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

[Matt Patoray]

Jeff,
A few questions to help narrow things down first.
1. What format are the tapes, VHS, Video-8, Mini-DV, Etc?

2. What platform are you using Mac, Windows, Linux?

3. What are you looking to do with the video, make standard watchable DVD’s, Edit, Post on YouTube?

I can help steer you in the right direction. My day job is a video archivist who deals with tape from the 70’s to the 2010’s.

Matt 

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> On 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