Side note: any recommendations for digitization services for ~80 mini DV tapes?
Currently planning to try out LegacyBox, but the reviews are mixed.
I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and don't know what to do with them
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#12I would imagine that the Archive Team would be interested in these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_Team
Logistics in progress.
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#13eBay! My brother used to tape bicycle races and has hundreds of them. He's been blanking them and selling them on eBay for about $5 each.
I somehow think that may be the exact opposite of what the author is going for...
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#14AI solves this. Get AI to consume the lot and store it somewhere.
Then, in the future, query the AI to find out if a specific piece of footage (that you need) is contained therein.
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#15eBay! My brother used to tape bicycle races and has hundreds of them. He's been blanking them and selling them on eBay for about $5 each.
2000 vhs tapes on the wall 2000 vhs tapes
take one down
pass it around
1999 vhs tapes on the wall
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#16AI solves this. Get AI to consume the lot and store it somewhere. Then, in the future, query the AI to find out if a specific piece of footage (that you need) is contained therein.
A .txt file solves this if this is all op needs.
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#17Re: I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and don't know what to do with them
#18Side note: any recommendations for digitization services for ~80 mini DV tapes? Currently planning to try out LegacyBox, but the reviews are mixed.
Get a FireWire cable and rip the data straight from a dvcam to get the raw video files. Then compress with desired settings
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#19Whenever I see old low res grainy footage like this I wonder how well the latest image gen & AI can restore it
My experience trying to upscale Lexx from DVD copies is… not well…
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#20AI solves this. Get AI to consume the lot and store it somewhere. Then, in the future, query the AI to find out if a specific piece of footage (that you need) is contained therein.
I can't tell if this is satire or not.
Have you considered storing it on the blockchain instead, so this way it is immutable and permanent? /s