff. Thanks!!

You should never upscale or deinterlace a sd source like pal or ntsc for archiving. There is absolutely no benefit. It’s like filling a half-full bottle of wine with water and then expecting to have more wine. It just increases the file size but will not give your signal more information. The best way is to capture the source as it is with a professional analog to sdi converter or something like the blackmagic ultrastudio hd Mini (which I use). Capture to ProRes 422, interlaced, and at original resolution and you will get the best most crisp image. It helps a lot if you use a high quality s-vhs player with s-Video out and tbc (time base corrector). Thats for capturing. For just watching videos on a big modern flatscreen that’s a different story. But since most modern tv’s upscale and deinterlace sd material in very good quality there is basically no need for external equipment like upscalers.

no new videos anymore?

Most of the recommended products are not available. The one available has horrible "most recent" reviews. Time to go back to the drawing board for your recommedations.

how do I work with fujichrome rt200 single 8. I have 3 cartridges dating back to the 70's, not sure if these were recorded on, or if they are blank, plus it has a unique cartridge, I don't see any conversion units that can work with that cartridge.

Can't find the yitrox for sale. Everything says unavailable

The YITROX is not available and I want to use the S video on my camera and VCR. Does anyone know how often this device becomes available on Amazon?

Hi, I bought the Upscaler YITROX YPbPr to HDMI converter 6 inputs When I connect my VCR or Camcorder with the composite cables to the upscaler to the UNISHEEN, no image appears on screen. Please help Thank you

Hey there great video, do you have a video on setting up OBS Studio for best results with this hardware?

I have an old video from back around 1990. It has been kept in a box since then. Any chance that video is still viable?

Absolutely great super 8 video capture advice! Thank you!

Do you have youtube videos on post-processing? Especially to get the film to run at 16 fps.