For years I've been meaning to move some old VHS movies and scenes to my computer. I was wondering what you guys have used to do the conversion and what are the basic tools and software that I'll need.
You need something to take the signal from the VCR and get it into your computer. Something like Bignatslover said. I have a
Canopus ADVC 110 and its conversions are great. Once you get the video in to the computer you need something to edit it with it. If you have a Mac, something like Final Cut. Check
Mac Update for othre apps. If you have a PC, there's Avid, Vegas Video, Adobe Premiere, etc. A free app for editing video is
VirtualDub. You might want to check out
Video Help. There's tons of info there.