Questions tagged [vhs]
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FFmpeg: maximum VHS quality?
I'm digitizing a number of VHS tapes into lossless video files using FFmpeg. How can I optimize my FFmpeg command further in order to come closer to the requested specs below, with the best possible ...
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Automatically splitting video stream and saving only sections of real video/sound
Given a VHS player connected to a PC via a USB video capture, what I'm looking for is a way (in software) to constantly monitor that video input, and capture any "useful" sections to files ...
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Is it safe to store an old hard drive on top of a stack of VHS tapes? Will it damage the tapes?
I set an old HDD on a stack of VHS tapes. Is this likely to have damaged the tapes?
The drive has been on them for about three days. I don't currently have a VHS player, so I can't check.
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How to read VHS using rawvideo
I want to digitize old VHS tapes on Windows 10.
ffplay -hide_banner -f dshow -rtbufsize 2048M -i video="Roxio Video Capture USB":audio="Ligne (Dazzle Video Capture USB Audio Device)&...
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What is the right workflow to clean & replicate one-channel mono audio as stereo using ffmpeg?
What would be the right workflow in terms of sequence of steps to take what seems to be really a single channel audio captured from VHS tape (apart from the video track), and have it made available on ...
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How do I convert VHS tapes to digital format? [closed]
I, or rather my parents, have a PC running Windows, a collection of VHS tapes, and a VHS tape player with the following outputs: RCA A+V Out (Red, White, Yellow), S-Video, Component Video, RF.
How ...
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How do use Ubuntu/Windows to capture video from input?
My Panasonic DMR EZ48 VHS/DVD player has an HDMI output.
I want to copy VHS to digital files on my laptop.
I have a USB to HDMI converter. How do I use my laptop to capture video from the VCR? I am ...
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Can I convert a home VHS tape to digital through a receiver (DVB-T) and then record it using the USB port?
I don't know if it is possible because VCR is analog and TDT/DVB-T is digital TV.
I have these devices:
VCR (Panasonic NV-FJ630): RF IN (Antenna) + RF OUT (Antenna) + Composite Audio only (red, ...
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ffmpeg video recording freezes after "Invalid data found when processing input"
I am trying to record my old VHS tapes using a USB video capture device and the following command:
ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i default -f v4l2 -standard pal -i /dev/video0 -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -preset fast ...
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Best Practice/suggestions for capturing/encoding/formatting VHS video?
As a personal project for my family I recently purchased myself a Composite-USB converter in order to preserve many of the family's old home movies on VHS.
Now, the proprietary software that the ...
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Does digital video degrade over time like analog tape does?
Today it is not difficult to find an old VHS from 80s or 90s that has suffered slight or serious degradation in quality over time, but back to the time when it was brand new, it was usually perfect.
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Automate VHS capture in VLC (or anywhere)
I am currently undergoing a project converting all my parents old home movies on VHS to DVD (and also putting them on a harddrive), we have hundreds of these things and they are all around 2 hours ...
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my sweet old VHS collection
What is the best way to convert my VHS collection to something that I can view without a VHS player?
I have a not so big collection 100 VHS
I have plenty of storage
I have a network media tank (...
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What do I need to be able to convert analog video (VHS, or an old camcorder) on a Mac?
I have a number of old VHS tapes, as well as some analog 8mm tapes. I still have a working VCR, as well as the camcorder that recorded the tapes. I'd like to convert these on a Mac (MacBook Pro) - ...
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Capture VHS to Mac [closed]
I have a Mac Pro running Leopard and a RCA to USB cable and a VCR. I'm trying to figure out the best way to capture VHS tapes onto my computer using what I have. I cannot seem to find video capturing ...
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Digitize video?
I got some movies on a VCR that i want to move to my computer somehow. (for personal use)
I have a video capture card and all hardware required. I'm looking for the software - programs, codecs etc.
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