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Capturing analogue video (VHS) into Premiere – best workflow advice?
So I’m planning to digitize a few hundred hours worth of VHS footage and wondering what would be the best workflow for going about this.
Ideally I want to do it directly through Premiere if this is at all possible, but I’m open for other solutions as well.
I have a regular consumer VHS deck available so I’m guessing I’ll have to buy some sort of analogue capture card for starters? Any suggestions as to what make/model are more than welcome. Seems to me most professional ones are usually expensive SDI based ones rather than SCART/S-video which I need. And the ones that does have s-video seems to be very consumer oriented (like MAGIX Rescue Your Videotapes package etc) and possibly proprietary to the included software (or can Premiere work directly with those?)Any other solution would be to go with one of the all in one packages (like the afore mentioned MAGIX Rescue Your Videotapes) and digitize all of the tapes through the included software. My worries about such a solution is whether the quality of the included capture card and conversion from analogue to digital is handled well enough to retain as much quality as possible from the VHS tapes.
Any advice on this and suggested workflows are much appreciated. ☺
Premiere Pro CC2015.3
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Premiere only captures through firewire
The best way to go is to get yourself a Grass Valley converter to capture all your tapes.
https://www.videoguys.com/blog/which-grass-valley-video-converter-is-right-for-you/———————————————–
Adobe Certified Expert Premiere Pro CS6/CC
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Thanks! I checked your link and the Grass Valley ADVC55 seems to be the perfect solution for me.
EDIT: Seems it’s discontinued by the manufacturer though, but hopefully I can get my hands on one from a reseller that ships internationally though.
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For the price it is hard to beat the Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle. It is not the easiest capture card to use but it works great with FCPX, Premiere Pro CC, Edius, Avid etc.
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[Ann Bens] “Premiere only captures through firewire
The best way to go is to get yourself a Grass Valley converter to capture all your tapes.
https://www.videoguys.com/blog/which-grass-valley-video-converter-is-right-f...”The Grass Valley converters are easy to use an work great for standard definition but for the price the Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle offers more bang for the buck. I have the Grass Valley ADVC110 and the Intensity Shuttle both but I don’t use my ADVC110 anymore. I wish I had bought the Intensity Shuttle five years ago.
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Given that the Green Grass products apparently are discontinued I think the Black Magic Intensity Shuttle is my best option. Thanks!
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You might be able to find the ADVC 110 at B & H Photo or newegg.com. DV converters are easy to use. No Drivers needed but the Intensity Shuttle is a better bang for the buck. I would recommend getting and old SD TV. VHS looks horrible on an HD monitor or computer monitor. I love using the Intensity Shuttle along with an old SD TV for editing VHS tapes in real-time for clients.
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After doing some thinking I decided to order the Intensity Shuttle as I think you’re definitely right it provides the most bang for the buck and will likely also be of more use to me even after I’m done with this current VHS project than one of the firewire based Grass Valley products will. Thanks for the tip!
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Hi Michael,
Please be aware that the Shuttle can be fussy about which particular USB 3.0 chip set your computer has inside – it may or may not work unfortunately. If you have issues, the Intensity Pro 4K has the exact same functionality as its external brother, but goes into a PCI-e slot in your desktop, and uses a less-convenient breakout cable arrangement. But does the same thing.
Upon further investigation, you may just need to update the USB driver if you have trouble, see this thread – https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/124/879920
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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I would think you’d need a TBC too – or at least a VHS with a built in TBC, otherwise you’d get rolling/ unlocked pictures. I do need to capture some family VHS so if this is possible with domestic VCRs I’d love to hear…
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[Michael Trenton] “After doing some thinking I decided to order the Intensity Shuttle as I think you’re definitely right it provides the most bang for the buck and will likely also be of more use to me even after I’m done with this current VHS project than one of the firewire based Grass Valley products will. Thanks for the tip!”
You will be able to playback HD to an HD monitor with the Intensity Shuttle. As someone mentioned they have an Intensity 4K PCIE version. I like my USB Shuttle though. If you have questions post them here.
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