Capture Card, USB Video Capture Card Device, Audio Video Converter Grabber for RCA to USB-Convert VHS Mini DV VCR Hi8 DVD to Digital, for PC TV Tape Player Camcorder, MAC Windows Vista Compatible

It worked immediately, no connection issues. However, the sound and video were not in sync. The sound was like a half-second behind the video. But there is a very straightforward fix for that in OBS Studio!In the OBS audio mixer, if you click the gear icon in the Audio Mixer for the Advanced Audio Properties, and set the Sync Offset for the Desktop Audio to -600 ms. This doesn't affect it when you're watching the video stream, but it does fix it in the output file! :-)I didn't get super exact on that -600 number. It seemed pretty good after a few times of tweaking a short video that had some clapping in it. There are YouTube videos that explain how to count the frames in a good video editor and calculate the exact offset. But -600 was good enough for my box of old family videos. ;-)

I needed a simple way to digitize old Hi8 videos for my parents, and this capture card did the trick! Hooking up my video camera with RCA cables was a breeze, and it worked seamlessly with my older Mac laptop via USB. I transferred the output to .mov format place them on an USB and was able to play the clips on a Mac or PC laptop.What I Loved:• Easy Setup: Clear instructions made installation a snap.• Works with OBS software: Captured at 1920x1080 without issues and output on the Mac OS as .mov format.• Mac-Friendly: No compatibility problems with my older laptop.Things to Note:• The OBS software doesn’t have built-in editing, so plan your start/stop points in advance.• The audio was a bit quiet on the digitized videos, but a volume boost fixed it.Overall, this made preserving my old memories easy, and I can’t wait to edit and share more clips!

I've noticed that this device does not record interlaced NTSC video. It outputs at 1280 x 720 (16:9) and you've got to do some work to get it down to 640x480 (4:3) with the correct aspect ratio. It would have been better if the device gave options of correct NTSC/PAL resolutions. The up and downscaling seems to introduce some artifacting to the picture. Not having TBC, there are occasional dropped frames and/or a rolling picture if the video signal isn't great especially on older tapes and at the beginning/ends of recordings. Color saturation and brightness suffer, making darker scenes and some home movies hard to see. There is a noticeable hum introduced with the audio but the audio quality is otherwise OK.I’m fairly impressed of the functionality this device has considering its price. That being said, this is a low-cost device, so if you're not looking for the best quality transfers, this will work fine. If you want better quality transfers, you'll be better off paying the pros for their services. NTSC content is SD and VHS/Beta has an even lower effective resolution so while the best equipment will capture the video with better quality, it will never be the quality of DVD/Blu-ray.I’ve not had any technical issues with this device running on a Mac with OBS and it is recommended as a great device in the under $20 price range for the average home user wanting to convert old tapes. A bit of technical knowledge of NTSC video, resolutions, video compression, file types, etc., will go a long way in obtaining the best possible transfer quality using this device.I'm giving this 4 stars since it works with no technical issues other than having to resize the video to standard definition. The 4 star rating is also based on this being consumer-grade equipment for home-use. This is not a professional solution.

I was looking at spending $200 to send my VHS tapes to an online digitizing service, so I looked for a different way and took a chance on this product. I found a working, used VCR for $10 (with RCA connections) and purchased this Capture Card for also around $10.I was worried that the capture card said it would NOT work with USB 3.0. Both laptops in my house have USB 3.0 slots. However, this WORKED with my USB 3.0 slots. The instructions were surprisingly helpful for this - after plugging in the USB, I was able to see the Capture Card show up in Device Manager.I did NOT use OBS as the instructions suggested. I saw another review recommend VLC Media Player (which I already have) and was able to capture a 10 minute VHS on that without much of a problem. However, it stopped recording audio on a longer video, so I switched to VideoPad Video Editor (which I already had as well). I had another instance where VideoPad quit recording and I didn't notice, but I was able to re-record easily.The video files ended up being about 1 GB per minute (I increased resolution to 720x480, which did make a difference). I then re-processed in VideoPad to get them down to < 100 mb and uploaded them online.In summary - this item WORKS. It was PLUG & PLAY, even with a computer that has USB 3.0. I used VLC and VideoPad Video Editor (both free) instead of OBS (nothing against OBS, I just already had these).Overall, I was able to capture 3-4 hours worth of VHS tapes with very little work, and it cost me 10% of what it would have a cost to have a service do this for me. There were a few hiccups that could have been d/t VLC or VideoPad, but re-recording solved them.It was easy, cheap, and effective.

I wish I had ordered sooner. I had an old home made dvd of a musical performance that my brother gave me years ago and I wanted to extract some of the songs and post to YouTube for family members. I had a pc with an old turtle beach video capture card and spent a month trying to get the software reinstalled when I finally gave in and did a search on Amazon. Once I had this device plugged into my Mac and my dvd player the rest was simple and it worked flawlessly. I highly recommend this product.

Don't bother with the instructions. Windows 10-Plugged it in, downloaded OBS, YouTube'd a 5 min video on setting up OBS,began digitizing VHS tapes. Less than 10 mins total. Amazing. 20+ year old VHS tapes now preserved. Just buy it.