On Aug 17 13:13:07, Chris Dukes wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 02:17:02PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > > I need to transfer some old VHS tapes into (any) digital video format. > > On OpenBSD of course. I understand I need > > > > (1) a VCR, obviously, to play those tapes > > (2) a TV card that can input what the VCR outputs > > (3) a piece of software that can capture the input > > > > Before I start shopping 80's style, does anyone have some general > > DO/DONT advice about (2) and (3), or even a complete working solution? > > > > (Excuse my lameness, I never did any video work.) > > I don't know how it is in your part of the world, but around here there > are businesses that'll convert VHS and vinyl into DVD.
I don't know how it is in your part of the world, but around here these are outrageously overpriced. > P.S. if you live in one of those parts of the world where you can buy > DVD bootlegs of movies made in the US before they actually appear > in theatres in the US... (Do you by any chance live in one of those parts of the world where the common understanding is that things are made in the US and other parts of the world pirate them?)
