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

Saved my old home videos!!
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!

Mostly works great but…
Setup document included was clear and concise (so long as I paid attention, LOL). Got everything working great except audio. There was a buzzing noise in all the audio. At first I assumed it had something to do with my Lenovo laptop but I did some troubleshooting on that and proved to myself that wasn’t it. So, I focused on the ClearClick itself.I am connecting to a Sony Camcorder using the S-Video out for video and the analog AV out for audio. Turns out if I only connect the red (right) analog cable there is no buzzing. If I connect the yellow (left) the buzzing starts. Also note that I get no video if I disconnect the S-Video cable and just go analog only (connect the yellow).To me, it seems as if there must be some kind of problem inside the ClearClick device regarding the analog connections but I don’t know enough to say. I expected to be able to use either the S-Video or the analog out for video but so far no luck. And, I expected to be able to use stereo audio instead of just one channel.I have not yet contacted ClearClick tech support. I will update this review after that.

For me it handled all the old video camera outputs for 8 (mono), Hi-8 (stereo) and Mini DV plus HDMI
This product works very well, tried out HDMI and S-Video and had no issues. Setup for OBS did not match the documentation but as a tech person it told me what I needed to know to make it work. You have to download the OBS software from their web site to do captures. It is a nice app, lots of options for video and audio output. I have not figured out how to import to iMovie directly yet. But OBS does a good job and puts the file In my userid video folder and I can import from there.

Don’t work
Nice video capture device. Too bad it doesn’t work. I configured the OSB software for 16:9 aspect ratio but the video would come out about 1 X 5 inches. More like 50:9 aspect ratio. After much research I couldn’t fix it. Even NCH wouldn’t recognize it. I downloaded every capture software I could find, no luck. VLC recognized it. I selected capture device and there was the video, working fine. I recorded it and saved it. It saved it as a AVI file. Trouble is it was a special type AVI that would only play on VLC. Tried every thing to conveert to mp4 or mpag, no luck So when I send these files to relatives on thumb drives they would insert it in the computer and media player would have a black screen. It wouldn’t be able to play these files. And they aren’t the type of people that would be able or willing to install VLC

You have to read and follow the quick startup guide but it works great for converting old VHS and Hi8 tapes to digital. The up converter to 1080 resolution is seamless.

I tried other boxes and cables. Issue I had with them was any slight imperfections in the VHS tape I was transferring left some awful glitches (big black blocks) on the image. And it was fairly inconsistent. With the ClearClick Video2USB the image was CRYSTAL CLEAR! I had some aspect ration issues with the OBS software (was turning my 4×4 VHS image into 16×9 aspect ratio, stretching it horizontally). I emailed ClearClick support and gave me a solution FIVE MINUTES LATER in an emailed response. Love the USB-C. Love the other features like Live Stream and HDMI/S-VIDEO capture. Only downside is I cant hear video as I capture a VHS tape but I can see the levels moving in the meters so all good. Audio quality is great as well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Worth the extra price.