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Whats the best budget friendly way to transfer vhs tapes (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hiya, pretty much the title. I have a dozen tapes I want to backup before age takes its toll. My basic idea after watching some videos online is to buy a hardware based upscaler that can interface with my vcr then throw that signal to a video capture card and record on my computer. I'll go with name brands to avoid problems but is that really the best method? I want to avoid sending them to a service since it will cost more than just buying the hardware in the first place and I got time to kill.

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[–] CamelCityCalamity 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Your link is backwards. The text goes in the square brackets and the URL in the parentheses.

Chuck E Cheese in 1994?

[Chuck E Cheese in 1994?](https://youtu.be/tzjdP94rKH4)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm an idiot and i didn't even catch that, thank you! I'll edit it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good human

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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