How to digitize VHS
Follow the instructions for digitizing VHS video on the page VHS Video.
- In Step 6. Save the project as: [identifying number] Example: SA_VHS1. Save the project in the following folder: Desktop>VMC-South Asia>VHS.
- In Step 8. Do not limit the Capture Now time.
- If there is more than 6 or 7 seconds of blue/blank screen at the end of the video, clip the extra blue/blank screen: Mark the beginning and end of the extra blank screen, click Mark>Select In to Out. Press Backspace on the keyboard; click Mark>Clear In and Out. Then save the project.
Enter the following information into the Virtual Museum Progress Spreadsheet on the video G5:
- your initials and the date of digitization
- any comments about the quality of the digitization or the VHS
- any comments about the relationship of the VHS to any Hi8 tape(s) in the collection.