Hello everyone on Mbin, Lemmy and other parts of the Fediverse!

I have some family moments, (vacations, Christmases, birthdays, …) on VHS tape. I want to convert them in into modern, digital video files. I tried doing it with a GBS-C, but being French, those VHS are in SECAM, and neither GBS-Cs nor OSSC support thore formats. (At first it looked like I would only have the sound, but it ultimately killed my GBS-C.)

So, what do YOU use to preserve your old family memories in the modern, digital world? And does it support SECAM?

Thanks to all of those that can and will help me.

#VHS #SECAM #tape #SECAMtapes #SaveOldMemories #digitizingOldTapes

  • @SidewaysHighways
    4•6 days ago

    the VCR does output both audio and video over HDMI, but the video is stretched, and I haven’t dug through the menu to see if I can change it.

    but the beauty of this piece is it has basically every input.

    We’ll see! I’ll post an update once my s video cable gets here

    • BigouOPEnglish
      4•6 days ago

      Thanks! Good luck and keep me updated, I’m curious to know if you can get a good result. (I don’t see why not, but still.)

      —

      That said, I might go another route. I seems the successor to a tuner card I used to have was apparently made again. (Said successor being the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-5525, to be precise.) It does have a capture function, especially since I still have the I/O extension from my previous tuner, (the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2200) which is compatible with this newer model too. Might go that route instead, as it would also let me watch TV and listen to FM radio again.

      I had already captured one VHS with the old card, but not only did I lose most of the capture since, and my old tuner also died. (Not that it’s very surprising, as it was the oldest part still present in my PC even back at the time of its demise. It is missed, but lived a plentiful life.) Plus, I since migrated to Linux, and this new model is better supported than the old one on said OS.