I had forgotten about this! I think there was some talk about using this for MAME or something to allow full emulation of Dragon's Lair and other FMV games from the arcades. On 6/20/21, 4:49 PM, "vcf-midatlantic on behalf of David Ryskalczyk via vcf-midatlantic" <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org on behalf of vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > There is a device available called the Domesday Duplicator that would allow > you to capture the video from Laserdiscs at the best possible quality for > archiving the contents. This really is the way to go — it captures the signal directly from the disc, which is then processed using the open-source ld-decode software. This allows for some fairly advanced recovery, including dropout correction/repair. As the software is improved over time, the captured data can be reprocessed, resulting in improved conversions. One downside, though, is that each capture can take as much as 40-80GB per disc. Unfortunately, setting up a capture environment is not the most straightforward —among other things, it is necessary to calibrate the LD player using a GGV1069 calibration disc. I'm not sure these are still available, but as of 6 months ago or so they were from Donberg Electronics and PacParts. More detailed information on this process can be found at https://www.domesday86.com/?page_id=978 <https://www.domesday86.com/?page_id=978> and assistance can be obtained at the project Discord which is linked from https://www.domesday86.com/?page_id=416 <https://www.domesday86.com/?page_id=416>. If the quantity of discs does not justify setting up a capture environment and VCF is willing to mail the discs to a project member for capture, it might be possible to arrange for this as well — they are very much interested in getting non-movie LaserDisc titles captured. David > On Jun 20, 2021, at 4:29 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 4:23 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> I have a laserdisc player, time base corrector, and video capture card. How >> soon does this need done? >> > > There is no rush for this, but I would like someone to work on it steadily > so that it doesn't get forgotten. > A player was donated, but don't know if it works or if it is better or > worse than your player. I will leave that up to you. > Alex Jaccocks has offered to do this, but maybe both of you can figure out > between you two who wants to do it or collaborate. > > >> >> Jeff Salzman >> >> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 3:23 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < >> vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >> >>> So called “Video Game Enhancers” are simple time-base correctors and will >>> remove Macrovision. >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 3:07 PM Wil Birkmaier via vcf-midatlantic < >>> vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Laserdisc has a few different formats: all analogue, analogue video >> with >>>> mono analogue audio and digital audio, or analogue video with all >> digital >>>> audio. >>>> >>>> They key to a good capture these days is to get the best composite >> video >>>> converter you can find as the video is stored like a vinyl record, as >> an >>>> analogue composite video stream. So yes using the svideo on some of the >>>> newer players, the conversion of composite to svideo is still not the >>> best. >>>> I need to find a link to a decent converter to 720p I have been using >>> with >>>> vhs and am happy with. >>>> >>>> On Jun 20, 2021 14:45, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < >>>> vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if it is possible to transfer laserdisks to a modern >>>> digital format? There are 16 laserdisks recently donated that have C >>>> programming training from 1984, which was part of a UNIX and C >>>> training program. The reason for the transfer is that we don't know how >>>> rare these disks are nor how long laserdisk will last. >>>> >>>> There are 16 laserdisks as well as supplemental floppy disks and some >>>> paper >>>> manuals. >>>> >>>> >>>> ========================================= >>>> Jeff Brace >>>> Vice President & Board Member >>>> Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner >>>> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity >>>> http://www.vcfed.org/ >>>> jeffrey@vcfed.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>