Searching on Amazon or eBay, you may notice that VCR/DVD combo players are rarely to be found as they are thought as some collectible vintages now.įortunately, there are some solutions offered to let you watch analog video tapes without a VHS player, eg. Here comes the point: how do you watch analog videos in this digital era?Īs we know, analog videos should be played in VHS players, and VCR is the right machine for playing. There are many reasons that analog video players decayed - firstly, they are big in size and clumsy to be carried elsewhere second, those analog tapes are easily corrupted by dust when kept in attic.

VHS devices that used to play analog videos had stepped down from the platform after digital videos take over the stage.

(Windows Live MovieMaker has the same problem.Vintage Rescue: How Do You Watch VHS/Analog Videos? VHS Tape (Image Credit: DOUG CHAYKA) Has anyone found a workaround to this problem using other video capture freeware or inexpensive shareware? Has anyone found a workaround to this problem within PD10? PD10 should not need a tape in the DV camcorder. The signal is getting to PD10 without problem. PowerDirector 10 software only support capturing directly via input device.' I contacted CyberLink tech support and was told that 'capturing from two camcorder is not supported in PowerDirector 10 software. If I insert a tape then PD 10 captures from the DV tape and not what is being passed-through from the analog camcorder. Insert a tape or make the tape writable.' When attempting to capture, PD10 generates the error 'The DV tape is either missing or write-protected. I can see and hear the source within the PD10 Capture window. The analog signal is successfully sent from the analog camcorder, through the DV camcorder, and to the computer. PowerDirector 10 Ultra build 10.b on a Windows 7 computer. Capture analog VHS-C tapes using a DV camcorder with pass-through capability to convert the analog signal to a digital signal.Īnalog source tape in analog camcorder, wired output to the input jack of the DV camcorder.ĭV camcorder settings changed to accept input from external source (pass-through enabled).įirewire connection from DV camcorder to computer.

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