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<blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 9385347" data-attributes="member: 54364">I'm pretty sure bards love happy endings.It's doable if you're a dedicated enthusiast. But it getting set up isn't cheap or easy.The hardest thing might be finding a player you can play your media on. As I type I am sitting in a room surrounded by VHS, Umatic, MiniDV, Digibeta, Beta SP and even a J-format machines. But this collection took time and money to put together. It also takes engineers to maintain. So if you have a varied bunch of media types I cannot imagine it would be cheap or easy to put together the players you need.But the basic process is:You get yourself a working player. Then you need an analogue to digital converter. You can get stand alone hardware that does this. (That's what I work with.) But there are more than a few cards available that you can plug into your computer. Not personally familiar with any, but my reading on the subject suggests there are plenty of good ones available. You will need cables to connect your old-timey player to your Analogue-Digital converter. You will need encoding software.You may want some sort of mastering software to then tidy up the files you make. Unless you're happy with the quality of the capture.Hope that helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DrunkonDuty, post: 9385347, member: 54364"] I'm pretty sure bards love happy endings. It's doable if you're a dedicated enthusiast. But it getting set up isn't cheap or easy. The hardest thing might be finding a player you can play your media on. As I type I am sitting in a room surrounded by VHS, Umatic, MiniDV, Digibeta, Beta SP and even a J-format machines. But this collection took time and money to put together. It also takes engineers to maintain. So if you have a varied bunch of media types I cannot imagine it would be cheap or easy to put together the players you need. But the basic process is: You get yourself a working player. Then you need an analogue to digital converter. You can get stand alone hardware that does this. (That's what I work with.) But there are more than a few cards available that you can plug into your computer. Not personally familiar with any, but my reading on the subject suggests there are plenty of good ones available. You will need cables to connect your old-timey player to your Analogue-Digital converter. You will need encoding software. You may want some sort of mastering software to then tidy up the files you make. Unless you're happy with the quality of the capture. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]

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