HOW TO MAKE 1980'S VIDEO CAMERAS and more TAPELESS with this MINI DVR to SD CARD VIDEO RECORDER

[@andsoitwas3046]

you have a very observant son who noticed the mistake. such nostalgic feeling to these recordings!

[@RetroGadgetMan]

He loves his numbers. I could have just pinned a post in the comments mentioning It. It took 90 min to re edit convert and re upload but I am glad I did it. 🙂

[@Asiertxu1974]

Really nice content you make! 🙂

[@orphanpixels]

Perfect timing. Bought a barely used, working, 2nd hand Samsung Video8 a week back. I swear there's a plan for it somewhere!

[@izzzzzz6]

Interesting. So If I got this right it's best if you have a camcorder with AV in and Out so you can use the in to read the menu or playback and the out to record from. I wonder if my old camcorder still works. Been meaning to convert my tapes from many years ago.

[@RetroGadgetMan]

Yer that would work. Providing the camcorder still works.

[@dalemettee1147]

You have a camera displayed that not only did I have but I used a lot. The Sony model was the HVC 2200. With a Zenith over the shoulder "portable" recorder/player. Extra batteries on a belt, a light with battery added to the whole bunch. The final weight was about 50 lbs. Not for the faint of heart. Now, an i-Phone gives better images, go figure.

[@RetroGadgetMan]

I have the European version of that one HVC-2000P along with the 2010 3000 and 4000. It does get heavy carrying it all around but that's part of the nostalgia.

[@stevvieb]

Whenever I see up to 32gb TF card I always try bigger cards as sometimes they work.

[@RetroGadgetMan]

Always worth a try.

[@c1oi]

How were you able to use the camcorders screen for the mini dvr menus?

[@RetroGadgetMan]

This camcorder has analogue and DV in .

[@robertcrystals]

what kind of battery are you using to power the dc in for the 4000p? I modded mine like yours and want to take it out and about.

[@RetroGadgetMan]

Hi in this video link here I cover the 12v mod that I did a while back. Not sure if we have spoken about it before. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqWtlZyFiZKdma8

[@robertcrystals]

@@RetroGadgetMan yeah I followed this tutorial a while back. didn't remember the battery solution though, thanks!

[@analogvideochannel4612]

Does it record in 30 fps even in PAL mode? that doesn't seem all that ideal. Would ideally want something that recorded to 576i like a dv camcorder does

[@RetroGadgetMan]

I just had a look at the video file info in final cut pro. Says 25p NTSC even though I have the pvr set to pal

[@RetroGadgetMan]

That's in 720x480 in 1280x720 it says 25p and does not mention pal. Not sure what's going on there.

[@RetroGadgetMan]

FCP could have optimized it though. It is set to be progressive.

[@BetacamSP]

@@RetroGadgetMan Does the DVR do the deinterlacing itself? It would be useful to attach links to fragments of source files for all modes in order to evaluate the quality, bitrate, and type of scan without KZbin compression

[@RetroGadgetMan]

I don't know. When I make another video I will try and dig about deeper and talk about my findings. For now I am quite happy with the results for such a small and very affordable solution than tape. 🙂