I can’t believe it took a whole month of trial and error just to find the right hardware… There’s also an audio cassette player and a VCR incoming. Meanwhile:

The piece that actually does the analog to digital conversion: a composite video to HDMI adapter and converter. The SCART head in the back can take RCA or S-video contacts. The weakest link in the whole setup, because a professional person would probably use an expensive expansion card inside their computer or the likes… TekJ2blWAjNfK1j.jpg

The capture card. It takes digital video and/or audio signals through an HDMI connection and sends it to the computers via USB-C. Perhaps the second weakest link, since - again - a pro would probably do the conversion with a fancy PCIe card.
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My beloved TASCAM. The only piece that I already had in my possession. Instead of letting the above capture card capture the analog audio, I let this do that. Do read up on TASCAM! They have a pretty long and reputable history within audio.
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This little handheld video camera will playback Mini DV cassettes. I have already captured two of them successfully. Oh boi, do I love the second hand market.
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  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Hi, sorry for being so late to the party, but I wonder what is the breadboard on the right of the display? It has 2 batteries and a LED. Just curious.

    Also congrats for the floppy disks (Scotch on the right), I haven’t seen those things in a billion years.

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      A wizard is never late…
      Heroes always arrive late
      etc.

      Oh, that breadboard was just me wanting to see with my own eyes the process of the “arm/lever” of a relay being actuated by electromagnetism.

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      Thanks, he he. My dad gave them to me before moving to another country (long story). I tried reading the floppys with his Commodore 64 (the story was shared here ) to no avail… I sold all the hardware but kept the floppys in case I someday find the inspiration to buy this.

  • ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml
    8·
    10 days ago

    Placing the PC the other way around was an interesting choice. I am in no way saying it was the wrong one. I am kinda considering it myself now

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      7·
      10 days ago

      It actually came naturally, as I got tired of reaching all the way every time I need to plug in or unplug something. It probably also gives better ventilation? And pushing the power-on button in the back isn’t as inconvenient as plugging and unplugging cables. xD

        • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          3·
          10 days ago

          Two things:

          1. Actually, I don’t, because ASUS decided NOT to have any surface of the PSU to be reachable from the outside, so the magic button is inside the fucking chassi. xD
          2. I just LOVE this image. It has that 120/230 volt swtich. I can’t. xD
          • ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml
            3·
            10 days ago

            When I was a kid and had my first computer, I found that red switch. I did it when my computer was running, and then there was some smoke. Fortunately, it was a really cheap PC

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    5·
    10 days ago

    Yay for converting video and audio to digital!

    [A project for another year: converting slides, negatives, and family photos to digital. It’s a long process!]

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      Heh, I’ve already started that project too. Sometimes I meet up with mom, sit down with her, I bring my laptop and Canon scanner (LiDE 400), and I let her tell about the photographs that we scan and save. Give the filenames some representative name and date. 😊

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      1·
      22 hours ago

      Heh, yeah, I love them for their “retro factor”, but as for the sound, they are waaay too bassy for my taste. xD I just use them to monitor what I’m converting. ˆˆ

  • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 days ago

    You might look for a sony dvmc-da2 as they used to be relatively cheap until a YouTube video made people aware of them. You might be able to snag one though.

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      Thanks! Already saw that video and went down that “rabbit hole” of scouring the internet… Best I could find was somebody selling one in prime condition on eBay, shipping from Japan, which would’ve been far to expensive for me at the moment. Already spent nearly 1K on this, so… But thanks anyway! 😊