Typically, one would use the coaxial, composite (red, yellow and white) or S-Video inputs of the EyeTV hardware. You can manually record from a VCR, using a product like EyeTV Hybrid, EyeTV 250 Plus or EyeTV HD. The VHS Assistant can be used by any EyeTV compatible hardware that has a MPEG encoder, like EyeTV 250 Plus. When the recording is finished, you can automatically send it to Toast 11 Titanium or iDVD to make a video DVD, or to your video iPod. It will walk you through all the necessary steps to bring video into your Mac for example, it clearly shows how to connect the video and audio cables to get a good picture, and how to start recording for a set length of time. When doing your final check out, you'll be able to select whether you want Ground or Express round-trip shipping as well as the format for your digitized media (flash drive or hard drive).You can find the new EyeTV VHS Assistant in the Help menu, when using EyeTV software 2.2 or later. Have more questions? Check out our FAQ page or contact us- we're happy to help. Audio Formats: Cassettes and microcassettes.Video Formats: VHS, VHS-C, BetaMax, Hi8, MiniDV, and Digital 8.We have a fleet of state-of-the-art equipment to convert video tapes to digital and digitize audio tapes in these formats: All you need to do is pick out your favorite videos and cassettes, send them to us, then sit back and enjoy your new digital recordings with family and friends. Of course, digitizing obsolete media is the best way to experience joyous moments from yesteryear, again and again.Īt ScanDigital, we make the process easy for our customers and offer the highest-quality scanning services. Same goes for favorite music cassette tapes you played on your Sony Walkman back in the day or microcassettes you used to record your baby’s first words.Īlthough you’d love to watch or listen to these nostalgic moments from your past, you no longer have the equipment to do so, nor the desire to digitize old videos or convert audio tape to digital yourself. Perhaps you also have stacks of other video formats featuring your child’s kindergarten graduation, high school football games, or holiday gatherings that you kept for posterity. Even so, many people still own large collections of VHS tapes, as well as its predecessor, BetaMax. Once the most popular video format in the world, VHS tapes became yesterday’s news when DVDs entered the market.

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