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.
And you’ll still need a firewire card too.
I still have a bunch of old 8mm tapes, a camera, and firewire card. It’s archived work product. Otherwise, I’d toss 'em.
Oddly enough, the laptop I’m sitting in front of has firewire. (And linux sees it! Might actually work…)