i purchased this capture device. Had to download some windows support programs but once i got it loaded it works perfect. Thanks for taking time to show me this.

Great video! I really needed a tutorial and this was very clearly explained. I’m brand new to this and this was extremely helpful. Thanks!

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

These videos are super helpful! Thank you for your work!

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Nice review! The Elgato Video Capture has been great for me as well. So far, I've just been using it with an old Hi8 and an old MiniDV camera, but the VHS conversion phase is coming as soon as I can find the time!

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Very helpful, thank you. I was thinking of buying one of these converters but I wasnt too sure on how it all actually worked, very simple an straight forward!

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@rjaquaponics9266

6 ай бұрын

not an answer!@@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Great & concisely to the point!👏🏼😎 Thank You; for the demonstration, of the Elgato Device. Now All I need to do, is Locate a VCR!

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

5 ай бұрын

Let me know where you end up getting yours, on Amazon they are expensive, I would ask your older friends / uncle / aunts.. or maybe good will?

Very helpful videos. I've struggled with how to convert old tapes, & you've given me the push to go ahead. But I can't find the Elgato product you recommend (HD60 Pro) for sale anywhere, & it's not listed on Elgato's website. What do you suggest as an alternative? Thanks.

Nice review thank you. Do you prefer to record vhs tapes with an upscaler and an elgato hd60x or cam link hdmi like you said in your previous video? Or is this elgato capture video better for recording? Thank you.

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

My preferred way is the Upscaler + Elgato HD60. I do think that method produces a better video and gives you more options.

those things has come along way since I was using the Dazzle DV80

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

5 ай бұрын

Yes they have

Is there a way to full screen the recording display?

Very Helpful Thank You! Do You have to use VCR; or will Elgato work using a 13" Emerson TV/VCR Combo?

@chuckstuart

6 ай бұрын

The Emerson has to have a composite (yellow, red, white port) or S Video output to work for this. Output.

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

5 ай бұрын

I actually used a VCR/DVD combo device.

Great video, thank you! I just uploaded some old family home videos VHS to my Mac using the Elgato software. I noticed that the video preview during recording was better quality than the final downloaded result. Any ideas of why this may be?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

3 ай бұрын

Did you set the maximum format options? I do like that device, but ultimately if you want better quality, the upscaler and the Elgato Capture card does produce a better image.... It is good for what it does

Do you need a 64 bits computer with this one ? Thank you.

Sir, thank you so much for making these videos. I have approx 250 VHS tapes dating back to 1982 and 15 or so more recent miniDV tapes that I have been wanting to convert for quit some time. As you say, I only want to do this once so for a Capture device, would you recommend the $87 Elgato or the Elgato HD60X with the $38 Yitrox Upscaler (I have an Apple Macbook Pro)? Does the upscaler work with the $87 Elgato as well? Playback Device: Samsung DVD/VCR DVD-VR325. Thank you agin for all of your hard work. The lessons are very informative and really well done. Joe

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

11 ай бұрын

I would go with the upscaler (Yitrox or if you can afford it the Geffen) and then a capture card like the HD60(x) or the 4k version.. That is what I ended up doing with all my tapes after I did a bunch of converting with a lot of the equipment I used in all my videos.

@JoeBubba720

11 ай бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead Thank you so very much for your reply. I went with the Yitrox and HD60 X and have enjoyed expirementing. If I may ask your advice on two things 1. My VCR has a HDMI out, can I use that to plug into the Yitrox HDMI IN? I thought I saw on one of your videos that you mentioned you should use Composite from source to upscaler and 2. with most of my tapes having been recorded on TV and/or Camcorder I'm trying to decide if I want my future viewing of these files to be on Computer or TV. Is there a good middle of the road resolution that will give me the flexibility to view on either or? I don't have any plans to put on KZread or stream.

Is the exported video interlaced? Will I need to deinterlace it after? Thanks.

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

5 ай бұрын

The upscalers winter laces the video and ups the frame rate

@Retirednolongeractive

3 ай бұрын

No, it was directly deinterlaced by Elgato Capture Software at 29.97 or sometimes variable frame rates at 29.95 or 29.96. Worst of all the size was at 640x480 which is a long gone outdated PC resolution.

For your tape, the 720 x 480 output has the incorrect aspect ratio. The people look "skinny" because the pixel aspect ratio has been altered. in addition, there are huge vertical black bars on both side of the video. The correct choice was 640 x 480. One other thing I wish you had shown was the custom settings that would show under the audio tab.

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Those are all good points thanks

@reflux043

Жыл бұрын

I just got this for my dad. So just wondering, is the the 640 x 480 we choose?

@myronachtman4304

Жыл бұрын

@@reflux043 Yes, use 640 x 480 pixels.

@reflux043

Жыл бұрын

@@myronachtman4304 Thanks. Just wanted to check. We haven't used the elgato yet.

@Retirednolongeractive

3 ай бұрын

@@myronachtman4304well because this card only supports 640x480 4:3 or 640x360 16:9.

I wish you could show how to install the software and driver. I tried many time on windows 10 . It didn't work

I just buy that off Amazon just for gaming videos because thx for help

Here is something to think about. I want to capture my family VHS videos in HD1080p format. I purchased the Elgato Video Capture device along with a couple different up scalers. I also purchased the Elgato HD60 Pro. Now the question , is it worth upscaling when most of my family and friends will just be using their phones to view the videos. I did several captures with the Elgato Video Capture , and yes looking at them from my 32” UHD monitor was not that impressive. Then I sent a few videos to my iphone 13 Pro and I was thinking not too bad for 640x480 - same with 720x480. I did use S-Video for my source. I plan to experiment a little more before I decide which way to go .

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

When I did it all again, I upscaled it as much as I could. I figure with technology changing so fast, we are going to loose the battle of resolution as time goes on.. just my 2 cents... hope that helps

Great overview for Hi8 for VHS! What about for miniDV - wouldn’t full resolution require FireWire?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

FireWire is how I did mine. I also liked the fact that mine were done on a digital camera so the video retained some meta data like the date of the original filming. I plan to make that video also.

@TeflonBubba

Жыл бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead I'm guessing you did not use El Gato because firewire? If true, what did you use? Thank you

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

When I transferred my Super 8 Tapes, and my MiniDV Tapes I used the firewire card with my camera's that supported the firewire connection, then for software I used a program called ScenalyzerLive v4.0... It is simple but got the job done. scenalyzer.com/ It is no longer supported.. but it still works.

@TeflonBubba

Жыл бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead That's exactly what I was looking for! thank you :}

Will this work on an M1 MacBook Air?

Hi! i was wondering if you know why i have no issues recording my old vhs tapes and moest of my older consoles, yet my NES has insane stutter that only occurs through the elgato video capture.

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Video game signals are strange, I did dive into that a little, and I found that some of the game manufactures did some "tricks" with their signals to make the analog TV's back in the day do "fun" stuff. Those "tricks" can play havoc with some of the cheaper upscalers. There are some specific upscalers that are meant for video game consoles, but they are not cheap, one that I looked at was the "OSSC SCART" for $139. Do some research on OSSC - Open Source Scan Converter, then welcome to the rabbit hole.. :) thanks for watching

I have the Yitrox upscaler and the Elgato HD60X as recommended in one of your other videos. What software do you recommend to capture, minor edit and burn dvd? The Elgato 4K capture software for the HD60X has no editing software.

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

4 ай бұрын

for Capture I use OBS, for editing I use Vegas, I have not done DVD burning in a while...

@user-so5ff7rn6l

4 ай бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead thankyou

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

3 ай бұрын

Capture = OBS Studio, Edit, I use Vegas (not minor) and burn... I have not burnt a DVD in ages.. I think I last used something from Roxio.. but it has been more than a decade since I did that

I’m using a Mac desktop and wondering how it would work with it. I’m just getting into Converting my VHS and have heard great things about this device. Also do you know how I would use the upscale devices with a Mac?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

For the Elgato Video Capture device - the device is supposed to work fine with a MAC, (I don't own a MAC, But I did see a video of someone use it with one, the software looks almost the same, hardware wise should be the same technology) For an upscaler. you would get an upscaler, (watch my video on that) then go from your VCR to the upscaler, that will convert the video to 1080p then you would want something like the Elgato HD60X which is an external device, and then you can use OBS Studio to save the HD resolution videos on your system. Hope that helps..

@justinmartin1493

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I just downloaded el video capture software to my laptop but I get an error message saying: " Device could not be initialized. Please verify software and driver installation", so I was not able to move foward. I removed it and installed it again but nothing. I have a new laptop -windows 10. I noticed a lot of people were having this issue. Please help!!

I thought there were adjustments for Color Correction, Volume and maybe be other things. No? Because if I have to drag the video into iMovie the vid would be further degraded.

I recently purchased one of these to try to use with VirtualDub, but apparently they don't play well together! I'm getting no image when I select it as my device. Trying to figure out what hoops I need to jump through to get them to work, but not having any luck. It DOES work with the Elgato capture software, and with OBS, but not any variation of I've tried of VirtualDub for whatever reason.

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

3 ай бұрын

Good to know, I did not try it with other software, I figured if you were getting this, you were going to keep it simple and just use what came out of the box.. so thanks for sharing.

@Retirednolongeractive

3 ай бұрын

In my case, it doesn’t work in OBS at all because it kept saying used by other software despite only OBS opened. I’ve sold this card and now I’m using a BMD Intensity Shuttle, Matrox Mini MX02, and a Pinnacle Liquid Edition Pro 6.

I’d like to make intro/outro, title screen or something. Maybe put a slide between videos to explain “Beth’s Birthday “Johns Graduation 1990l Is this possible with this program? I’ve spent over a year trying 2 other programs and just frustrated this is not easier in 2023 😂.

How do I capture with chromebook? I bought elgato hd60x and yitrox converter ?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

5 ай бұрын

I don’t own a Chromebook can you record on that? Does the hd60x or OBS software work on a Chromebook?

As the elgato is $88 I'm considering the HD60 X (external) for $149 with the upscaller (another $49). I have VHS, 8MM, and mini to convert so this will handle them all (via component) ?? Once on my PC I'm thinking I can make a DVD ?? or any other suggestions/ options to "show" them (like on a TV). Also, if I want to play the dvd on my TV is there any special "burning" settings ??

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

3 ай бұрын

So any time you convert the digital video from day MP4 to MPEG2 (DVD format) your conversation is going to degrade a bit. So keep that in mind.. What I do with my home movies is I put them on my PC and then use "Plex Media Server" and it will broadcast the videos so they can be seen on my phone, my TV, and more..

@TheTuckster123

3 ай бұрын

I bought the yitrox upscaller but its inputs are component and the cable from my canon camcorder is composite (STV250n). Did I buy the wrong Yitrox ?? I cannot get a picture ( my elgato HD60x is hooked up to my PC.) Should I return it for a upscaller that accepts composite ?? Or is it necessary to go from my camcorder to a VCR to the upscaller to the Elagto to the PV ??? @@MiddleSiggyHomestead

I just bought one of these for my Mac. Super easy to use, but very disappointed with the encoded videos. They looked great going in, but were very soft and scene changes had digital glitching. BUMMED!

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Wow really? When you say scene changing and glitching what are you experiencing? Could you upload a sample to your KZread page I would like to see that. Interesting I did not get that. But then again I am on windows. Wonder if that could be the difference.

When I'm recording with software the audio is playing at 2x. Have you run into this issue ? Would you know how to fix it ?

@sang3Eta

11 ай бұрын

It's because your PC is running slow. The usual culprit is dust in the CPU cooler.

@Retirednolongeractive

3 ай бұрын

Try to check the settings or reinstall the drivers because this product used outdated drivers so it does have problem example in Windows 10/11. If that didn’t work, try to email Elgato customer service.

When capturing, I noticed that the sides of the video is not neat. What I mean by that is on the sides of the image, there is black foggy strips (very small). Overall, it looks like the video is not framed correctly. I tried all 3 preferences, looks like the lowest does not do that. Is it the tape that is faulty ? Like for instance the tape you show in the video, it's a perfect neat square. Imagine if on the sides, you would see black strips moving as the tape plays

@antoinetremblay7401

Жыл бұрын

Actually, at 5:41 on your video. if you look on the top right corner of the video (that is what i mean) sometimes it is small and sometimes, it goes all the way down of the side

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Antoine, generally that might be because the analog video is not clean, to your point, on an old TV you would not see the actual edge because it would chop it. Because the device is over scanning the image you get everything in the signal. A way you could make clean edges is use a crop in a video editing software.

@antoinetremblay7401

Жыл бұрын

It turned out perfect following your advice ! Looks sharp now. This video helped me a lot and made the process so smooth and easy. Thank you very much

Some people are ranting and raving about the OBS software for VHS transfer, have you heard anything about it?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

3 ай бұрын

OBS Studio is free capture software, and all the streamers use it because it is free and all the streamers use it.. it is nice software for capturing video and more

Has anyone been successful using this with iPad?

do you have to use their hardware or can you use other capture device with their software?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Their software seems to be keyed to the hardware. It did not find my other devices only the official Elgato hardware.

@jimheimer

Жыл бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead Can I buy used Elgato Capture card from a friend, or is it registered for one person only?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

I don't see why you could not borrow your friends.. I borrowed one of my friends before.. sure.

@jimheimer

Жыл бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead The Elgato USB capture card is licensed to my friend and won’t work with my Mac. I ordered my own Elgato card, registered it and it works grate. Thank you Jim

What resolution is recommended to record the VHS tapes?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

I would go with the 720x480, watch the video around 3:05 in

@myronachtman4304

Жыл бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead I disagree. For VHS tapes on the Elgato device, 640x 480 is the proper choice, to preseve the original pixel aspect ratio.

@dave3508

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Retirednolongeractive

3 ай бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomesteadwell if you need 720x480 or the old NTSC 720x486 you need a higher quality card to do so.

for some reason when i use this when i have n64 footage the colors are flickering

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

4 ай бұрын

are you doing it direct from the n64? some of the console games will adjust the display rates to achieve special effects..

@user-mh8gr7tu4j

4 ай бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead yes I am using direct n64 but my gamecube footage looks nice though

Did you have any issues with the audio syncing with the video?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

I have not directly with the Elgato, or when I use a decent upscaler, but I have read about when you have dropped frames the sound could get out of sync depending on the number of frames dropped. This could happen for a number of reasons, but when I watch a single video I do not notice this. But I will say, when I tried to line up the multiple videos (for example the 320x240 the 640x480) next to each other, I did notice the videos would get just slightly off sync from each other, but not my much.. I think this is due to the dropped frame issue I am describing. Hope that helps..

@sang3Eta

11 ай бұрын

It's because your PC is running slow. The usual culprit is dust in the CPU cooler. It could be a slow hard drive. It's best to use an internal one separate from your OS drive, really, so it's not busy.

@rubenthehuman

9 ай бұрын

It's not the CPU, it's the elgato software, while capturing everything is synced, but sometimes will mess up when putting video and audio together in the final step. I don't capture full tapes in one take anymore because of that, I do 30 min then stop, check the result if I have to go back and try to capture some section again. It's a pain in the ass, I would recommend another capture device that you can use with OBS directly.

@sang3Eta

9 ай бұрын

@rubenthehuman it's because frames are being dropped in the video conversion process because the CPU is too slow. Don't be tempted to record at 60fps if the original is 30fps it just makes it worse.

@rubenthehuman

9 ай бұрын

@@sang3Eta it's impossible that my cpu is too slow, any cpu from the last 10 years is enough to run this, and there are no other processes interfering. It's because of inconsistencies in the tape, once it hits some point where the VCR loses tracking there is a good chance the audio will end up out of sync. With some of my VHS it happens consistently at certain points. While capturing it creates some temp "timeshift" files, so I imagine it uses that to sync the audio when creating the final result. The syncing seems more consistent when capturing using OBS or virtualdub.

Does this work on windows 7?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

It should but I did not try it. Windows 7 and 10 and 11 are all close in the kernel so it should be fine

I can not find the 4 videos I uploaded. I looked everywhere. 😢 HELP!!

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Jeanie, look at the video at around 3:07 that is the menu location where the files will be saved. I think that is what you are asking.

@Jean1eCook

Жыл бұрын

@@MiddleSiggyHomestead Thank you. I think I'm finally figuring this thing out!!

Just food for thought. The "final thoughts" section of the video should be a summary of what you think of the product, not a thanks to the viewers. Good video otherwise!

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. That helps.

SO THERE'S NO WAY TO PAUSE AND CONTINUE RECORDING. WOW!!!!!

Hello Siggy have you ever done a comparison video for the Elgato capture device here vs the pro or external capture card? Torn between these two devices. It’s about $200 for the external card I need for my Mac

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Personally the capture cards and the upscale do a much better job as they will capture at 60FPS and the picture was always cleaner. I would go with the upscale and a capture card over the Elgato usb device if I had the budget. Which is where I ended up personally.

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

So I have had better luck with the upscalers and the capture card. Mainly because they capture at 60FPS and seem to remove the interlace which makes the video look smoother. I was still impressed with the USB Elgato device, but I choose to ultimately stick with the upscaler and the capture card. Hope that helps

Is it any better than the cheaper ebay ones?

@MiddleSiggyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

When you say ebay ones... If you are getting the same product from ebay, I would assume it is the same. If you are referencing other devices, I would say I don't know, it depends on the other device and its software. If you check out my other video where I compared a few of the different products, I will say "Yes" the Elgato device is the better option. The software is better, the encoding (codec) is better, and the video quality is better. I have not put out the deep dive into the other cheap version of the other device I tried, but I was very disappointed.. If it were 1990, I might have given it better marks, but compared to today. Go with the Elgato or better.. hands down. Here is the link to that video : kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIGirrBpn6rRoZM.html Thanks for the question.. Have a great day

@Retirednolongeractive

3 ай бұрын

@TheFurrry I suggest get some old second hand capture devices which performed better than this Elgato Card because sometimes things can go wrong like captured in different fps and drivers issues.