Save your home video memories forever in digital MP4 files that you can use to share on social media with you friends and family. In this video I use a easycap usb capture device Open Broadcaster Software Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Download and start streaming quickly and easily on Windows, Mac or Linux. Share your gaming, art. Vhs Video Capture free download - Easy Video Capture, Video Capture Master, Video Download Capture, and many more programs.
I recently ordered a set of videos that I remember from a few years ago that did not make the jump to DVD, unfortunately.
I do have a VCR; however, I never have it hooked up because…why would I?
The solution here: convert my VHS tapes into H.264/MP3 mp4-contained files.
Now the question is: how?
I managed to grab an EasyCap D60 Recording device from Amazon.
This device is supported inside the linux kernel (from version 3.18 forward…maybe?)
Once I plugged in this device, it was working:
This bad boy:
Bus | 1 | Device | 016: | ID | 1b71:3002 | Fushicai | USBTV007 | Video | Grabber | [EasyCAP] |
I checked out:
And I noticed a new video device video1
. Easy.
I used VLC to caputre raw input.
Media
→ Open Caputre Device
Video Device Name
→ /dev/video1
Audio Device Name
→ hw:2,0
Play
pulldown menu → Convert
Dump Raw Input
Destination File
→ /home/tyler/Videos
Start
The auto-named avi file in ~/Videos
was FUCKING HUGE.
I found a blog where a person does this. I have a vauge memory about doing this at UpSync, so I'll give it a shot: 2-pass mp4 conversion.
Let's see what happens!
The settings above created an mp4 that could be played via x264 on a RaspberryPi 3.