vhs-decode VS vhs-teletext

No, I’m using an ADC modified for use with LD captures [0]. I did this because it’s cheaper in theory, although with the amount of time I’ve dumped into getting it working and keeping it working, the $500 or so for the Domesday Duplicator may well have been a better choice.

[0]: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode/wiki/CX-Cards#what-is...

For NTSC, also check out https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode

I'm very happy to make the announcement we are migrating not only FM RF but as time permits many full demo sets (RF+TBC+Video+Audio) and full re-masters of tapes from our community and userbase of including but not limted to lost media.

Your going to want to use vhs-decode and FM RF capture standard video captrue has long been supassed in terms of archival and resulting decoded quality.

There's VHS-Decode as well, a small fork specific for VHS, Beta, Video8, etc.

Directly capturing the output, without converting it, will provide the best results. With modern open-source decoders, you can even connect directly to the drum head signal, and capture with no further loss than what occurred during recording.

Furthermore, there are projects that seek to preserve (as accurately as can be sorted out) all of the information that is contained on any given VHS tape, such as this one: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode

Have a look into VHS-Decode, arguably the best way as its true raw capture and also probably the cheapest for the quality you get, but requires soldering and basic Linux skills. I've mostly stopped bothering with other methods.

But here have a look at Some CVBS Samples the source TBC files can be easily viewed with ld-analyse with the ld-tools for windows too.

There is only one way in the 2020s VHS-Decode & HiFi-Decode

Since you look to be deep into this, let me take the opportunity and ask what do you think of the vhs-decode project. Today's tools are already overkill for vhs, but what if you could squeeze every magnetic bit out of those medias? when I think floppy preservation nowadays, i think about flux copies and wonder if we're not also leaving some more on the plate (like teletext pages that are able to be ripped from home recordings).

Not that I’m aware of, but the people responsible for it released the software to capture the data. https://github.com/ali1234/vhs-teletext

How does one "recover" teletext data, you may wonder.

Apparently, there is software for extracting teletext signal recorded on VHS tapes with the help of a video capture hardware: https://github.com/ali1234/vhs-teletext

What amazingly strange hobbies people have!

No problem, sounds like it's a hellish task recovering them though. If you're a Linux user you can join in as it's still an ongoing project.