Converting DVD/VHS video to Digital

Owned by Joshua Cunningham
Last updated: May 17, 2022
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Requirements:

  • Diamond USB to Composite Adapter

  • VCR/DVD player

  • Computer with necessary software

    • Driver for Diamond Adapter

    • Video Recording software (Quicktime or AVRecorder)

Setup

  1. Power on VCR/DVD

  2. Power on computer

  3. Log in to computer

  4. Plug in FlashDrive or External Hard Drive to iMac

  5. Open QuickTime Player

  6. Select File, New Movie Recording

  7. Click the Down arrow next to the record button to select the source to record from.

  8. Under Camera, Select USB Auto Detect

  9. Under Microphone, Select “USB Device”

  10. Click Record.

  11. VCR

a.     Press Play on VCR (may want to queue up to a specific spot first)

b.     Wait for video to finish

12.  DVD

a.     Select the Chapter you want to record or press Play

b.     Wait for video to finish

 

When video/audio finishes,

13.  Click Stop in Quicktime

14.  Press Stop on VHS/DVD Player

15.  in Quicktime, close the Movie Window (listed as Untitled)

16.  It should prompt you with “Do you want to keep this new document ‘Untitled’?”

17.  Type in a name for the file in “Export As”

19.  Click Save (It will encode the finished file which might take some time)

20. Move to SharePoint or upload to video site (Youtube, MS Stream, Vimeo, etc…)

 

Converting Audio only to Digital

·      Follow the same instructions except also click “File, New Audio Recording” after step 9 and use the “Audio Recording” window to do step 10.