I have a large collection of home videos on a few different formats

>>60994555
Yes. First stop posting. Then use that time to get it done.

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>>60994555
https://southtree.com/diy/how-to-digitize-your-vhs-tapes

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>>60994591
>digitizing tapes
>without specialized tools
enjoy crappy results that look poorer than the source.
Did you know that due the VHS unstability you require of professional equipment to get proper results? You need properly aligned High-end S-VHS decks, timebase correctors, proc-amps and detailers to get an acceptable and stable source for the capture device(they're picky and will drop frames or stop capturing at the slightest dropout). Furthermore once it's digitized you may need to apply additional filtering before having a proper master for MPEG-2 encoding.
SLP/EP tapes are the hardest ones to digitize, as only the original deck that recorded it can play it without drops or tracking issues.
>>60994555
http://www.digitalfaq.com/services/video-conversion-tape-to-dvd.htm
those guys have the proper tools

discard memories, install gentoo

>>60995055
>MPEG-2 encoding
>2017

Yeah it'll be SD at best, but there's absolutely no reason to use mpeg2.

>>60995097
>what's the DVD format
some people still wants DVD.

>>60995340
Then they should get a separate copy.