I've tried a few capture solutions over the years, both new and old, and so far the one that I have found to work for me is an old HP Media Center PC connected to a regular VCR. If the tape is degraded or noisy, the capture card will not ignore the signal like some newer devices. The only drawback is finding software that works well with the old Pentium 4 era hardware. I kept an old copy of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 12 which supports video card capture in different formats, since Windows Movie Maker only really captures in WMV and doesn't give you a lot of capture options. Frustratingly, Adobe CS4 was not able to see my capture card like it does for DV cameras, as CS4 is probably a lot easier to obtain a copy of (even as just a trial) compared to other editors of the day.

Never seen Linus so red-faced in all the time I've watched the channel. 🤣🤣

OH Shit 😄 im actually so stupid excited when i see a channel i watch reference another channel that is similar yet (to my knowledge) have never Collaborated.
Technology Connections is also a good channel because its not one of those tacky channels….at least, tacky in the 'bad ways' 😝

Edit: Dont feel Embarrassed Or Mortified by the camp video Linus, You made the summer better for how-ever-many kids that year and even if they dont remember you, they certainly remember your shenanigans

Dang this is weird. I was only 2 months old at the time of that tape being recorded. Now I'm 19

I have personally destroyed any old footage or images of my existence because they bring me such great pain as a trans person. I do not understand why people want to keep "memories" such as this.

That Worst french i seeing

Jan 2023: I grab VCRs from local thrift whenever possible – still finding working units for an average cost of $10 USD.

bought my VCR in 2015 and it's hooked to the 4K TV, i also have 30+ year old VHS that are still good and they are not going into an attic

I remeber being a kid and thinking no one will wont to wach these home movies in the future because they looks so bad it was like every vhs was out of focus.

I still have a VCR in my room. I love the tech from my childhood like my PS2 and classic Xbox (Both of wich I still have)

did anyone notice linus has a sponsor every video

I've been watching Linus for YEARS! And as someone who went to summer camp every year as a child, I LOVE THIS by far my favorite video yet! Thanks LMG for this! You had me looking up pics and videos from my own camp experiences and yeah… It's something.

But how do you change it from as to hd without loosing and of the screen like Disney did to the Simpsons

I converted all of my parents 8mm tapes and it took me six months to transfer them to dvd and import them in the computer and then split each date with a fade in and fade out and burn it with a menu so we can skip dates ❤❤❤❤ now work on my moms days on Oshawa City Council and that is a bigger job then famoly films mom is @dinadykstra

Speaking natively French is such a blessing to watch this video

17:30 young Linus was ham! 👏
Good job for having the bravado to put that out

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just fyi depending on the vhs player you use mostly likely you will need a standalone TBC device if you go the SDI route. othe wise the picture might not show or look glitchy.

I would be careful with loading that attic with much more stuff. I am not familiar with Canadian building codes, but in the USA the bottom is probably not designed for much load on the bottom for "stuff". The only thing holding the bottom onto the diagonals is pairs of small metal plates. If you load too much on the bottom you can overload those plates and the piece holding the bottom can separate from the diagonal 2×4's. I have seen the ceiling come down totally when people load their attic with boxes of books and other household goods.

This is a really great video though. I have a lot of VHS as well as small Digital videotapes that need to be transferred to the web for storage.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane! VHS was so weird looking back on it, with all the different formats and variety of VCRs. For video that is total crap by today's standards. To be fair, it looked like crap in 90s standards too, compared to professionally-produced movies and TV shows that were shot on film at the time. It was still a better consumer-friendly option than its predecessors though!

Aww…come on. I`m 35 yo and I stil have a fully working VCR. Even got some tapes that have computer games (VBS, Video Backup System, maybe a good idea for a video?). Old tech is also fun – sometimes it's a unique experience to discover something long forgotten again 🙂