Re:My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
by 01100011 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:27PM
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Unrelated: What are people using nowadays to rip DVDs in Linux? I'm getting sick of holding on to my old DVD collection. The last time I looked into this was over a decade ago and there was still some debate over which codec and container was the best. I don't even have a DVD drive now, so I'll have to buy one just to be able to rip them. Maybe it's better to just find them on BT...
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Re:My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
by haldora on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:45PM
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I always had good success with MakeMKV (http://www.makemkv.com), but it's only available on Windows and Mac. I'd then use Handbrake to convert into a more accessible format (maybe shoot for H265?).
Re:My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
by genpfault on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:56PM
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> but it's only available on Windows and Mac.
Oh? [1] has been working great for the past 5-6 years.
Re:My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
by scrollaway on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:47PM
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MakeMKV is how I digitized my dvd collection as well. Felt right.
Re:My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
by maxwellwhite on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:34PM
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I’m not sure if it’s available or not for Linux but I’ve had a lot of success using Handbrake.
Re:My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
by theandrewbailey on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:43PM
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I've been using MakeMKV[0] for years. It rips the raw video, chapters, etc., and doesn't re-encode, but I have enough space for it.
Re:My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
by mixmastamyk on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:24PM
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Handbrake, but if you don't have a drive, the answer is BT.