https://forum.videohelp.com/ Everything about recordable media such as CD-R/W, DVD±R/W and DVD-RAM. Also about miniDV, VHS, SVHS and others, tape media. Compatibility problems and issues. Also everything about CD and DVD label and LightScribe, LabelFlash printing. en Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:39:21 GMT vBulletin 60 https://forum.videohelp.com/images/misc/rss.png https://forum.videohelp.com/ https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421103-New-Old-Guy-Needs-Guidance-VHS-AV-to-Digital-Transfer-for-Upload-To-Web?goto=newpost Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:08:33 GMT Hello,

I have a situation where I'm trying to upload content from VHS tapes to social media, mostly interviews with many Old-timers I've met reliving their life stories.

My tapes are from the mid '90s era. Captured on a Panasonic camcorder capable of recording to S-VHS. My tapes are high quality, mostly S-VHS and were always stored indoors climate controlled. ALL my tapes look/sound VERY good for the format when played from my Panasonic Omnivision SVHS DynaAmorphous Metal Head 4 VCR, and routed to modern Flatscreen TVs with composite cables (No S-video). I clean the heads maybe too often.

My CPU is a 2026 Dell Pro Tower Plus Ultra 7 265 32GB DDR5 512 GB SSD Windows 11 Pro Integrated graphics card Intel Graphics. The Elgato 4K Pro card is installed in it. Currently using the ClearClick AV2 HD 2.0 converter connected from the VCR with "Quality" gold plated cables (this converter does NOT offer S-video input). Am using a UL certified power supply to it. The latest version of OBS Studio is downloaded (32.2.2).

This ClearClick conv provided the best (?) video image of the bunch I've tried, Sound Beast, Yitrox AV are 2 of 3-4 I remember. The CC 2.0 conv I'm using currently at least provides a video image the is Jitter-free, with good color resolution and saturation, although the image is somewhat DARK, also the Blacks are NOT a uniform dark black, but have a lot GREY swimming around in them. I've tried to look at the available tutorial videos regarding OBS set-up, though none seem to show the exact settings catagories that are represented with my 32.2.2 version. My biggest complaints are the somewhat dark image, and the blacks swimming with grey blotches.

Does anyone know if image the OBS screen shows is actually what will be recorded with the Elgato 4K Pro card? What OBS settings should I be looking at specifically looking at for my issues? Are my issues more related to the CC 2.0 converter I'm using? What set-up are you getting good results with to accomplish what I'm attempting?

Thanks in advance for any kind input !

Joe & Ruth ]]> Media airkiss7 https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421103-New-Old-Guy-Needs-Guidance-VHS-AV-to-Digital-Transfer-for-Upload-To-Web https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421057-Long-term-storage-media?goto=newpost Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:59:17 GMT Hi All, This is my personal opinion on long term storage of videos. While tapes are durable if stored in dry cabinet, but the video8, hi8 and miniDV drives are getting scarce. Once there is no camcorder, the tapes cannot be read. As for optical drives, these are CD, DVD and blu-ray discs. The 50GB... Hi All,
This is my personal opinion on long term storage of videos. While tapes are durable if stored in dry cabinet, but the video8, hi8 and miniDV drives are getting scarce. Once there is no camcorder, the tapes cannot be read. As for optical drives, these are CD, DVD and blu-ray discs. The 50GB or 100GB discs are ideal for storing uncompressed videos. A 50GB can store up to 3.8 hours of uncompressed video. Blu-ray burners are still plentiful as well as its replacement parts. SSD is another alternative e.g. USB A/C SSD thumb 1 or 2TB but not cheap due current RAM shortage.

While there is still time, transfer all the camcorder tapes to optical media or SSD. ]]> Media pchan https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/421057-Long-term-storage-media