Here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icruGcSsPp0
> What happens if you make a copy of a copy of a copy (and so on) of a VHS tape? This experiment shows how the quality degrades with every generation.
> The copying was done using two PAL VCRs in SP mode.
> (The video is Fading like a flower by Roxette)
This may sound crazy, but I wonder if there's a way to "automate" this deconstruction with ffmpeg...
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -strict -2 -crf 51 output.mp4 && rm input.mp4 && mv output.mp4 input.mp4
For better results, run the above command ten times:
for ((n=0;n<10;n++)); do ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -strict -2 -crf 51 output.mp4 && rm input.mp4 && mv output.mp4 input.mp4; done