ClearClick Video to USB 1080P Audio Video Capture & Live Streaming Device - Input HDMI, AV, RCA, S-Video, VCR, VHS, Camcorder, Video8, Hi8, DVD, Gaming Systems - USB-C Plug & Play

I have a bunch of old family videos we recorded over the years. I have vhs tapes, mini-dvi and 8mm. Trying to get all of these copied and saved to my local storage system was something I wanted to do for awhile and after contacting several different outfits that provide this as a service I decided I would save on the high cost of paying someone else and do it myself.I was a bit concerned about how well this would work because I noticed a few negative reviews that talked about it working for a little while and then no longer working again. Thankfully I did not have any issues at all.Connecting this device up is extremely easy. You connect the USB adapter to your PC (either USB-C or use the included adapter to convert it to USB-B) It has 5 inputs, 1 HDMI in, AV in and S Video in. One of my camera's was just AV in and my other was both s video and avi. In both cases the video and sound transferred with no issues.To handle the conversion you will need to download an awesome piece of software called OBS Studio. This is free/open source software and it works very well. I had to adjust the settings to get the audio correct. You can contact OBS Studio support or ClearClick support in the event you run into questions or an issue. Both are very helpful and respond rather quickly.I was able to convert 8- 8mm tapes and 12- mini dvi tapes over to digital. One thing I wish I had done back in the day was purchase cleaning tapes because after sitting for so long my camera's all needed some good cleaning.My next challenge will be converting all of our VHS tapes to digital. This adapter will handle that as well!Great product for the home user that needs to convert their old home videos!

This ClearClick Video USB-C Converter is a fantastic tool for digitizing old media. Super easy to use—basically plug and play, and it works seamlessly with various input sources.There’s a slight learning curve just because there are so many options, but that’s actually a huge plus! Once you get the hang of it, the flexibility is amazing. Whether you’re working with VHS, camcorders, or other analog sources, this device handles it all smoothly.Great design, solid performance, and a must-have for anyone looking to convert old media with ease!

This didn't seem to work at first. I had video, but no audio. It turned out there are a bunch of System Preferences to set on MacOS 15.2 that were initially set wrong. After fiddling around in bull-headed mode, I emailed tech support. After a few back-and-forths and emailing them sample files, they traced the issue and told me what to change in Settings. Voila! Sound and video. This product comes with a license to download OBS, the Open source Broadcast Studio software. OBS is pretty powerful stuff. You only need a small portion of its capabilities to work with this device, but it does the job with good flexibility. If at first you don't get what you need, work with the settings to refine the results.

Great product. Easy to setup and easy to use. Purchased it to convert about 20 old VHS tapes into digital format. I have a Macbook Air running OS15. Had zero problems getting the Mac to recognize the converter device, installing the software that I downloaded from on line, and setting it up. I was up and running in about 10 minutes. The only thing that I played with was the video settings resolution. Tried different ratio settings and finally settled on 1920x1080. Even though the original VHS tapes were recorded to a 4:3 aspect ratio I found that recording to a 16:9 ratio provided the best quality video with minimal distortion due to the ratio difference.

Some customers have complained that they have had problems with the video portion freezing and then jumping to a later frame while the audio kept being converted. I had that problem with a Windows 10 machine that is about 5 years old running a 7th generation i7 chip. I noticed that it was using 75 to 80% of the CPU. I tried doing the same conversions on a Mac Mini with an M2 chip. That processor is so much faster that the Mac was using between 5 and 6% of the CPU. With the Mac there were no freezes, and the digitizing went flawlessly. The problem is not with the ClearClick device. The problem is with the processor on the computer the converter box is connected to.

I used this to digitize hundreds of hours of old inspection videos for my state's sewer system. Many of which contain sensitive, protected historical information that we cannot lose. It was fascinating to see how badly the tapes have degraded over 25 years, but you get what you got with old VHS cassette tapes.There are more expensive and better models out there, but if you are only doing this once, then this is perhaps the best option for the price (especially if taxpayer dollars are paying for it.)

OK, I was a little skeptical about the price, but I really needed something that would work. I use Ubuntu Studio for music production and I have a couple of tutorial videos to make. The description said that it works with Linux, and it does.I plugged my old composite video Sony Hi8 camcorder into the RCA jacks on the unit, and plugged in the USB-C connection. OBS recognized it immediately and it worked with no problem.It is worth noting that in OBS, the default video format was "Motion-JPEG", and that did not work. I changed to a different format and it worked perfectly.