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  Re: How to capture composite video fxkl47BF <fxkl47BF@protonmail.com> - 2021-05-17 19:10 +0200

#235267 — Re: How to capture composite video

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On Monday, May 17, 2021 11:39 AM, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> wrote:

> I have a number of VHS tapes which I'd like to digitize, and I'm
> trying to figure out where to start, hardware- and software-wise.
> I'm running Debian Buster (10.5), kernel 4.19.0-10-amd64. I found a
> pcHDTV HD-5500, which I believe is basically a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150
> tweaked for Linux, and dropped it into my box, where it is found by
> lspci and shows up as /dev/video0. The card has an extender cable
> which leads to a bracket with RCA connectors for audio and composite
> video, as well as an S-Video connector. (For now, at least, I'm not
> interested in the TV tuner on the card.)
>
> Presumably, with the proper software and configuration settings,
> I should be able to plug a VCR into the RCA connectors and have
> video come up on the computer's screen, and hopefully save it to
> disk in some sort of standard format.
>
> What's a good starting point to find information on how to do this?

Canopus ADVC-300
i've used this device for many years
i works flawlessly
play the video
push a button on the advc-300
get a perfect digital copy

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