TOtoomuchtodo·Dec 18, 2023
In VHS-decode project could help archival efforts (2022)oyvindln
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oyvindln / vhs-decode
vhs-decode
Software defined VHS decoder - Fork (maybe temporary) of the ld-decode Laserdisc rf decoder
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Software defined VHS decoder - Fork (maybe temporary) of the ld-decode Laserdisc rf decoder
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- happycube/ld-decode · linked in 3 of the same discussions
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesNo, I’m using an ADC modified for use with LD captures [0]. I did this because it’s cheaper in theory, although with the amount of time I’ve dumped into getting it working and keeping it working, the $500 or so for the Domesday Duplicator may well have been a better choice.
[0]: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode/wiki/CX-Cards#what-is...
In HandBrake 1.7.0 – The open source video transcoderThere's a fork of the same software decoder (to be covered in video part 2) that does VHS tape signal instead https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
In The Domesday Duplicator (2022)do you use a domesday duplicator? seems like fascinating stuff, hilarious (and impressive [0]) to see it used with VHS via VHS decode [1] .
[0] https://youtu.be/ZMI5ma6IqZw?t=25
[1] https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
In HandBrake 1.7.0 – The open source video transcoderFor NTSC, also check out https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
In WebSDR – Internet-connected Software-Defined RadiosFor VHS there's the VHS-Decode project that's trying to do something similar. I don't think they work by scanning the tape itself with some custom hardware, but rather by recording some kind of internal RF drum head signal inside the VCR itself. Then they have a software stack to decode the VHS signal into actual video. Looks pretty cool, but I've never used it.
https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
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