Repair and digitize video cassettes
Many people still have old video cassettes in the basement or on the attic, on which memories, old series and classic films are stored. Often these would have to be repaired, which is not that difficult at all.
What you need:
- a TV card for the PC
- a video recorder
- some duct tape
How to fix the videotapes
- Repairing old videotapes is relatively simple. If the tape is torn, you can patch it up with some adhesive tape. To do this, take a strip of the adhesive tape and simply stick the magnetic tape back together. When the film is running, a brief glitch will occur at this point.
- The housing of many a cassette should also be repaired with some tape. Make sure, however, that you do not tape over the reels or the protective flap for the magnetic tape. In this case, the video cassette in the VCR would not work.
How to digitize the videotapes
To digitize the video cassettes, you need a PC with a TV card, the right one Audio- and video cables and a video recorder. A recording software (should not be used with the
Sound card You can get it for free on the Internet.- Connect the video recorder to the TV card with the video cable. Do the same with the audio cable.
- Place the video cassette in the recorder and do a trial run. If everything is connected correctly, you will see the picture and hear the sound on the computer.
- You should now rewind the tape and start recording. To do this, you have to start the cassette in playback mode and start recording with the program at the same time.
- Unfortunately, analog recordings have to take place in real time. This means that it takes two hours to record a two-hour movie.
- After the Videos stop recording. Well yours Video stored in a location of your choice on the PC. Now you can edit or cut it and burn it to CD or DVD.
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