datahoarder
Who are we?
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
-- 5-4-3-2-1-bang from this thread
A photography shop near me does this, might be worth to compare the price of buying your equipment and figuring it all out or just having someone do it for you
But that takes the fun out of it and my grandparents just don't trust anybody with their one copy of a wedding video
Well, Mcballs, sometimes you've got to trust.
UGREEN 4K HDMI Video Capture Card HDMI to USB 2.0 Game Capture Card HDMI to USB C Audio Capture Adapter Full HD 1080P Capture Video Audio Recording for Editing Video, Games, Streaming, Teaching https://a.co/d/6jgpWMe
Im currently using OBS and this for a friend. May not be the best way, but it works
I've used exactly this device and a (believe it or not) BNIB VHS player the MIL had stashed at the back of the closet, to digitize some old family videos. Worked very well, once I figured out how to take due care with the cabling, so as not to introduce pops or crackles into the audio.
Looks pretty interesting, was it a pain to set up?
Nah, with a vcr get hdmi out, either upscale or a fancy vcr with hdmi, plug it into the capture card. Then just use the capture card as a media source in obs and record.
The big pain is having to be around for the end of ths video (if you dont want to have to trim the video file that is)
I realize I’m late to this thread, but if you’re serious about archiving a VHS in the best manner possible, you have to go the RF capture route: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
This method effectively captures the “raw” signal stored on the tape, allowing you to convert it after you’ve captured it however you see fit. You don’t have to worry about cheap digitizers/capture cards/etc distorting the signal.
Looks pretty cool, I'm struggling to get the black magic drivers to recognize the card. I might try something like this.