converting VHS to digital

[Net Llama!]

On 05/30/2005 02:19 PM, Keith Antoine wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 02:12, Net Llama! wrote:
>> Anyone here have any experience converting VHS videotapes to a digital
>> format (divx/mpg/avi, etc)?  I've got a ton of old VHS movies that are
>> likely going to be rotting soon, and I'd like to get them converted to a
>> digital format (in linux).  I'm interested in the entire process, as I
>> know zero about this sort of thing.
> 
> Umm, You must have know that I had returned for a lurk. This is still one of 
> the reasons that I have M$ still as dual boot. So long as you have a capture 
> card of course that captures in "Analogue" as there is no point in capturing 
> old VHS in digital format. There is no improvement and the process is LONG 
> for no improvement. Also again the capture is in "composite" usually via rca 
> plugs although some are upmarket with the din plug. No there are drivers for 
> the pinnacle cards in linux and also for a few other analogue cards.
> 
> Now there are Digital cards on the market which will capture in an anlogue 
> mode, the one that I have Nebula Digitv will do so but the software is just 
> coming to improve the capture with analoge. BUT as usual the software is M$ 
> only and getting the card to work in Linux is again as old difficult. 
> Although Suse 9.3 see the card on the 64bit setup I have but as yet no "see" 
> TV, but this might not worry you, mate! After capture I suppose that mpeg 
> tools might just work so long as they have updated to digital streaming.
> 
> Will look into it a bit more for you and give you some sites.
> 
> Oh yes! Hi there everyone, I am just that bit older now and still handsome and 
> white haired <):-)) and the memory is very bitty now down to 60 sec 
> retrention rate.
>  

Just wanted to pipe in and let everyone know that (thanks to Keith's 
generosity) I've gotten the Pinacle PCTV-Pro card working in FC4 to 
capture output from a VCR.  And the best part is that it was 100% 
effortless.  FC4's kernel correctly recognized the card, and xawtv 
worked without any configuration too.

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