Remember when you grabbed a camera and were so existed to tape first baby steps of your child or when you brought entire family from all over the word for reunion and your uncle felt into the pull and you got it on tape - don't let those memories fade away!
This article will guide you through on how you can convert VHS video tapes to DVD yourself. As you may know VHS tapes or any other analog tapes have limited shelf life of 5 convert hi8 to dvd - 15 years if stored in a proper place with controlled temperature and humidity. So how can we save them to digital format like DVD or CD to preserve for generations and how much this project would cost?
First of all you would need to find good working VCR player and to be on a safe side try playing some blank tape or any other tape that you don't treasure. This would make sure that VCR is in working condition and won't chew up the tape.
There are few things you would need for this project beside VRC player or camcorder:
Video capturing device to connect your VCR to Computer
Software to convert and enhance signal to digital format
DVD burner to record final video
There are several products available on the market that can be quite complex and costly that's why Roxio saw the opportunity to come up with excellent product that combines Video Capturing device and Software for editing and converting video and most importantly easy to use. I have to add that Roxio Easy VHS to DVD software does a lot more than just converting VHS to DVD. It has the ability convert hi8 to dvd to convert any analog video from VHS, Hi8, V8 tapes, audio tapes and even LPs to digital format. You can burn DVD with chapters driven menu, share it on YouTube or upload to your iPod or PSP with just few clicks.