“Over the years, I have used two different formats of videotape: VHS-C (compact VHS video cassette) and the smaller but much higher-quality DVC (digital video cassette),” Robert Lachman reports for The Los Angeles Times.
“While the quality doesn’t match up well to today’s standards, it’s still a lot of fun to watch the videos. On the plus side, these old-school videos have very small file sizes, so I am hoping to fit 100 videos onto a 64 GB single flash drive which will plug into my Roku player with a USB port which is attached to my TV,” Lachman reports. “nother option for me would be to play the video through iTunes and use an Apple TV. Most TVs you buy today have a USB slot for multimedia.”
“In my research to find a more streamlined and faster system, I decided to buy the Blackmagic Design Video Recorder for $149 which is designed for Apple [Macintosh] computers,” Lachman reports. “The Blackmagic Design Video Recorder attaches into the USB port on my computer and the component plugs on the rear of my VHS player. Also available are S-Video and Composite plugs. I captured the video into a H.264 video file on my desktop making it a one-step process.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “David G.” for the heads up.]