Digitizing
How to digitize VHS tapes (using ADVC110 Canopus) at LLC 31 station.
How to capture a frame from a VHS tape.
How to digitize VHS tapes (using ADVC110 Canopus)
at LLC 31 station.
Use LLC 31 station. This computer is connected to
ADVC 110 (Canopus).
1. Make sure that the FireWire cable is connected
to the DV IN/OUT terminal on the rear panel of the
ADVC110 (Canopus) to the computer.
2. Make sure the ADVC110 is set to Analog In and
that the VCR is connected to the composite ports
on the front of the unit ADVC110 (Canopus).
(Audio/Video OUT of the VCR and Audio/Video IN of
ADVC110: Canopus )
3. Open the editing application BTV Pro Carbon from
Dock.
4. Put the VHS tape to the VCR and play the tape.
5. In BTV Pro Carbon, Select the appropriate video
size from the VIDEO SIZE menu.
6. Click Capture Movie from the Capture Controls
to start capturing the movie.
7. Click Capturing movie from the Capture Controls
to stop capturing the movie.
You will see the captured Quick Time movie (.mov)
on the desktop.
How to capture a frame from a VHS tape.
1. Follow the instructions above for "How to digitize VHS tapes (using
ADVC110 Canopus) at LLC 31 station" up to step 5.
2. Click Capture Frame from the Capture Controls
to capture a frame.
3. You will see the captured frame (.jpg) on the
desktop.
How to digitize audio tapes
Use LLC 31 station. The computer is attached to a cassette recorder.
1. Make sure that both Audio out (L) and Audio
out (R) of the cassette player is plugged into Audio In of the computer.
2. Click the Apple Icon on the left top corner
of the screen > System Preferences > Sound> Input> choose Line In.
3. Open the application Audacity from the Dock.
4. Click Audacity > Preferences > Audio
I/O > Recording > Choose
Device: Built-in Audio.
5. Click the red circle Record button to start recording.
6. Play the tape in the cassette player. You need to cue the tape beforehand.
7. When it is done, click the yellow square Stop button and stop the cassette player.
8. Go to File > Export As MP3.
9. You might get a warning window.
"Your tracks will be mixed down to a single mono channel in the exported
file."
Click the box next to "Don't show this warning again."
10. Type the name of the file next to Save MP3 file
As:
eg. lesson3.mp3 ( Keep the .mp3 at the end of the
file name.)
11. Click Save.
12. You will get a window "Edit the ID 3 tags for the MP3 file" - Click OK.
If you need to cover the MP3 file to QuickTime file, you can do so with QuickTime Pro. The QuickTime Pro is installed in all the computers in the LLC.