Re: VHS->DVD

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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:42:13 +0100
Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 10/14/2010 12:33 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:29:10 -0400
> > Tod Thomas <fr33zone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >>   I remember reading some time ago that VHS was a proprietary standard 
> >> and without special equipment it was difficult to transfer it to other 
> >> media.  I'm pretty sure I heard within the last couple of years that the 
> >> VHS standard was retired, or its patent ran out, or something.  I 
> >> expected someone would eventually pick up on that and develop an open 
> >> source process for transferring old VHS content to DVD.  Is there 
> >> something likes this?  Am I dreaming?
> > 
> > You need a capture card for own stuff. It may be macrovision
> > protected so you can't do it without either other trivial bits (which I
> > believe are now illegal in the USA) or a tv capture card that doesn't get
> > confused by it.
> 
> I have a need for this (an old wedding video).  I'd be interested to know
> if anyone here knows of a tv capture card that works well with Fedora.

I used an old Brooktree BT848 based card for doing mine. The 848/878
based cards are normally found for peanuts over here these days and also
do analogue TV if you are in a part of the world that still has the old
system in use.

Alan
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