First of all, please all accept my apologies if I disappeared after starting this. For several reasons, the whole "project" has gone on hold, and I... honestly forgot there were messages that deserved an answer. On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 14:19:53 PM +0000, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 14:22:58 +0100 > "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > What Fedora-compatible video capture hardware should I buy to hook VHS > > players, Firewire camcorders... to my computer? > > For VHS, you want to get a TV card. Lookup "video4linux" documentation > (usually called v4l) to find out what chipsets are supported by the > Linux kernel --- before you buy the hardware. Also, in case of TV cards, > hardware quality is usually proportional to its price. > > Another thing that I can recommend is to ask someone else to do it for > you --- there are professional/commercial mini-studios that can convert > your VHS to some digital format (usually to DVD), for a small price. > Typically they own the hardware do it with better quality than you could > do it yourself. I started the thread exactly because mini-studios are NOT an option for us. In my family there are lots of DV and VHS tapes where only 5 minutes, scattered through the whole tape, are worth preserving. Mini-studios around us would still ask full price for any of those tapes, with a total cost, I believe, a couple orders of magnitude bigger than video capture hw and some hacking night Apart from this, all the other info will surely be valuable when I get around to actually do it. Many thanks to Marko and all the others who contributed to this thread. Marco -- M. Fioretti http://mfioretti.com http://stop.zona-m.net Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
