Standard MPEG2 capture is fine for VHS. x264 won't give you better quality as it can't create lines of resolution. Besides, *everything* can read MPEG2...
I did about 15-20 of them last year, some of them Macrovision protected. I used an Hauppauge PVR-150 capture card (didn't seem to mind Macrovision like my Theatre 550), or I could have used my video stabiliser.
I used two vcrs. A really nice JVC from around 1986 (HR-830U) for most of the tapes with the PVR-150. for some of the tapes where I couldn't get audio from both channels (mangled tape), I used a Samsung VHS/DVD combo since that one allowed me to force left or right on both channels (but no manual tracking).
Most important thing, be prepared to clean the machine quite a bit using a wet cleaning system, not the abrasive ones, as those old tapes could flake (or be dirty). For capture, I used DVD movie factory (came with an old burner) and Video Redo (trial) for commercial removal and editing. Figure about 2GB/hour on DVD Quality (not worth going higher since it's only VHS.
If it's an old VCR, be prepared to replace straps as some of them might have dried out or decomposed / broken (like I'm about to do on the old Beta, one of them is slipping).
As someone else said in the thread, some home movies might have issues with white balance, a video stabiliser is helpful to help fix that issue...
Agility 2 here, still kicking after 3 years of heavy use, half of that without TRIM, perhaps they had their flaws, but mine has been working fine. I've had a bunch of Seagates crap out on me in the same time (always the same thing, bad sectors). With the race for the biggest drive, reliability has gone down the drain...
We're talking about the same country who got its ass kicked by vietcongs for at least two decades (while using Napalm). Ass kicked in Afghanistan by people using weapons the CIA gave them back in the late '70s when Brejnev invaded their country and IEDs. The same country that declared WAR against Irak because of WMDs (Oil), but was the only one to use them... Twice... Hiroshima August 6th 1945... Enola Gay...Little Boy...Gun Type 16kT. Nagasaki August 9th 1945... Bockscar...Fat Man...Implosion type 21kT.
Other designs were planned. We're talking about weapon testing... If the war wasn't over back in the old countries, they would *never* have dropped a nuclear weapon in europe.
Check your family tree ( I assume you know you have one). Pick any race you hate, I'm pretty sure one of your ancestors is one, making you the very thing you hate...
So, in most markets that's the way it works (telco and cableco). Even if there are resellers, prices are about the same (like gas stations)...
The problem is ISPs are also content distributers, so they want to prevent Netflix and such from competing with their own services (or TV channels), hence why Comcast was able to force Netflix to pay them...
Molded Lego bricks are an order of magnitude more precise than what a 3-d printer could do. Just look at Mega blocks for the difference in parts tolerances (altough TBH they are much better now)...
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Standard MPEG2 capture is fine for VHS. x264 won't give you better quality as it can't create lines of resolution. Besides, *everything* can read MPEG2...
Hauppauge PVR-150 works in 32-bit Win7. Same thing for my Syntek 1160 (EasyCap)
Hauppauge HVR-1600 works in 32/64.
I did about 15-20 of them last year, some of them Macrovision protected. I used an Hauppauge PVR-150 capture card (didn't seem to mind Macrovision like my Theatre 550), or I could have used my video stabiliser.
I used two vcrs. A really nice JVC from around 1986 (HR-830U) for most of the tapes with the PVR-150. for some of the tapes where I couldn't get audio from both channels (mangled tape), I used a Samsung VHS/DVD combo since that one allowed me to force left or right on both channels (but no manual tracking).
Most important thing, be prepared to clean the machine quite a bit using a wet cleaning system, not the abrasive ones, as those old tapes could flake (or be dirty). For capture, I used DVD movie factory (came with an old burner) and Video Redo (trial) for commercial removal and editing. Figure about 2GB/hour on DVD Quality (not worth going higher since it's only VHS.
If it's an old VCR, be prepared to replace straps as some of them might have dried out or decomposed / broken (like I'm about to do on the old Beta, one of them is slipping).
As someone else said in the thread, some home movies might have issues with white balance, a video stabiliser is helpful to help fix that issue...
Or use a video stabiliser (AKA Macrovision stripper). But if they're not commercial tapes, there won;t be any protection.
That's why I'm using my Beta to stream movies...
No, that's NTFS compression. Doublespace, Drivespace, Stacker and such worked at the drive level
Agility 2 here, still kicking after 3 years of heavy use, half of that without TRIM, perhaps they had their flaws, but mine has been working fine. I've had a bunch of Seagates crap out on me in the same time (always the same thing, bad sectors). With the race for the biggest drive, reliability has gone down the drain...
Customer has to pay overquota fees because the same ISP don't want you to use resources...
Drive porn to the black market... That will probably work as well as the war against drugs...
Oh wait... Harper's in power
While living in a cave...
We're talking about the same country who got its ass kicked by vietcongs for at least two decades (while using Napalm). Ass kicked in Afghanistan by people using weapons the CIA gave them back in the late '70s when Brejnev invaded their country and IEDs. The same country that declared WAR against Irak because of WMDs (Oil), but was the only one to use them... Twice... Hiroshima August 6th 1945... Enola Gay...Little Boy...Gun Type 16kT. Nagasaki August 9th 1945... Bockscar...Fat Man...Implosion type 21kT.
Other designs were planned. We're talking about weapon testing... If the war wasn't over back in the old countries, they would *never* have dropped a nuclear weapon in europe.
Check your family tree ( I assume you know you have one). Pick any race you hate, I'm pretty sure one of your ancestors is one, making you the very thing you hate...
"I mean they could dump it on the moon"
I'm gonna miss the moon...
So, in most markets that's the way it works (telco and cableco). Even if there are resellers, prices are about the same (like gas stations)...
The problem is ISPs are also content distributers, so they want to prevent Netflix and such from competing with their own services (or TV channels), hence why Comcast was able to force Netflix to pay them...
The same way a speaker is driven (well the opposite actually)
That is one heck of an addictive game sir... congrats...
"a plant-based patty that tastes better than their beef ought not to be difficult at all"
Considering the box it comes in probably has better nutritional value, shouldn't be too hard
Why?
You can already do that with blank PC boards, etching acid, software like Eagle, Orcad and such. Much cheaper and not that hard to do.
What are those smartmeters for?
Just imagine if they aim that thing at corn fields? I can see the headlines, major city destroyed by popcorn tsunami...
Don't manufacturers test their updates? it's not like they couldn't keep some of the stuff they sell for said testing...
Molded Lego bricks are an order of magnitude more precise than what a 3-d printer could do. Just look at Mega blocks for the difference in parts tolerances (altough TBH they are much better now)...
Servers can be run on virtualized IPs, like in the ten last years...
Shouldn't that be illegal?
The Insight and Prius are *not* pure electric vehicles. As for Ford, neither are the Escape and Fusion.
The Chevy Spark is new, but not the same class as the Tesla (smaller city car), but it's a start.
When they start building 100% electric Corollas, Civics or other mass-market cars, then maybe prices will go down.