On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 12:40 PM Jeffrey Jonas wrote:
I need advice how to best digitize video, mostly standard def TV/NTSC of VCF events.
Jeff didn't say exactly what his video sources were, but by definition "NTSC" means some analog-broadcast quality, composite video or NTSC channel 3/4 source. Say an old tape VCR or an old analog videotape camera etc. etc. Jeff didn't say what to digitize TO. He mentioned old-school proprietary TV to-hard-drive capturing systems. Jeff - suck any video from them, digitize it on playback, and throw. them. out. Someone close to me, does a lot of ATSC and cable-to-NTSC recording. The technology they use for capture, is Win 7 Win 8 class dual/quad CPU tower PC systems. OK? They use USB dongles for video capture; USB ATSC/NTSC tuners; or less convenient PCI card ATSC/NTSC tuners. Hauppauge produced a bunch of these, also Pinnacle. Buy them on eBay; they are obsolete, they are cheap. VLC is a pretty good media player software package. Less good for capture. You *do* plan to play these on a computer right? Save files on a computer and some mass-storage device, right? Right? A plausible path is: Composite video/audio; Hauppage USB-Live-2 dongle (to USB port); Win 7, 8, 10 box less than 10 years old; OBS video capture https://obsproject.com/; VLC video playback https://www.videolan.org/vlc/. If your source is tape-video with only NTSC channel 3/4 out, then get a USB tuner dongle. Again; ebay, cheap, obsolete. Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950 does NTSC and ATSC. Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-850 does NTSC. Of course, ATSC and an antenna lets you watch and record over-the-air content. 720 and 1080 resolution too. If you are a Linux-fan, fine. Same hardware, same software suggestions. Please use a computer box less than ten years old with muscle. https://www.linuxtv.org/ regards, Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net