so real quick I wanted to go over kind
of what I did and what my process is for
converting VHS tapes so the first thing
you need obviously is some sort of a
USB to these RCA cables and those cables
go directly to your VCR um I actually
I'm going to the back of the the unit
right there so this is my outside setup
it's it's when I'm recording this this
is the the nice time of year when I can
actually do this out in the shed and
kind of be away from all my other
equipment I have a bunch of VCRs and
film reels and stuff like that so I can
convert all sorts of stuff inside but
this time of year since it's nice figure
I would do this one outside so yeah the
first thing you'll need is this kind of
dongle and there's a number of different
companies that make them you can just
look up um you know VHS to USB any kind
kind of thing like that and you'll
connect it to a computer um and then
what I usually will do is is I'll go in
and I'll put the tape through my uh I
have a couple different rewinders and
like tape cleaners and stuff like that
but I never clean the tape when I first
get it uh what I'll do is I'll rewind it
all the way to the beginning then I'll
fast forward it all the way to the end
and Rewind it once again right back to
the beginning pop it in the VCR and play
it and the reason I do that is to knock
off any dust or anything like that
that's attached to the the tape from
over the years and the reason I don't
clean it is because I want at least a
good copy there's always a chance when
you go to clean those tapes that you
damage something so I clean whatever's
there cuz I figure you know a lot of
times these are home movies and stuff
like that so somebody would always
rather have something than nothing um
you know I've never I've been fortunate
that I've never damaged a tape when
cleaning it uh but you never know um
these are not by the way these are not
actually filled with bleach um again
this is just an outside setup so don't
judge me too harshly on
it but yeah so once the tape starts
going then I'll uh I'll basically you
know just let it run make sure the audio
is is good uh see if I need to adjust
tracking or anything like that and from
there you know make any changes that
need to be made and then it's pretty
much ready to go uh like I said I have a
couple different tape cleaner machines
so if I need to clean up the tape or if
I need to color correct or anything like
that I have all the gear to do that um
here at my house um so it's a pretty
simple process you know if you have a
ton of tapes it's it's just a matter of
time uh if you don't really have the
technical knowhow or the interest in
doing it um you know I'll put my website
up here so you can always contact me for
a quote uh I was in the store the other
day and I heard somebody charging uh 50
bucks a tape if you can believe that
I've also seen stuff where they charge
as low as $6 a tape and I've actually
used those companies in the past
figuring I would save myself some time
and I promise you
whatever time I saved was not worth for
the uh quality that they give you um so
you know you don't necessarily have to
use me to to transfer your
tapes but try to use a small business or
something like that because the the
major companies they just it's just a
tape Farm they don't care about your
stuff uh they don't care how they handle
they don't care how they return it back
to you and you know all the stuff that's
on VHS tapes you know it's it's slowly
going to get eaten away with time so you
know Now's the Time to transfer that
stuff if you still have
it and most of the stuff that's on these
tapes are stuff that there's no other
copy of anywhere else in the world you
know if you have a Disney tape or
something then you know that's your
exception but if you're talking about
home movies and stuff most of the time
that stuff exists in one location so
make sure you protect that and uh you
know make make copies of that whether
it's digital on a USB drive CDs DVDs
whatever um you know you can always
reach out and we'll will help you uh get
that stuff done or you can do it
yourself I mean it doesn't take it
doesn't take a whole lot you see here I
just have it connected right into a
computer and again this is just sprung
over a door here that comes from my my
shed office and then it goes right to
this uh software and it can record this
is actually a wedding tape uh that I'm
doing for somebody I got a whole box of
tapes down here that's another project
that's coming up and then I have another
set over here that I'm I'm doing for
somebody
so I always have these things going so
if you have any questions or if you want
me to transfer your tapes for you like I
said I'll put my uh Link in the
description or on top of this video uh
but yeah any questions or anything like
that please leave a a comment below and
I'll I'll try to answer them as best I
can all right thanks for
watching