How to Convert VHS to DVD Format - DVD Shrink

 
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    Put the VHS player next to the computer and plug it into the wall socket for power. Put the Time base corrector next to the VHS player and plug it into the wall socket for power.
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    Attach the S-Video connection cable to the S-Video output of the VHS player. Attach the other end into the S-Video input of the Time base corrector. Attach the other S-Video connection cable into the S-Video output of the Time base connector. Attach the other end into the S-Video input of the VHS-to-Computer adapter
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    Attach the left and right plugs of the audio connection cable to the left and right audio outputs of the VHS player. Attach the other ends of the audio connection cable to the left and right audio inputs of the VHS-to-Computer adapter.
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    Attach the USB connector from the VHS-to-Computer adapter into a USB port on the computer. Eject the disc tray of the computer and insert the VHS-to-Computer adapter software disc onto the tray. Close the tray.
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    Click on the icon of the VHS-to-Computer adapter software disc that is on the computer's desktop. Click on the VHS-to-Computer adapter software program to install it.
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    Run the VHS-to-Computer adapter software program. Follow the menu prompts until a window appears that shows the the program is ready to record the VHS video and audio. Press the "Record" button and then the "Pause" button. Turn on the VHS player. Turn on the Time base corrector.
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    Open the cassette tray of the VHS player. Insert the spliced VHS tape into the cassette tray and close it. Press the "Fast Rewind" button on the VHS player to rewind the spliced VHS tape to the beginning of the tape.
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    Press the "Play" button on the VHS player to start playing the spliced VHS tape. Press the "Pause" button on the VHS-to-Computer adapter software to start recording the spliced VHS tape's video and audio.
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    Press the "Stop" button on the VHS-to-Computer adapter software when the spliced VHS tape has finished playing. Follow the prompts to name the digital file that has been created. Save the digital file to the desktop of the computer. Quit the VHS-to-Computer adapter software. Turn off the VHS player and the Time base connector. Disconnect all of the connections between the VHS player, the Time base connector, the VHS-to-Computer adapter and the computer.

Copying the VHS Tape to the DVD on a Mac

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    Download and install a DVD burning program for the Mac, such as the free Burn software, to the desktop of the computer (see link in Resources). Run the Burn software. Drag the digital file that was made from the spliced VHS tape into the center column of the Burn program. Name the digital file in the open column at the top of the Burn program that is next to the icon of a DVD. Select "DVD-Video" from the drop-down menu that is next to the name you have just entered for the digital file.
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    Eject the disc tray. Put a blank recordable DVD onto the disc tray. Close the disc tray.
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    Press the "Burn" button at the lower right of the Burn software's window. Wait as the blank recordable DVD is burned with the digital file.
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    Quit the Burn software when the blank recordable DVD has completed being burned. Eject the DVD that was made from a spliced VHS tape.
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    Play the DVD in any DVD player to see the video and audio that was on the spliced VHS tape.

Copying the VHS Tape to the DVD on Windows-based computer

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    Download and install a DVD burning program for the Windows-based computer, such as the free DVD Shrink, to the computer's desktop (see link in Resources). Restart the computer.
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    Run the DVD Shrink program. Click on the "Add" button and navigate in the window that appears to the digital file made from the spliced VHS tape. Highlight the file using the mouse. Press the "Open" button to load in the digital file and close the window.
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    Click on "DVD-Video" in the drop down menu in the middle of the DVD Shrink program. Open the disc tray and put a blank recordable DVD onto the tray. Close the tray.
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    Press the "Burn" button on the DVD Shrink program. Open the disc tray and remove the DVD when the burning process is done. Quit the DVD Shrink program.
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    Play the DVD in any DVD player to see the video and audio that was on the spliced VHS tape.