On 10/14/2010 12:33 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:29:10 -0400 > Tod Thomas <fr33zone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I remember reading some time ago that VHS was a proprietary standard >> and without special equipment it was difficult to transfer it to other >> media. I'm pretty sure I heard within the last couple of years that the >> VHS standard was retired, or its patent ran out, or something. I >> expected someone would eventually pick up on that and develop an open >> source process for transferring old VHS content to DVD. Is there >> something likes this? Am I dreaming? > > You need a capture card for own stuff. It may be macrovision > protected so you can't do it without either other trivial bits (which I > believe are now illegal in the USA) or a tv capture card that doesn't get > confused by it. I have a need for this (an old wedding video). I'd be interested to know if anyone here knows of a tv capture card that works well with Fedora. Andrew. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
