How to convert vhs tapes to digital video software#
But the software can at least make your videos look more presentable. Don’t expect any miracles – an old grainy VHS tape won’t turn into a 4K masterpiece. When you start editing the video, the software has some nifty video enhancement tricks with automatic image optimization and stabilization. The conversion process is quite easy, and the software takes you step-by-step through it. It also comes with Magix’ Video Easy HD software with a year of free updates. The box comes with the actual converter – a small dongle that can be connected to either RCA, S-Video or Scart on one side, and USB on the other. As such, they create excellent video editing software, which is why the software part is the main focus of this VHS-to-DVD conversion kit. “Magix Software” has been a very well-known name in the video (and music) editing business for more than 20 years. The speed of converting the video format and burning to a DVD will depend mainly on your computer hardware, but a bad converter and subpar software can impact conversion speed as well. In addition to that, the computer needs to process the resulting video files, especially if you’re burning to DVD. So if you have a 120-minutes video of Aunt Edna, you will literally have to play it for 120 minutes while your computer is recording it. Since your VHS tapes are an analogue medium, it would always take you AT LEAST the time on the tape for the actual conversion. Most will support at least MPEG2 and MPEG4 which are most common. If you’re just planning to burn the videos to a DVD, you shouldn’t trouble yourself with file formats too much (as the DVD burning software should take care of everything.) But since it’s a good idea to save the files on your computer as well – you should check which video file formats the software that comes with your converter offers – both for importing video files (when you’re editing), and for exporting the files you recorded.