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too bad the first and best capture option costs several hundred of dollars otherwise this would be epic. Now its just awesome ;)

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The easiest supported option seems to be this: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrd5cMK

Yes, which you still need to add to a VHS player.

Well yes, but that’s the problem with VHS tapes :)

Realistically, this seems at least an order of magnitude cheaper than any option with comparable quality, and VHS players can be found for much more money and way more easily than a Time Base Corrector (whose output you will still need to digitize somehow)

for much LESS money, not more, of course. Too late to edit

No audio?

If I get this correctly, you’re using the RF input to get the whole magnetic signal on the tape, which would include the audio track

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