For analog to digital conversion, iGrabber is a really inexpensive ($33) device we've been using since last summer for capture/digitization of aging archival VHS tapes. The output quality appears to the naked eye to be on par with that of our older digitizing decks that cost in the neighborhood of $900 back in the day. Of course you will also need a video player and a Mac.
http://www.amazon.com/Geniatech-iGrabber-Grabber-Button-Recording/dp/B002LRMOPO/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1305908352&sr=1-1 It gets mixed reviews on Amazon because some users had problems getting it set up due to incompatible drivers or minimal documentation but at this price it's worth a gamble. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chelle > > Well, let's take this from the beginning > > First: What we're talking about is not really preservation. The issue of > video preservation is amazingly complex and unsettled from a technical > perspective (there are, for e.g., no real universal "standards" for video > preservation currently). Instead, we're talking about making replacement > or surrogate copies in another format, at best. (This isn't just > semantics, by the way...) > > OK. Under 108 you are allowed to make a limited number of replacement > copies of a work that is at physical risk...yadda yadda yadda. The law as > it currently reads sez that these copies need to be used in the building > (the library, for eg). At a recent Mellon confab with Mellon's lawyer, > there was some support for the possibility of interpreting this to mean > use within the confines of the institution (i.e. campus)...but this stuff > has not been settled or decided, by any means. > > So: what can you do under 108: > > You can burn DVDs (how broadly you circulate them depends on your > liberality in interpreting the conditions of 108...in my case, I DO > circulate 108 copies out of the library for classroom use) > > You can, in theory, create other digital files (such as mpeg 2 or 4 or > Flash, or what have you), but here things get considerably more dicey. > Despite my fairly liberal interpretation of 108, I would be very loath to > stream these titles outside of the immediate building--to classes or to > individual institutional, off-campus users, for example. Maybe there's a > colleague or institution out there that's even less risk-averse than I. > For the time being, I'm being cautious in this area. > > Remember: faculty making clips is not a 108 issue...it's a fair > use/TEACH/DMCA issue. > > > > All of that said: The DVD copy part of the equation is easy. Get a nice > JVC dual VHS/DVD machine (we like the MV-SR55) > > The analog to streamed road is much, much rockier. On the low end, you > can buy an analog/digital box (try, for eg: > http://www.amazon.com/Canopus-ADVC300-Advanced-Digital-Converter/dp/B0006UMGHE). > This gets hooked to your vhs player via an RCA cable and to your computer > via firewire. You need an ingest/edit software package...they range from > cheap or free to really expansive (such as Final Cut). We use iMovie for > the Mac...fairly cheap and gets the job done. The program will let you > convert to most popular codecs (including H.264, .mov, windows > media...what have you) > > You can also find loads of PC-based software... I sort of like Adobe > Premiere, but there are lots of others. > > The higher end solution is to go with something like a Digital Rapids > board: a high end ingest system that allows you to capture data from a > VHS or DVD player and either encode it or stream it on the fly. The board > alone cost about $9,000, so it's not for the economically faint of heart. > > Hope this helps. > > gary handman > > > > > > > > >> Hello, I've been lurking on this list for a while and have found all of >> your >> discussions to be incredibly helpful. I now have a question of my own I >> hope >> you can answer! I hope this hasn't been answered recently, and if it has, >> please let me know. >> >> >> >> We have a collection of VHS tapes that are getting to the point where they >> will qualify for digitization under section 108. They are definitely not >> available for purchase, we are a library that provides free access, the >> copies will be used here, and they are slowly becoming at greater physical >> risk, so we want to be prepared. >> >> >> >> My question is, what equipment and software are libraries using to do this >> kind of preservation digitization? My colleagues here at UW are Mac users >> and >> I am hoping to get some PC solutions. >> >> >> >> Can anyone give me some PC software/hardware suggestions? Also, we >> currently >> offer faculty a limited streaming Reserves service (short clips only) if >> Faculty do the digitization of the clips themselves (so the service is in >> very low use), but some day we'd like to be able to staff that service. >> So, >> I'd be particularly interested to hear if anyone has their preservation >> digitization and streaming digitization integrated into one PC >> workstation. >> >> >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> >> Chelle Batchelor >> >> Access Services / Reference Librarian >> >> Campus Library >> >> Serving UW Bothell and Cascadia Community College >> >> 425-352-5251 >> >> [email protected] >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve >> as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. >> > > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > [email protected] > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > --Francois Truffaut > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. 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