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Questions tagged [vhs]

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ffmpeg video recording freezes after "Invalid data found when processing input"

I am trying to record my old VHS tapes using a USB video capture device and the following command: ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i default -f v4l2 -standard pal -i /dev/video0 -c:v libx264 -qp 0 -preset fast -strict -2 zzz.mp4 but sometimes, unexpectedly…
Vassilis Kotaras
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Does digital video degrade over time like analog tape does?

Today it is not difficult to find an old VHS from 80s or 90s that has suffered slight or serious degradation in quality over time, but back to the time when it was brand new, it was usually perfect. I’d like to know, in today’s digital world, we…
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Capture VHS to Mac

I have a Mac Pro running Leopard and a RCA to USB cable and a VCR. I'm trying to figure out the best way to capture VHS tapes onto my computer using what I have. I cannot seem to find video capturing software for Macs that would do this through USB,…
Kato
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Automate VHS capture in VLC (or anywhere)

I am currently undergoing a project converting all my parents old home movies on VHS to DVD (and also putting them on a harddrive), we have hundreds of these things and they are all around 2 hours long so naturally I want to try and make my process…
mr.bombastic
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my sweet old VHS collection

What is the best way to convert my VHS collection to something that I can view without a VHS player? I have a not so big collection 100 VHS I have plenty of storage I have a network media tank (A110 popcorn Hour but I can also purchase a new…
microspino
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What do I need to be able to convert analog video (VHS, or an old camcorder) on a Mac?

I have a number of old VHS tapes, as well as some analog 8mm tapes. I still have a working VCR, as well as the camcorder that recorded the tapes. I'd like to convert these on a Mac (MacBook Pro) - what do I need in order to digitize these tapes?
chris
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Capture the maximum data from a VHS tape and encode later?

I have a very valuable french VHS tape and have been asked to digitize it with my USB capture device Terratec Grabby, but I have some unreliable although cleaned VHS players and I am uncertain to have the possibility to do many time as capture as I…
Le Nain Jaune
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FFmpeg: maximum VHS quality?

I'm digitizing a number of VHS tapes into lossless video files using FFmpeg. How can I optimize my FFmpeg command further in order to come closer to the requested specs below, with the best possible quality? Target (ideal) lossless specs File…
user1763606
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How do I convert VHS tapes to digital format?

I, or rather my parents, have a PC running Windows, a collection of VHS tapes, and a VHS tape player with the following outputs: RCA A+V Out (Red, White, Yellow), S-Video, Component Video, RF. How can I / How would I best be able capture the…
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Best Practice/suggestions for capturing/encoding/formatting VHS video?

As a personal project for my family I recently purchased myself a Composite-USB converter in order to preserve many of the family's old home movies on VHS. Now, the proprietary software that the adapter comes with allows exporting at 720x480 in many…
Jacob K
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Digitize video?

I got some movies on a VCR that i want to move to my computer somehow. (for personal use) I have a video capture card and all hardware required. I'm looking for the software - programs, codecs etc. I like the format that most torrents come in and…
kire
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Automatically splitting video stream and saving only sections of real video/sound

Given a VHS player connected to a PC via a USB video capture, what I'm looking for is a way (in software) to constantly monitor that video input, and capture any "useful" sections to files whilst discarding the rest. For "useful" read anything with…
Mark Rogers
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How to read VHS using rawvideo

I want to digitize old VHS tapes on Windows 10. ffplay -hide_banner -f dshow -rtbufsize 2048M -i video="Roxio Video Capture USB":audio="Ligne (Dazzle Video Capture USB Audio Device)" It is not perfect but it works I don't want change the format…
jean-luc
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What is the right workflow to clean & replicate one-channel mono audio as stereo using ffmpeg?

What would be the right workflow in terms of sequence of steps to take what seems to be really a single channel audio captured from VHS tape (apart from the video track), and have it made available on the other channel. For now, only my right ear…
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How do use Ubuntu/Windows to capture video from input?

My Panasonic DMR EZ48 VHS/DVD player has an HDMI output. I want to copy VHS to digital files on my laptop. I have a USB to HDMI converter. How do I use my laptop to capture video from the VCR? I am more used to outputting video from the computer,…
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