Solved! I hooked my VCR to my flat screen TV through component cables and its playing but the picture is frozen but can hear that the

[daphnerogers68]

how to make my TV play my VCR movies, its playing but picture is frozen.

 

[americanaudiophile]

Component video has three RCA cables. The output of a VCR is a single yellow composite video cable. Both require two more RCA cables for audio.
If the TV has a shared component-composite video input you may have to change it to composite in the TV menu. Usually when this is not done you get a black and white picture but check it anyway,