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The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)

Technology Connections · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

Audio & video engineeringConsumer devices & gadgets

What it is

Technology Connections shows a cheap method for capturing analog video: a composite-to-HDMI upscaler feeding an HDMI capture dongle, aimed at digitizing home movies and VHS tapes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people recommend it as an affordable, good-quality way to digitize analog video.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “A reasonably priced and good quality bodge is described in”

    Affordable, good quality way to capture analog video.

    Maxious, 2019-08 · Recommendation · in “Capturing PAL video with an SDR, and a few dead ends”

  2. “does some good coverage of capturing/converting analogue video - hardware choices make huge difference.”

    Covers capturing analog video and hardware choices.

    interestica, 2020-10 · Recommendation · in “My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes”

  3. “a composite-to-HDMI upscaler and a cheap HDMI capture dongle”

    Trick using composite-to-HDMI upscaler and cheap capture dongle.

    ocdtrekkie, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “A blue connector does not USB 3.0 make”

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Topics: vhs digitizing, composite video, hdmi capture, home movies, upscaler

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