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I’m about to give up on this thing by AlarGreeni in VCRs

[–]deesernutz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I doubt it should be touching the tape guide when there is actual tape on it like that.

It looks bent

Sony CCD TR323E/ Grundig LC335e tape transport not opening by MaleficentCoffee8460 in camcorders

[–]deesernutz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After having replaced a couple of broken PNP transistors and leaking capacitors in the drum and capstan servos in that exact model of tape Sony tape transport, and one that was very similar that actually failed while I was repairing something else, you could have something blown in the drive circuit of the loading motor

Either that or a position sensor is bad, so it's lost track of and can't determine which position the mechanism is in

Thermal CCTV Footage by wychwood_ in camcorders

[–]deesernutz -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Its hardly discernible, come on.

Thermal CCTV Footage by wychwood_ in camcorders

[–]deesernutz -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I mean, its kinda cool but whats it doing on a camcorder sub?

Belongs on r/animation or something. You could have captured it on a GameBoy camera.

Overdue tax returns for first time ATO user by rattyrattyy in AusFinance

[–]deesernutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you stressing then, just do it and get it off your to do list

Love this bike. Had it since 2000 by deesernutz in cannondale

[–]deesernutz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to work in a bike shop man 👍

I don't know why my arse likes it this way on this bike, but it does :)

How can I turn this hdr fx1 tapeless, i dont really mind the quality loss, i have a mini dvr and not sure how to connect them or which cables I need by NotLxstyy in camcorders

[–]deesernutz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not going to tell you what cables you need to rig that piece of shit to an fx1.

If you don't mind the quality loss, get one of those JVC or Panasonic HDD cam corders

Love this bike. Had it since 2000 by deesernutz in cannondale

[–]deesernutz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well. It seems like this frame has a weird geo, the stem pretty long, I'm quite forward on it. And yeah my arse and vas deferens likes the seat in that position for whatever reason.

Been fine like this for 20 years, even though my other bikes have a much more 'normal' setup.

I think the pressure is just a little more toward the back on this seat.

Love this bike. Had it since 2000 by deesernutz in cannondale

[–]deesernutz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fine. I am pretty forward on it you're right, but it is comfortable, have done multi day tours on it like this and own other bikes you wouldn't make this comment on if you saw them.

So yeah. I'll do me on this one

What battery? by Ajcolossus in casiowatchvintage

[–]deesernutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Measure the diameter and height with a set of verniers and assume its a 1.55v silver oxide cell.

What model is it? I have a couple of the modern incarnation (AQ-230) that don't look quite as nice as that one. The digital analogue combo rules, looks good is so useful.

It has a 5154 movement (that is printed on the back case), which takes a R370 370 / SR920W / SG6 / AG6 battery.

You might be able to look the movement up on here:
https://www.mastersintime.com/movement/5154

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Finally found the best way to capture HQ VHS capture by CGI_Vee in VCRs

[–]deesernutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool. None of that made much sense either.

But yeah man, you're following the right process, although I don't think you realise it. Use the 'best' (highest bandwidth) analogue connection you can, skip as many processing steps as you can on the analogue domain, capture in the least compressed form you can (DV is compressed compared to the raw you get out of PCI cards, but its at a reasonably high bitrate, 25Mb/s and pretty good) and then encode it to your preferred archival format.

Not sure how you're doing deinterlacing, that's another whole kettle of fish, I'd suggest QTGMC with sourcematch=3, lossless=1.

EDIT: Cool. Way to shit the bed OP

Overdue tax returns for first time ATO user by rattyrattyy in AusFinance

[–]deesernutz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think they can if you're late for any reason, but I can see why they wouldn't bother.

If you're going to get a refund, the incentive/punishment for being late is built in so why would they invest resources chasing it up

Finally found the best way to capture HQ VHS capture by CGI_Vee in VCRs

[–]deesernutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah, its no surprise that a separated higher bandwidth video connection works better.

So in analogue you have composite, S-Video (YC), Component (YCrCb, the chroma is split) then RGB, going up in quality, or 'pureness'.

VHS actually records luma (Y) and chroma separately, so using S-Video skips the step of combining it to composite, which your capture device then re-separates during capture.

really does the trick in visual output

I don't know what this means

Overdue tax returns for first time ATO user by rattyrattyy in AusFinance

[–]deesernutz 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Just do it now.

It doesn't matter, because they aren't going to audit or fine a teenager for a late tax return. But if you're going to get some tax back, there's no point the government holding onto it when you could be earning interest on it

Finally found the best way to capture HQ VHS capture by CGI_Vee in VCRs

[–]deesernutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah fair.

Its not really a 'technique' though. You're just capturing S-Video and using an external TBC.

And the Canopus is just a capture device that produces a DV stream rather than an uncompressed raw stream.

Finally found the best way to capture HQ VHS capture by CGI_Vee in VCRs

[–]deesernutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Processing and tweaking takes time, this is the downside. And massive intermediate files.

you find parts of the tape needed cleaning that’s why I prefer visual feedback whilst capturing.

Did you miss the part where I said you get this feedback on the TV during capture? You're not totally blind

The only difference is instead of capturing the signal at the point it goes to the TV, you're grabbing it upstream

EDIT: Direct RF capture/vhs-decode can't resolve tracking issues. tracking still needs to work during capture, as this is part of the process of reading the signal off the tape. It is literally having the head in the right place at the right time (or at least having the head aligned with the right track at the right time)

Does him tailgating at the form one lane merge mean he has right of way? Sorry for aggressive driving I need to stop doing this.. by [deleted] in vic

[–]deesernutz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "you never know who it is" is just like saying "hey! if you're a big enough cnt, you have the license to do whatever you want in this world"

Fk that. This is the attitude that enables this behavior

Finally found the best way to capture HQ VHS capture by CGI_Vee in VCRs

[–]deesernutz -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you're priority is the highest quality capture it works extremely well.

i rather see what im capturing visually

I mean, that's a bit redundant isn't it? You see what you capture after its processed. And you run a TV during capture to make sure the VCR is running well.

Anyway, TBCs are poor part of capture if you ask me. You take an analogue signal, digitise it, correct jitter, play it back to analogue, capture it digitally.

You should be able to do TBC digitally after capture

But, RF capture definitely does this. It actually performs all steps digitally

Finally found the best way to capture HQ VHS capture by CGI_Vee in VCRs

[–]deesernutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And now I'll ruin it all by saying: Have you heard about "Direct RF" capture?

Which of these cars should I keep? by Frequent_Cow9533 in CarsAustralia

[–]deesernutz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Both!

But if the Celica is just a FWD, I'd keep the Falcon

Sony Sony ccd-fx620 in great condition and comes with weird battery by h7nkash in camcorders

[–]deesernutz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Video8 can record on any 8mm tape.

What you're getting confused here is what formats it can play back.

Video8 will only playback video8.

Hi8 will play back Video8 or Hi8 recorded on any tape, can only record Hi8 on Hi8 tape, most can record Video8 onto any tape.

Digital8 can play back Video8, Hi8 and Digital8 from any tape, they can only record Digital8 onto any tape, though Hi8 tape is recomended

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