Video Capture Card Without PC - August VGB400 - Transfer Video VHS to Digital Conversion, DVD Player, Camcorder via RCA/SCART - Simple Controls with HDMI Output, Record to Micro SD or USB Max 64GB

While I have so far only used this device to transfer home movie's from PAL VHS tapes it actually worked straight out of the box. The unit is standalone with no computer required and has just a single button for start/stop control and that's the lot, so any adjustments need to be done in post. The unit also has two very small LED's, green to show the power is on and red to indicate its either recording (flashing red) or it isn't (steady red). I have yet to get it to work with a usb drive but micro SD works fine.I love it!

Works well recording individual clips (takes) of video and quality is acceptable (colour is good, resolution is similar to VHS recording). HOWEVER, if you try to record multiple video takes one after the other, it does not handle the breaks between them, loses the timing and only records the first one properly. You can't for example record even 20 seconds of video continuously, if this is made from four, 5-second takes. You need to record each take separately even if it's a few seconds long. I am guessing this could be some fault in the design and it is a shame really cause it's very simple to use product and quality is acceptable

The little box is easy to setup and get running, however it's a bit hit and miss.I tested this device on my VHS player, with very inconsistent results.For example, started recording a tape, recorded around 3 minutes. Stopped the recording.I let the tape run a bit before I hit the record button on the device again. Recorded another 2 minutes.When on the PC to check, the first recording was in 4:3 (correct aspect for the film that was on the tape) but then the second recording was in 16:9.Both started with good audio sync but about 30 seconds in, on both, the audio and visuals were out of sync quite a bit.Picture quality was exactly what was on the tv screen and so was the audio.I then tried another tape and the audio was very much out of sync.Then tried another and it was out of sync again.I've also tried formatting my USB stick, NTFS to FAT32 to exFAT.All three give different results and errors.One file supposedly had 2540 hours of recording!!N.B.This device will only be able to write on 64GB USB sticks or lower.Anything higher and it won't write to it.If you plan to watch the digital copies of your tapes on the computer then I'd suggest viewing it on something like VLC player, where you can slide the audio to synchronize with the picture.Can record tv channels too which seemed to be okay, but again aspect ratios are off.TV programme was 16:9 and the recording was 4:3.I have no idea how or why it flips back and forth between aspect ratios even when recording from the same source.Anyway, I think this best works on modern equipment like games consoles etc.Very hit and miss, more miss, with VHS players.

Excellent performance and simple to set-up and use.

Oh I really don't like doing negative reviews, although there are quite a few, I took the chance and sadly they are right.Looks like it's going to be a great but of kit, it's very easy to use if only it worked.I tried using Fat32, NTFS, 2 memory sticks, and an sd card.Copying from VHS to the device, it just didn't work, it would copy to the sd card or usb stick, but when I inserted into my PC, and even tried to copy the files to my PC's HD the sound was out of sync, even usinf VLC, then it would just pause and get stuck, causing my PC to freeze. I tried, and tried some more, but no joy. Back it goes I'm afraid. Even with the files copied locally to my PC still no joy.Shame because it has the potential to be great, but not for me.

If you need to copy your home VHS and camcorder cassettes to digital mp4, this is the device for you! Very easy to set up, no computer needed. Tip: format a usb card or stick to FAT32 for best results. The maximum since USB device for this item is 64GB.

Micro USB card reader recognised the card but refused to write to it. Solution; Use the USB connector with a card reader stick to hold the memory cards. It now writes to the stick OK. Secondly, Unless your Video recording on the tape is good....all the way through, it will struggle to produce a good MP4 transfer that may or may not work on your computer/TV. You may not even be able to use editing sw to cut out bad sections. So it does work....with some limitations though. I have now finished with mine and it will be sold on.

The product arrived well packed with clear instructions which we followed exactly as stated. However, following repeated attempts to get the unit working it consistently failed.The item was returned and Amazon made a full refund.

For digitalising old video tapes.

A veces es mejor gastar algo más como en este caso. Este digitalizador de video ofrece un resultado muy bueno, unas imágenes excelentes, y el manejo no puede ser más sencillo, aprietas un botón par iniciar la digitalización y vuelves a pulsarlo para terminar.Yo solo tuve un contratiempo, antes de la operación de digitalización en serio decidí hacer una prueba con unos pocos segundos de proceso y resultó un pequeño fichero MP4 con imágenes de una calidad muy buena, pasé entonces a digitalizar el contenido de una cinta y ... una vez tras otra se creaban los ficheros tipo MP4 pero vacíos, sin contenido, ignoro el motivo, lo primero que pensé fue que habría algún problema con la tarjeta, empleé entonces un adaptador para usar las tarjetas en puertos USB y ahí no hubo ningún problema, ya van digitalizadas varias cintas.¿Mi opinión, después de este pequeño contratiempo?, el aparato ofrece un resultado magnífico con los ficheros que crea, es cierto que yo he tenido ese problema con el puerto de la tarjeta, pienso que es de esas cosas que pasan de forma aleatoria, como el puerto USB funcionó y sigue funcionando bien le daremos en general buena nota, en lugar de un 10 lo dejaremos en 9.5. :-)

Qualità ottima del video catturato. Manca la presa Y-C cioè Super VHS oppure Hi8,sarebbe stato perfetto.Lo consiglio a chi è appassionato di riversamenti analogici.Prezzo adeguato.

Hallo zusammen,Ich habe lange nach einer Capture Card für einen AV Anschluß gesucht. Ich digitalisiere die alten Filme von früher auf den Mini DV Kassetten.Ich brauche wirklich keinen PC dafür, Kamera anschließen, usb Stick rein, Strom anschließen ( funktioniert mit einer powerbank Auch ganz einfach) video starten, Knopf drücken und es läuft bis der film durch ist. Danach einfach wieder den Stick in den pc, umbenennen und abspeichern. Schon hat man alte Erinnerungen digitalisiert! Qualitätsverluste gibt es nicht, sowohl im Ton als auch im Bildmaterial ist alles wie im Original.Daher von mir ganz klar eine Best Bewertung und Kaufempfehlung für jeden wo alte Filme digitalisieren möchte um sie für die "Ewigkeit" und später aufzuheben. :)MfG

I tested first by copying few old 8mm Sony tapes to my win10 pc. I noticed that video grabber fails to show parts of video over hdmi and that recording introduced around 30 sec of grabble and in few tries a complete freeze of the recorded video. Smaller intervals of 5 min per file didn't help either. So I thought it could be corrupted tapes, but when I tried elgato it turned out tapes are 100 percent fine. I sent it back. My opinion is that amount of processing power and buffer is too small for my 90 min tapes.