Inspired by uncommnephemera's Twitch stream yesterday and pulled out 3 #VideoTapes from 1989 #fanvids (#StarTrek, #StarWars, Blake's 7) and resumed #digitizing

#vcr #songvids #songtapes

https://twitter.com/uncommnephemera?t=MiOIGbx1R4A1vAQDmSCmIw&s=09

If you like watching someone do #VCR tape transfers enroute to sharing retro commercials, my friend on YT, Kierstyn, is running a livestream until 1230am ET https://www.youtube.com/live/VlU8s2x2gRE?feature=share

The Federated Group Smash VCR 1986 TV Ad Commercial

#FredRated #TheFederatedGroup #TVCommercial #VCR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoNJvYHzuPU

A Throwback Thursday to the old school days when our teachers MAY have needed a break, too...

#TV #VCR #AV #audiovisual #Throwback #Thursday #ThrowbackThursday #school #oldschool #movie #movieday #plans #lessonplans #teacher #teachers #teacherlife

YouTube Like It’s 1970s France with this Minitel-VCR Mashup

https://hackaday.com/2022/08/27/youtube-like-its-1970s-france-with-this-minitel-vcr-mashup/

#Retrocomputing #levelshifter #RaspberryPi #raspberrypi #Minitel #youtube #mashup #serial #lirc #vcr #vlc

The last generation VHS VCRs are practically little robots. With all their sensors, they can detect the end of the tape and automatically slow down on fast forward or rewind, they detect the state of the tape drive through a rotary encoder and by several systems that can also detect faults and by that protecting the tape inside the VHS.

Here is one of that little robots in action, showing basic VHS functions:

https://files.der.moe/v/vhs_all_basic_functions.webm

#VHS #Robot #VCR #Electronics

The last generation VHS VCRs are practically little robots. With all their sensors, they can detect the end of the tape and automatically slow down on fast forward or rewind, they detect the state of the tape drive through a rotary encoder and by several systems that can also detect faults and by that protecting the tape inside the VHS.

Here is one of that little robots in action, showing basic VHS functions:

https://files.der.moe/v/vhs_all_basic_functions.webm

#VHS #Robot #VCR #Electronics

And if the VCR cannot get the tracking signal in LP mode and switches between LP and SP speed, try recording HiFi audio in SP mode first. If that also doesn't work, the tape is only useful for video recordings without HiFi audio.

#VCR #VHS #HiFi #HiFiVHS #Music #Analog

And if the VCR cannot get the tracking signal in LP mode and switches between LP and SP speed, try recording HiFi audio in SP mode first. If that also doesn't work, the tape is only useful for video recordings without HiFi audio.

#VCR #VHS #HiFi #HiFiVHS #Music #Analog

If your VHS recorder is "chewing" tape or ejects the VHS right away and displays "error", then there are two possible causes for this, according to internet sources: Either a loose belt or a greasy rotary encoder.

In my case, it was a greasy rotary encoder. After cleaning it with a leaf of TP, the VHS recorder is working fine again. Make sure to mark the position of the rotary encoder before opnening it, so that you can put it into the same position after cleaning.

#VHS #VCR #Repair #DIY

If your VHS recorder is "chewing" tape or ejects the VHS right away and displays "error", then there are two possible causes for this, according to internet sources: Either a loose belt or a greasy rotary encoder.

In my case, it was a greasy rotary encoder. After cleaning it with a leaf of TP, the VHS recorder is working fine again. Make sure to mark the position of the rotary encoder before opnening it, so that you can put it into the same position after cleaning.

#VHS #VCR #Repair #DIY

A note about the energy consumption of VCRs: They can require up to 20 or 30 Watts of electrical energy, but when measured, the real power consumption is less than that. But in standby mode they can consume up to 5 Watts just for displaying a clock or „--:--“, so you should always switch them off after use.

In conclusion, using Hi-Fi VHS VCRs for reording and listening to music isn't a hobby that requires a lot more energy compared to other analog media.

#HiFi #VHS #VCR #Energy #Analog #Music

A note about the energy consumption of VCRs: They can require up to 20 or 30 Watts of electrical energy, but when measured, the real power consumption is less than that. But in standby mode they can consume up to 5 Watts just for displaying a clock or „--:--“, so you should always switch them off after use.

In conclusion, using Hi-Fi VHS VCRs for reording and listening to music isn't a hobby that requires a lot more energy compared to other analog media.

#HiFi #VHS #VCR #Energy #Analog #Music

I wonder if VCR engineers thought about people who just want to record audio onto tape or if it is just a coincidence that VCRs will record audio without video onto a VHS.

#VHS #VCR #engineering

I wonder if VCR engineers thought about people who just want to record audio onto tape or if it is just a coincidence that VCRs will record audio without video onto a VHS.

#VHS #VCR #engineering

What I need to do is to build an adaptor to get the audio from the SCART connector to RCA connectors so that I can use the VCR like all other Hi-Fi components. It is a good thing that the SCART pinout is freely available on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART

I have enough recycled SCART and RCA connectors from recycling analog SAT receivers that I can use to build the adaptor.

#VCR #electronic #recycling

What I need to do is to build an adaptor to get the audio from the SCART connector to RCA connectors so that I can use the VCR like all other Hi-Fi components. It is a good thing that the SCART pinout is freely available on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART

I have enough recycled SCART and RCA connectors from recycling analog SAT receivers that I can use to build the adaptor.

#VCR #electronic #recycling