converting VHS to digital

[Keith Antoine]

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.
 
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Keith Antoine AKA "Skippy" or 'Gandalf the beardless'
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