My grandparents are downsizing there collections of turds and gold and they want their homemade movies archived. I was thinking of a component capture card with obs. What would be a good capture card or a better way to archive?
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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)
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
Depends on your budget. If quality is important, you need at least decent VCR. High-end models might be difficult to obtain, especially those made stricte for digitizing (very expensive). Look for something with S-Video output if possible (better than single RCA), and from computer end… maybe Black Magic Intensity Pro 4K card? Comes with Resolve software. Alternatively you also get a cheap RCA-to-USB adapter, and that will work with most capturing software, but the final quality might be… well, cheap.
I do have an Sony VCR DVD combo with s-video. I was look at the black magic cards on eBay and there are some from 2008 from a Mac and I’m wondering if they will work on Linux.
