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My job is to digitize cassette tapes, VHS tapes, and other magnetic media.
So first I'd have to explain the miracle of how we managed to capture moving images and sounds onto these thin strips of plastic covered in rust. I'd follow that up by explaining how that technology is now considered quaint and out of date, and that these days we just get a thinking machine to remember that sort of thing for us.
Here's a question for you: I have some old Hi-8 camcorder tapes that I want to digitize without sharing them with anyone else (don't ask!). What's the cheapest/easiest way for me to do that? Thanks :)
I did this with my dad's old tapes. get an av to usb converter on amazon, plug camera into computer. play and records with ffmpeg or vlc