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The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)
Technology Connections
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- Presented by Alec Watson, creator of Technology Connections
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
1M views7 years ago3 recommendations
Alec Watson explains a simple and inexpensive method for capturing analog video using a composite-to-HDMI upscaler and an HDMI capture dongle.
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below. After much annoyance dealing with fiddly capturing methods, I thought I’d show you the method I stumbled upon that works amazingly well, is fairly cheap, and awfully easy. I’ve been thrilled with it, and I think you’ll be too. This here is the composite to HDMI “upscaler” I got. Note that in the product description, it say’s it can’t improve image quality, even though upscaler in the title. Go figure. amazon.com/CSRET-Composite-Converter-Upscaler-Supporting/dp/… And here’s the capture doodad: amazon.com/1080P-Video-Capture-Recorder-Compatible/dp/B07JW5… These links worked as of 7/4/19. In the future, you may need to search for similar alternatives. How about some other links? Technology Connections 2 (the channel where I sometimes talk about stuff and generally don’t prepare for anything): youtube.com/channel/UClRwC5Vc8HrB6vGx6Ti-lhA You can support this channel on Patreon! It has been amazing what Patreon has done for this channel, but also for me (your dorky host) personally. Through the support of people just like you, Technology Connections has become my job and I am so excited and thankful for it! If you’d like to join the fine folks in a pledge to help the channel grow, please check out my Patreon page. Thank you for your consideration! patreon.com/technologyconnections And thank you to the following Patrons! Trey Harris, Peter Pfundstein, Wilhelm Screamer, Mat Stu, Charlycobra, Thomas Kolanus, William Kisley, Daniel Johnson, Potch, Reemt Rühmkorf, Jack Nichol, Robin Rattay, Bruce Justyn, Rae McIntosh, Justin D, Adam Zawisza, LordJakson, Triancia, Max Barnash, Microfrost, MrSonicOSG, Sinirlan, Mitch Schenk, Juan Olivares, Mike Bird, Emmett Ray, Michael Shaffer, Steve Trambert, Sputnik, Jason Spriggs, Danny S., Gregory Kumpula, Chris Zaremba, Tom Burns, Daniel Pf, Yung Kim, John W Campbell, Matthew Jones, Dave Redmond, Slappy826, Steven Ingles, Robert Howcroft, Troy King, Some Random, Jeremy Heiden, Vince Batchelor, Peter Sarossy, Favian, Tracy Cogsdill, Matt Allaire, Guy, Benjamin Gott, Luke, Zach Le, Fredrik Østrem, Anil Dash, Simon Safar, Michael Wileczka, John Ehler, William Matthews, Fred Leckie, Julian Zielke, John Rogers, Kenneth Morenz, Andy, Adam Merolli, Greg Stearns, Zack, Robert L LaBelle, Chris Satterfield (Compgeke), Brian Johnson, Cameron Benton, Samuli Suomi, Keith McCready, Jeffrey Glover, John Marshall, Hsin-Kuei Chen, HenryD, Damian, David Anez, Josiah Keller, M T Bono, Conall Ó Maitiú, Struan Clark, Keeb, Tarrien, Jason Viterna, DrMoebyus, Biking With Panda, Chris Larsen, JH, Michael Romero, Jonathon Mah, Jonathan Polirer, Derek Nickel, Marc Versailles, Ian Pirner, Mark Stone, Arthur Zalevsky, John Fruetel, Christopher Swenson, Andrew DiaWhy it's here
3 people recommend this, 1 disputes itWhat people say. Recommended as a practical and accessible guide to digitizing VHS tapes, though some experts dispute the quality of the results.
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…kes it out to be. The problem isn't the moderation policy, it's the medium. It encourages easy passive absorption of anything presented in a slick matter by people who barely know what they're talking about. Take for instance this slick video talking about VHS capture by Technology Connections, which I used to have vaguely positive feelings about: link to this video The people on a forum with really deep knowledge on the subject have poor things to say about it: link . They say he only has a poor gasp of the subject, and half the time sounds like he's just reading off of Wikipedia. > There are plenty of alternative video distribution channels out there which don't have this problem, the only thing wh…
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The TV by itself might do it just fine! They often have good analog to digital converters built in as shown by Technology Connections: link to this video