How to digitize VHS tapes

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Follow the instructions for digitizing VHS video on the page VHS Video.

  • In Step 6. Save the project as: accession number, replacing [.] with [-]_VHS. Example: 1997.3.1 becomes 1997-3-1_VHS. Save the project in the following folder: Desktop>Northern Alberta Fiddle Project>VHS Digitizations.
  • 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.
  • Next you will export the video. Click File>Export>to Quicktime Movie. A ___ window will open. The settings should be as follows:
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