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

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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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[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I bought a little cable from china (I think aliexpress) It was cheap, like 10 dolars, and had a very simple software attached. That was it. Did a perfect job. It's a very simple process

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