subject:"\[gentoo\-user\] \[OT\] Transferring old video tapes to disk"

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Transferring old video tapes to disk

2012-01-23 Thread Florian Philipp

Am 23.01.2012 01:23, schrieb Andrey Moshbear: Get a tuner card with composite-in support. Recompile your kernel to add V4L support and m the required drivers. Then use vlc, mplayer, etc to capture to file. Or some other kind of frame grabber (as this functionality is usually called). This

[gentoo-user] [OT] Transferring old video tapes to disk

2012-01-22 Thread walt

Hi multi-media gentooers, I know you're out there :) A friend just gave me a 15-year-old VCR, and it still works! That's good news because I have some 25-year-old video tapes that I haven't been able to play since my old VCR broke 15 years ago. Now's my chance to save the tapes to a newer

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Transferring old video tapes to disk

2012-01-22 Thread Andrey Moshbear

Get a tuner card with composite-in support. Recompile your kernel to add V4L support and m the required drivers. Then use vlc, mplayer, etc to capture to file.