NOTE: You’ll need to highlight the current resolution and type your Base (Canvas) Resolution in, as it’s not available in the dropdown. The PAL region is a television publication territory that covers most of Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and Oceania. For PAL, change the “Base (Canvas) Resolution” to 720×576.The NTSC standard was used in most of the Americas (except Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay), Liberia, Myanmar, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Japan, and some Pacific Islands nations and territories. If you are in the United States, use this setting. For NTSC, change the “Base (Canvas) Resolution” to 720×480.In the Settings menu, click on the “Video” tab. To open the settings, click on the “File” menu and select “Settings” as shown below. Change Canvas and Output Settingsįirst you’ll want to set up your canvas and output settings. Click “No” (we’ll be going through all the settings separately). When you first launch OBS after installing it, it will ask if you’d like to run the auto-configuration wizard. Open the “Sound, video and game controllers” section and make sure that “USB 2828x Audio Device” and “USB 2828x Device” are shown, as shown below.ĭownload and install OBS – Configure OBS To verify that the adapter has been correctly installed, open your device manager by right clicking the Windows button and choosing “Device Manager” as shown below. Plug in the AdapterĪfter you’ve connected the cables from the VCR to the adapter, go ahead and plug the adapter into an available USB port on your computer. Once downloaded, extract the zip and run the Setup file from within the “Windows” folder. If you purchased the device that I recommended, download the latest drivers from here (use the “Drivers & Downloads” tab). OBS downloaded and installed (OBS is free).

I used this one from Amazon, which is $40 RCA Cables and (if applicable) an S-Video cable (depends on your VCR).OBS is an incredibly versatile (and free) tool, and it can even be used to digitize VHS tapes with an inexpensive piece of hardware (and a VCR, of course). If you’d rather watch a video tutorial, you can do so below: If you are interested in capturing lossless, 4:2:2 video files, have a look at this post. The updated converter records audio in stereo, captures both fields of video, and is verified to work with Windows 11.

NOTE: This post was updated in January, 2022, and references a different USB converter than the one I had previously suggested in 2021.

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