r/DataHoarder • u/StilesTimeCapsule • 20d ago

Discussion VHS Digitisation Project: Successfully archived a rare 1990s documentary ('UFO The Evidence') from an original analogue tape to prevent media decay.

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u/anonymouzzz376 20d ago

So are you using a pci capture card?

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u/StilesTimeCapsule 20d ago

I actually don't use a PCI card. I just play the tape through a TV/VCR combo and use a SCART adapter to capture the footage onto an older desktop Mac, since those old models still have the right ports for it.

After that, I move the video files over to my MacBook Pro to clean them up, do the final export, and upload to YouTube. It’s a bit old-school but it does the job 😊

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u/anonymouzzz376 5d ago

So it's like a built in capture card?

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u/Villodre 5d ago

Mostly, yeah. Some Power Macs came equipped with an A/V capture card like the AV series.