07-10-2010, 12:58 PM
David Pogue did a writeup on a scan service.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/techno...pogue.html
I've taken unknown negatives to Walmart for scanning, ok quality, but it tells you if its worth doing better.
For video, usually I just record VHS into a DVD recorder while I'm doing other things. Best quality will give you two hours of DVD time, so its not easy. Record two hours, start recording another two on another disc. Import the DVD ( i convert to DV with MPEG Streamclip). By the time that's finished, you have another two hours recorded.
If you are transferring recorded TV, I like to keep commercials as part of the recording, put the chapter stops after them so you can skip, but they usually will bring up memories the first time, skippable afterwards.
Finally I convert the video to 320x240 MP4. It doesn't look any worse than 640x480 fullscreen, and the 640 size has some kind of hexagonal noise that gets covered up at the low rez
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/techno...pogue.html
I've taken unknown negatives to Walmart for scanning, ok quality, but it tells you if its worth doing better.
For video, usually I just record VHS into a DVD recorder while I'm doing other things. Best quality will give you two hours of DVD time, so its not easy. Record two hours, start recording another two on another disc. Import the DVD ( i convert to DV with MPEG Streamclip). By the time that's finished, you have another two hours recorded.
If you are transferring recorded TV, I like to keep commercials as part of the recording, put the chapter stops after them so you can skip, but they usually will bring up memories the first time, skippable afterwards.
Finally I convert the video to 320x240 MP4. It doesn't look any worse than 640x480 fullscreen, and the 640 size has some kind of hexagonal noise that gets covered up at the low rez
edit to add link