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It just so happens I still have my Sharp VR-C2CA VHS-C adapter which I used to digitize my early VHS-C memories. This is a deluxe battery-operated (single AA) motorized unit. When no cassette is loaded, a red triangular tab protrudes from the side to prevent insertion into a VCR. Step 1 is to slide the bottom switch to allow the front door to open. The cassette is slid into the opening, which also releases the flap of the VHS-C cassette. Inside, the flap appears to be patterned to prevent scratching the tape. There’s a leader tape on this too.
The two hubs are visible, with different inner diameters. The supply reel has a larger inner diameter as it needs to be VHS compatible, whereas the take-up reel has to have a smaller reel so that it can take-up all the tape with sufficient margin around the edge so that the gear drive mechanism doesn’t damage the tape. Both reels use clips to secure the tape – rather curiously, the leader tape on the take-up reel has a fairly long “tail”. Just like the regular VHS cassette, there is a metal spring at the top which pushes down on both reels. Just thought I’d mention, both the ezcap 116 and ezcap 1568 never had issues when I used with Windows 7,8.1 or 10. I have a mechanical problem with a vhs_c --> vhs adaptor - do other people have such problems please?. Mine seemed to have deformed. Better solution ?Finally, we have a piece of springy metal at the edge of the shell, which holds the lid-flap in the closed position until the side dimple is depressed. That’s all there is to it. The VHS-C Adapter I have a post that shows 17 different capture devices that can be used to transfer your home videos. and Hi8 audio are recorded differently than VHS. 8mm/Hi8 audio is recorded in AFM HiFi mode, while the audio on a miniDV tape is recorded at either a 12-bit or 16-bit digital format. This audio recording is done via the same heads that do the video recording. The VHS-C cassette will usually slide into place straight down without issues. That being said ( always a catch) some tapes may need a gentle nudge or wiggle to make them slip into place. Transferring your VHS-C tapes to MP4 doesn’t have to be complicated and it really boils down to how you want to spend the time converting the tapes yourself.
If you have no interest in editing the footage or uploading it to the internet then the other ArcSoft ShowBiz options will be of no interest. Exporting can vary on your computer and how beefy it is. For a 45 minute recorded tape my export was about twenty minutes. Along the gear-side, a plastic dimple is used to release the flap latch mechanism, so it can be opened normally. Note that the lid doesn’t cover the tape completely, with the tape exposed to the air on both sides.Ninety Nine percent of the time I never have trouble but I have encountered tapes that appear to catch on edges of the adapter for some odd reason. A look at the underside shows the normal arrangement – namely, the supply reel has a hub identical to regular VHS, whereas the take-up reel is driven by a geared wheel. For the motorized adapter, simply placing the VHS-C tape into the adapter and closing the lid will start the auto process for stretching the tape. Video resolution can be scaled up to 1920×1080 and the video Bit Rate increased to 25mbps (that’s a large file in layman’s terms) You will notice the driver is shown as ezcap Video Grabber. Both recommended capture devices I spoke of (the ezcap116 and ezcap1568) use the same driver. Exporting Your Footage to MP4
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