Yup! I started quite a long time ago (2013 or so), and then Simon Inns in ~2018-2019 built the duplicator and did a great job disseminating things.

oyvindln then worked on VHS decoding as well independantly, and there are quite a few other people helping out too that I can't remember to credit right now.

So my thought is if you're going to get sucked into a big hobby project, it's better to make it something other people can build and get into as well!