VIDBOX Video Conversion Suite

The media could not be loaded. I pulled the vidbox converter out of the packaging and plugged it all in to my VCR and windows 11 laptop and it worked like a charm with the vidbox software that I downloaded from their website. I was a little bit confused as to which software to download but realized that there was a software package with a name that matched the name directly above the license key in my paperwork, "Video Conversion for PC", and I downloaded that software, put in the license key and started using easy mode but I wasn't happy with the graininess of the footage. At the end of the Easy capture it asked me if I wanted to convert it to MP4 so I did and the file size went down considerably. When I plugged the VCR directly into my 65" Sony 4k TV the footage was a lot cleaner than the file I got out of the vidbox, Grrrrrr!I decided to try again. This time I used the advanced mode. It wasn't a ton more complicated to use. I boosted the saturation from the default of 32 up to 40 and I reduced the default sharpness from 4 down to 0. Then I recorded in mpeg2 mode. I did not convert the file to MP4 the 2nd time and it worked.The second mistake I made came in post processing. It has nothing to do with vidbox but I thought I would share anyhow. When I turned my video clip from vidbox into a movie using the free program "Windows Movie Maker" I chose to Save the movie as "Recommended for this project" which turned out to be a low definition 480 resolution MP4. When I uploaded the movies to youtube they were super grainy. Later I used "Windows Movie Maker" again and tried saving the movie as "For High Definition Display" which produced a 1080 resolution MP4 file. This didn't show the graininess when viewed on my 65"4k TV. I was finally happy with the results when I uploaded the movies to youtube.I'm not sure using advanced mode and changing the settings for saturation and sharpness made all that much difference. I'm pretty sure the most important steps were (1) don't convert your vidbox file to be an MP4 and (2) save your finished movies as HD files before publishing to youtube.The vidbox case itself feels a little bit tinny. The circuit card is a bit loose in the vidbox tool. Didn't seem to cause any issues though. I would buy vidbox again. FYI, I did not get a discount for writing this review. I'm just a guy that had some VHS tapes to convert to digital.

Easy to use

This product works great with Windows 10 and 11 - none of the problems that there are with other products. Took me 10 minutes to set up and then I was off and running. Very easy to use. The only tricky part is that it uses the same output name for every file created on the same day, so be sure to rename the second one (and more) or it will overwrite the first one you did for that day.

This is my experience and yours might be similar or different. Overall I liked it once I got it and learned what not to do.First I downloaded the driver from the video box website. Then I downloaded the pc version for vhs conversion. I started up the software after connecting my VHS player and it said device not supported. After a while I figured out that my camera and microphone had to be turned on in order for the software to work. So I turned it on and it worked.I then was able to record, however I had times when I would be recording and the VHS tape reached the end and the VCR rewound it and the recording stopped!!! I lost hours of recording. I had to monitor it towards the end.This is a breakdown of what I did to eventually burn them to DVDs:Use mpeg 2 in the advance menu.Convert to mp4 after it saves. It's this little image on the lower right hand corner of screen. Make sure your file is highlighted.After the mp4 conversion I downloaded DVD Styler to create the menus. Just choose a template and drag your mp4s there. Then insert a blank DVD-R. After you burn it to make more copies you need an iso file. I downloaded imgburner to create iso file. Then I inserted another blank DVD-R and chose my iso file to write onto the disc also on the imgburner software. Presto your done! It took a lot of effort, but it's worth saving the memories. Feel free to watch tutorial on youtube on the software for DVD styler and imgburner if you get lost. VIDBOX made a product that works albeit with some frustration. The price was worth it because it works and they have support and faqs.Good luck!

Simple interfaceShould go to their site for installation and instructions - poor written instructions in package. You may need instructions to install drivers on MacFlawless transferEasy to useGlad I bought this

I bought the conversion suite for PC and Mac but didn't have any luck with either. First, I installed it on my Windows 10 PC. It seemed to work fine for the first Video8 tape, but problems quickly arose. The preview window went blank, and no amount of troubleshooting could fix this. But it still worked, even though I was blind to what was recording. Then the software refused to record the entire video. If I left it recording till the end, I would capture only a few seconds to a couple of minutes of a two-hour-long video. My workaround was to record only in 15-minute increments, which worked, but I needed to stitch together the recording segments with Premiere Pro, which was very tedious and daunting considering the number of tapes I needed to convert.So, I switched to my MacBook Pro, which the reviews here suggested was a better platform for this. First, it wouldn't install with my OS version (Navajo), and I spent hours updating the OS to Catalina. VidBox finally installed, but the icon just bounced up and down in the toolbar. After a lot of troubleshooting uninstalling and re-installing VidBox, I finally got the initial purchase key screen. I provided the key from the sticker on the CD, but it wouldn't accept it, saying it was invalid. I could find no other CD or Mac information in the package. Did I somehow receive the PC-only version? Support tried to sell me a new package for the Mac, which I declined.Instead, I dumped this nightmare and ended up purchasing another product from a different vendor for half the price, which works great! For a software package that's twice as expensive as the competition, I expected a much better experience.