[vcf-midatlantic] semi OT: video digitizing & archive

[Martin Flynn]

Jeff,
Hit up David Sica / I gave a high end capture device to the ARC a while back 

Martin

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> On Apr 6, 2021, at 1:14 PM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> There are times, esp when ultimate quality is not necessary, to simply
> record the video off of a nice TV playing the video.  Pulling old media
> into modern files is preferred if you have all of the dongles to make the
> connections, adjust impedance, etc.  You can always start with the easy
> solution and spend time to perfect the most important of the videos.  If
> you have a lot of video it might be nice to set up a video conversion
> station that you know has a working process.
> 
> 
> b
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 12:40 PM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I need advice how to best digitize video,
>> mostly standard def TV/NTSC of VCF events.
>> 
>> I have several USB dongles that take composite and S-video.
>> They may be adequate, but I don't know what one's really best.
>> 
>> I also have several DVR (digital VCR): Tivo, Sonic Blue replay-tv.
>> Did those have good front-ends or was most of the attention to the
>> subscription service?
>> I know they need to be "jail broken" to work like VCRs.
>> There's no big red "just record NOW!" button :-(
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
>> -- Jeff Jonas
>> 
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