VHS Mini DV VCR Hi8 DVD

Wow - great value for money, worked first time with no hassle at all! We purchased an old 8mm camcorder and watched back loads of old tapes on our TV before realising we should digitize them to preserve the content for years to come (and make it easier to rewatch and even share too)! Purchased this due to cost to be honest, just to try and see if I could connect everything up and get it going. I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised - everything worked first time, no fuss at all. I have an old 8mm Samsung camcorder and am using Windows 10 PC (latest build) - I installed the software that came with the package and then inserted the device (USB). Checked device manager and all present and correct (drivers had installed and loaded correctly). I then downloaded the latest OBS Studio software which is completely free to use (its open source) and used that to play my old tapes whilst recording to MP4. Great results - cannot recommend this highly enough :)

Does what it says, comes with a cd containing the edit program. Easy to set up and works as it says. I can finally transfer movies from my mini DV to laptop.

Works well, although the item has a left and right audio input, it sadly us ONLY 1ch making a mono signal which is a shame and a bit misleading

Got the job done, good enough for its price, audio is horrifically out of sync at most parts though, no matter what I do its out of sync (recorded via OBS software rather than the included one). Hopefully be able fix most of it editing it myself but I shouldn't really have to. Video quality is great once I got it working though.

This product is great! For less than a tenner, I can convert my hi8 tapes into digital format—these memories can now last forever instead of slowly degrading as the tape deteriorates over time. Quickly I'll say that the PC immediately detected the device when plugged in and installs the drivers automatically (as the supplied manual indicates), so you only need the CD to install the capturing/editing software. You can of course, use your own. The software provided is very easy to use, in fact if you only want to capture what is on your video tape, then you literally only have to click the record button (and press play on your VCR/Camcorder). The manual was helpful in describing the installation process, which if you're not installing or using the software, can be condensed to one page. In summary, well worth the cost, considering your getting the capture device and a fully licensed video capture/editing software package. The CD key is displayed clearly on the back of the envelope it comes in, if you're installing it. Now that is out of the way, the main reason I am compelled into writing this review is that some reviews have WRONGLY labelled this device as garbage, because they saw some static interference across the length of their captured video! In summary, they jumped to the WRONG CONCLUSION and blamed this capture card. If they had tried to connect camera to their TV before jumping to conclusions, they would SEE THE SAME OUTPUT! If you don't want to believe my summary, read on to see my detailed testing, and more importantly, why I can state as fact that this is caused by Sony HandyCam Camcorder AV output and not this USB capture card. I am a Software Developer with a background in Electrical Engineering, but no technical knowledge is needed to verify what I did to prove the USB card is perfectly rendering/capturing what it is being sent by my/your Sony Camcorder. Tests I carried out, and detailed findings below ==================================== It is very important to note, since I read reviews calling the product cheap garbage, having connected a Sony camcorder to the RCA connectors and being dismayed to see static across the screen. THIS IS THE SONY CAMCORDER!!! NOT THE CAPURE DEVICE. Here is why I can confidently state this as fact: ** Connect the card to your Sony camcorder using the 2.5mm jack AV out to RCA (yellow, video, white/black, mono sound) and you will see static on the screen. The static suddenly appears on the Camcorders LCD screen simultaneously! The card is faithfully capturing perfectly what the camcorder sends it. Garbage in, garbage out! ** Connect the same Yellow and Black/white RCA output to my TV. SAME RESULT! STATIC OVER THE VIDEO. My TV is not suddenly garbage! It is also faithfully displaying the signal the Sony Camcorder is sending it! ** I hooked up the audio only (white/black RCA plug) to either the TV or the USB card, and the LCD display on my camcorder STILL shows the static. The sound is not affected, and you can hear that coming from output device (whether TV or PC vi's this card). The video is black since its not connected, yet the LCD screen still shows the video having static/interference lines ** Now, either pull out the RCA (both plugs, the yellow video and white/black mono sound should be disconnected), the camcorder display suddenly cleans up, showing a crystal clear image once again. The same will happen if you pull out the jack from the camcorder—the built-in camcorder LCD display suddenly cleans up and shows a perfect image again. I do not know what Sony camcorder the other reviewer was using, but I have a HandyCam hi8 CCD-TRV208E - it shares a manual with several other models in the range, including one digital device, so I am making the assumption this is not unique to my model, but something that affects a range of Sony Camcorders from the mid 2000's (maybe earlier/later, I bought mine in 2002). Without another AV cable to hand, I cannot say for sure that it's not in fact a defective AV output->RCA input, but the cable I have IS shielded, so it is not electrical interference causing it. And if it was electrical interference, I would expect to only see such interference on the captured video, and NOT on the camcorder built-in LCD simultaneously! This, and the fact other reviewers also using a Sony Camcorder have seen this static over the video channel, along with my tests, have given me enough evidence to confidently rule out the cable and blame the camcorder. Seeing the same static appear on the LCD display at the same time clinches it—but in any case, cable or camcorder, it 100% proves the card is faultless (and the TV showing the same problem for the hat-trick). S-video output from the camcorder is crystal clear. Unfortunately s-video only carries the visual, meaning you still have to use the 2.5mm jack to record the sound. With my cable, the static suddenly appears on the LCD screen even if I only connect the audio channel and leave the video disconnected. I haven't tested using an audio only cable. The other reviewer says he used s-video for a crystal clear image, but as soon as he connected the audio RCA, the static re-appeared. His response was to call this product garbage in his Amazon review, when the opposite is true! His (and my) camcorder is providing the garbage! The card captures PERFECTLY. Now I suspect he was using the same 2.5mm AV cable but only connecting the sound; I cannot say whether a 2.5mm audio only jack (cable without the yellow, only red & white/black, basically like a headphones wire) would affect the video channel..I don't have one available to test with. But I suspect not, so I'm ordering an S-video cable and a seperate 2.5mm to RCA audio only. If it turns out that anything connected to the camcorder AV output causes interference, then you'd have to capture the audio and video signals seperately, and merge the video with the sound afterward. This basically means I would have to rip the tape twice, once for sound and once for S-video. But that's not this device fault! It is SONY CAMCORDER FAULT. Garbage in, garbage out. TV shows same output as USB capture, so it's not the card that's the problem. Helpfully, it appears the editing portion of the bundled software package does allow you to do this! Albeit your "adding" a soundtrack to your video, that comes from an mpg file the same duration, but that has blank video. It is noteworthy to mention that, even without this static interference over the AV composite RCA cable, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED you use the S-video anyway, as it is a higher quality picture compared to composite, even at the same resolution. It is akin to the difference between a video/DVD player connected with a SCART connection, and your old coaxial/RF aerial wire—the latter is blurry compared to the former, whilst the SCART is sharper. There's a great YouTube video where a Nintendo N64 connected over RCA is compared to being connected via S-video. The latter is crisp, sharp, whilst the RCA looks blurred, the textures look like someone smudged them in paintshop! You only notice how stark the difference is when you see them side-by-side or immediately one after the other.

Absolutely NOT what I bought. The advert is for a plug and play device where you click three or four buttons on some free software, plug it all in and press play / record. IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN. Firstly it comes with a CD - who has a CD reader these days??? Secondly there is no download option in what they call a manual. Thirdly their is no branding on the hardware I got, even though the photo in the advert is for a branded product. Fourthly the instructions in the advert clash with the instructions in the packaging Fifthly, despite having a degree in computer science and having spent my whole career working in software development I cannot get either VCL or OBS to even recognise the presence of the hardware; although Windows 10 DID pop up a message recognising it as a USB device - whereas Windows 11 'might' have seen it but didn't display a message to say it was loading a driver for it. Anyway - IT DOES NOT DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN - and since it only has 1 purpose in life, that's not acceptable.

Worked seamlessly. I just downloaded the OBS free software prior. Then when device arrived I was ready to go. Connected the handheld camera leads which were just white and yellow to the same colour leads on the device cable which luckily I still had along with the charger. Then i plugged in the device to the USB on the computer. Nothing happens at this point (this catches people out who thinks it's not recognised), it seems the latest version of Windows simply recognises the device with ease, so no notification of plugging in the device appears and no driver install is necessary. I then followed the helpful instructions listed for the OBS software listed on this page and played a tape on the device and the video and sound came through perfectly on OBS. The free 3rd party software itself it brilliant and I would recommend this if you purchase this device. The handheld video camera is 25 years old, luckily only 2 out of my 6 tapes were slightly damaged from age. Priceless.

Actually does the job, and does it as well as possible. It’s not overly technical to setup, but basic IT literacy will probably be required to download drivers and the software. Have successfully converted about 10 tapes to digital with no issues.

استعملته لنقل الصور من كاميرا فيديو قديمة للفلاش مع وصله في الكمبيوتر حيث تم نقل الصور والفيديو بسهوله فقط مع تثبيت برنامج واحد والجودة ممتازة حيث اصبحت الصور القديمة ملفات على الكمبيوتر وبجودة جيدة

It worked perfectly and I’m glad that I gave it a try now I can make copies of my vhs tapes as I will. The only downside that it doesn’t come with the software driver but you can easily find it on the web…

Works great to convert my vhs to my laptop!

EXCELLENT PRODUCT GO FOR IT

Llegó al siguiente día, y es muy fácil de usar, el instructivo viene muy bien explicado.