Transferring VHS tape to FCPX?

[Mark Winiarski]

I’ve had good results using QuickTime as my import tool. And apparently it works really well for DV capture from what I was reading.

[Mark Suszko]

Another way to go, and What I do for casual grabs at home, is, I have a combination VHS VCR and DVD recorder. I can grab any DV (thru firewire) or VHS tape to DVD , finalize it, then Import the transport stream via various means. I would do something ore high-end if it was for work, but this flow works well for my home movie junk.

[Ken Bennett]

Mark- I have one such VCR that can record to it’s internal HDD or Burn straight to a DVD. It’s a work-a-round because I can open up the DVD files on the burned disc and drag the video files onto the timeline of my old Vega Pro. Then render out an MP4 digital file. I found a small device that can take either the VCR’s AV (RCA) composite or HDMIs output and then record right to an SD card as an MP4 file. Then I can drop that into FCPX to either tweak, edit and Share it out for digital delivery.

[Erik Olsson]

I’ve used the Elgato Video Capture system and has given me excellent results.