- #EASIEST WAY TO CONVERT VHS TAPES TO DIGITAL PC#
- #EASIEST WAY TO CONVERT VHS TAPES TO DIGITAL PLUS#
- #EASIEST WAY TO CONVERT VHS TAPES TO DIGITAL FREE#
If people say they capture to raw, then encode - yes, they are right. The TBC will probably bring the biggest gain in terms of quality, so try adding this step (as in the YT video described) Yes, I think even the cheap dongels are fine, but get a Dazzle 100 if possible. You need to check - altgough I think doing a good quality de-interlacing pass looks fine. Getting interlacing preserved and finding a codec that does so as well can be challenging though. My CPU just couldn't handle it in one step, even writing raw video was a challenge.įirst step is capture to HUFYUV I think (which is "raw" video) then a slower encoding pass via ffmpeg to mp4. 264 Now as I remember better I did it in a two step process (just as in the guide). You are right, I mentioned that I digitized straight to. Results are okay though.Īs said, I followed this guide: - which probably is a bit outdated in terms of commands etc. I did about 20 tapes and had enough then (the permanent sirring of the VHS deck.). so the encoding was always lagging and sync being lost.
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The dongle I used was a pain (easycap), a cheap 5$ thing, and my PC was crappy back then. A TBC will guarantee for a cleaner result.
When I digitized I wasn't using a TBC (sadly) and had a lot of issues with chroma fields, lines, unsync and stuff.
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At one point you have to say: it's good enough for me.įrom this YT video (which is quite good), a good combo seems to be the Dazzle 100 "dongle" plus a Time Base Corrector - where the video suggests getting a cheap DV recorder (which has a TBC built in) and use it as chepo tbc - great hint! - a dedicated TBC is very epensive. My experience with digitizing is that it's never 100%. PC wise, using a HP Omen 17 Laptop, i7 10th, 16gb Ram, RTX 2070 Super, so should be enough to handle everything :-) I am wondering if its worth trying to upscale the video of if this will make it look rubbish. I guess my main thing is I want to get the videos over in the best quality I can (well least from VHS), most the videos are mid 80s - late 90s so have been aging for a while.Įditing wise, if I can get into H.284 I can bring it into resolve and happy to edit it there. but then I have seen some cables for £15. On amazon, one video I watched mentioned a Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle, but that's £184. When you say Capture Card, what exactly is that? Thanks, More I look into it, more complicated it is getting haha! Just make sure to tag the post with the flair and give a little background info/context. On Fridays we'll allow posts that don't normally fit in the usual data-hoarding theme, including posts that would usually be removed by rule 4: “No memes or 'look at this '”
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