Backup VHS to DVD

Wanna edit your VHS files easily and permanently save your VHS video? Then, VHS to DVD Backup Converter is the best choice and supplies you with the best way to backup VHS to DVD. The VHS video tapes to DVD backup tool is specially designed for VHS users and will be the perfect assistant for them.

Backup VHS to DVD is absolutely the most powerful and popular VHS to DVD converting software for VHS fans. With it, you can intuitively backup VHS video tapes to DVD without any problem. The backup VHS to DVD tool help you to capture the VHS tapes to your computer and then directly convert them to the DVD format you want. This special designed backup software can guide you fast backup VHS video to DVD. Apart from backuping to DVD, VHS to DVD Backup Converter can also capture and convert VHS to other formats such as mov, xvid, avi, mpg/mpeg, Quicktime, etc. So, how to convert VHS video to DVD? Below I will show you to backup VHS video to DVD step by step.

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Getting Started

1. Connect your VHS device to your personal computer using an appropriate cable (usually a USB cable). Free download the VHS recoder and VHS converter on your computer.

2. Turn on your capture device (if needed) and your personal computer.

3. Run the first part of the VHS to DVD backup converter - VHS recorder. You will see the interface.

4. Select a video capture device (in case you have several) clicking it in the device list and set up its parameters.

5. Set the scheduler in case you plan to stop capturing automatically at a certain time or when the captured video file size exceeds some value.

6. Change the audio format and device settings using the provided options.

7. Start capturing.

8. After the capturing is over or if you press the Stop Capture button, you will be presented with the options of what can be done with the captured video. Click the "Convert" option.

9. The second part of the VHS to DVD backup converter - VHS converter will be opened. And the captured VHS video will be loaded to the program automatically. Click the "To DVD" on the toolbar then click the "Convert Now" at the left bottom to begin to convert to VHS to DVD format.

Parameter settings

1. Setting Video Device

Select output video format
Use this option to set the video format that will be used to code the output video file. You can select among: Default, Native, MPEG-2.

Output path
Output path - the folder on your computer hard disk drive used to store the captured video. You can leave the default setting or select the necessary folder clicking the Browse button next to the Output path field.

Capturing summary info
This option shows the information about the currently captured videos (when you start the program for the first time all the values will be zeros and after you start capturing they will change): Captured video duration, Captured video size, Number of files

2. Setting Scheduling Options
The Scheduler tab lets the user set the following options:

Split the captured video into files - mark this option for the program to automatically split the captured video into parts.

Disable screen saver - use this option to turn off the windows screen saver so that it would not start while the capturing is in progress.

3. Changing Output File Settings
The Settings tab is used to change the additional audio format properties and capture device settings:

Select the Audio format and set:

Audio Codec - the audio codec used to encode the audio track of your captured video. It can be selected from the drop-down list.
Bit Rate - the rate used to code the audio in your captured video. Can be selected from the drop-down list.
Sample Rate - the audio frequency used to encode the audio track of your captured video. Can be selected from the drop-down list.
Audio Channels - the number of channels that will be present in the audio track of your captured video. You can select the value from the drop-down list.

Device settings:

Video Device Settings - If the image is black-and-white or distorted, you can try and change the Video Standard used by the device selecting it from the appropriate drop-down list. For instance, when you capture video from a VHS tape-recorder/player connected to your TV-tuner card, you will need to select here the input used to connect the recorder - S-Video or Composite.

Audio Device Settings - To correctly record audio from your capture device you will need to set it up correctly. This can be done in the Audio Device section of the main program window.