Nov 6, 2026, 9:02 AM@mjg59 a friend of mine keeps ye olde (Hauppage) PCI card around for capturing VHS tapes which seem to have similar issues.
I still want to test my Blackmagic Design converter based setup on that use case but my tapes are not bad enough to show dropouts (yet) in the few quick scans I did a few years ago.
Nov 6, 2026, 9:16 AM@bix I'd prefer not to have to cram a PC into the already somewhat cramped stack…
Nov 6, 2026, 9:46 AM@mjg59 understood, maybe some older hardware from a similar source but more compatible with your stack might be available. My friend has this theory that modern USB based converters drop the USB connection at some level every time they lose signal. Probably some common chipset thing?
@mjg59 @bix I have a Haupage 950Q usb capture device which has been useful since it got full out of the box kernel support. might be worth looking into one of them or their more modern (hopefully still linux compatable) replacement models. Heck worse case i could send mine your way @mjg59 since it is just sitting idle at the moment.
Nov 6, 2026, 7:59 PM