I Thought My Childhood was LOST

[@TechnologyConnections]

Thanks for the shoutout! One thing I wish I could go back in time and change for my video was the capture thingy. I could never figure out how to get it to not cut the input audio level dramatically, so all my captures require a lot more work in the end than I'd like. But I was looking for something I could leave in a media center - if I were to remake that video I'd probably suggest a capture card and using OBS over the janky Amazon whatever I used!

[@realryleu]

Woah, it’s cool to see you here! OBS is some powerful software. I recently used it to combine my phone’s camera, two web browsers, and my laptop’s screen together into a Discord live stream for doing homework with friends. I’m not at surprised that it’s part of the tech stack required for digitally backing up VHS tapes.

[@SonGoku-mj5pq]

i love that linus is a fan too!

[@sokrates297]

Latent heat...

[@davidbetancourt4028]

Loved that shoutout and to see you here. Great channel!

[@HiveMind1182]

EV colab??? 😂

[@cursedhellspawn362]

the irony of the tape saying "never forget us" and linus saying "i have no recollection of any of this"

[@Trillyana]

Well of course Linus doesn't remember it, he wasn't there, that was Barney

[@C.r.i.m.s.o.n]

@@Trillyana 😂😂😂

[@MrChanw11]

@@Trillyana sleeper agent linus. Wonder what his trigger word is...

[@mrbanana6464]

@@MrChanw11 probably something in French

[@Harugloryrave123]

@@mrbanana6464 omelette au fromage

[@Vole182]

A friendly well known reminder: Any time Linus is uncomfortable or in pain... It's great content!

[@ryanj610]

Thank god he's an (was) awkward (is) klutz, hah.

[@autobahn4610]

🤣

[@eduardofernandez4011]

Yeah, bring more pain to Linus, we need that content!

[@Hubris2]

Remember - this was only 2 of the tapes he found up there - there are also more. Follow-up episode!

[@SelecaoOfMidas]

Well... Cringe is universal

[@slinnky]

To anyone in the future looking at this video - I bought the Blackmagic devices shown here and used them to record my family videos. Here's some things you should know. Maybe it will save you a few days of troubleshooting: - The Blackmagic Analog converter NEEDS a strong signal and may benefit from time-based correction (Tbc). It's an enterprise device that isn't tolerant to poor signal or loose timings. If your VHS is too old, or was recorded with a lower quality device, or you recorded a VHS from another VHS, it may not work with this Blackmagic analog converter. In my case, one entire family home video from 1997 didn't show any signal at all, but later in the tape, where TV shows were recorded, it worked perfectly. In other cases, the signal would cut out frequently. I couldn't afford a fancy VCR machine like Linus used here, so your mileage may vary. I do have an old Sony camcorder that has Tbc built in, and the analog converter captured footage off the 8mm tapes in that camcorder that perfectly. - To address the issue above, I used an old Elgato Game Capture HD device, which as a consumer device is more accommodating to a variety of signal strengths and timings. This allowed me to capture VHS tapes at 720x480i 60fps on Windows using the Elgato software. I couldn't get above 640x480i 30fps on my Mac. Also doing HDMI out from the Elgato card to the Ultrastudio 3G Recorder didn't work for me. I had to capture from the Elgato card over USB. - You will need RCA Female to BNC Male adapters like the one here to connect RCA cable to the Blackmagic analog converter: www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00VUG00FI?psc=1 - You'll also need RCA female to 1/4" audio jacks for the Blackmagic analog converter, and an SDI cable from the analog converter to the Ultrastudio. - I got the Blackmagic Desktop Video software working on my M1 Max 64GB RAM Macbook Pro (running Monteray) & a 2018 Intel Macbook Air (running Catalina) without issue. At the time of writing - my M1 Pro 32GB RAM Macbook Pro (Ventura) cannot detect the Ultrastudio 3G Recorder, even after the November 2022 Blackmagic update. I'm guessing the newer operating system is the problem.

[@brokenhero6828]

Hello Kyle, for an easier way to do this, what should I do? Should I just buy an legato?

[@slinnky]

@@brokenhero6828 Yeah if you don't care about maximum quality, using any analog capture device, such as the Elgato Game Capture HD device is a great affordable solution.

[@mikohughes7802]

THANK YOU for this post! Unfortunately they spend more time reminiscing about Linus' youth than actually detailing this capture process. It appears the Blackmagic analog converter can also do S-Video, but there is little information about how it interfaces. Did you have any personal experience with S-Video and this device? Would this also require something like an SDI adapter?

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

@@brokenhero6828 I went the similar route as on the technology connections video, used an upscaler but then into a USB hdmi capture card.

[@MrMega200]

@@brokenhero6828 I did recovery of an old instructional VHS tape for an old sewing type gadget my mom owns. I just used an $10-20 RCA to USB capture card that you'd find on Amazon, generic thing. Worked perfect to record with OBS and made sure to use thicker component wires to reduce interference and increase quality a bit.

[@ElectTheDesert]

As a native french speaker, seeing Linus speak french and watch him dab into Québec culture was quite a sight ahaha loved it!

[@RBeeMedia]

Him singing "Ce n'est pas fini, ce n'est qu'en début" was the cherry on top lol

[@tomasdeschuyteneer9182]

@@RBeeMedia according to his french it is long gone

[@Technet0]

as someone who has been learning french for 3 years its actually not bad

[@tomasdeschuyteneer9182]

@@Technet0 i had french classes from age 10 to 18 , i gues it depends how long linus had lessons

[@philippethiffeault192]

C’est surprenant de le voir parler français!

[@NikHYTWP]

As someone that speaks native level French, 17yo Linus speaking and interacting with a bunch of Quebec people is so cute, love it!!

[@ThatSandwich-YT]

I'd love to see them cover the different ways technology can be used to help learn a new language.

[@calvinmills4069]

This video really made me appreciate when Linus speaks French on the WAN show. As an Ontarian, I have a lot of friends who could relate to not being able to say a word very well, but Linus actually committed to it at one point, and I super respect it.

[@Nebnub]

How do you know he's 17?

[@seanathan14]

@@Nebnub he was born in 1986 and the video was from 2003 2003 - 1986 = 17 he was 17 years old in 2003

[@Dave102693]

@@seanathan14 damn…he’s 7 years older than me! Lol

[@nenine8989]

Seeing young Linus talk French is like a fever dream, as a french folk it weirds me out and I find it amazing at the same time

[@Mark6O9]

Oh hi Neo

[@jyuza67]

De ouf, c'était très étrange lol

[@tortillas5]

Tellement xD

[@dudewana5732]

C'était drôle il est bon en francais!

[@Firedoo06]

Bisous de france Linus !

[@kataseiko]

The best part is: Shaved Linus (from before the pandemic) looked EXACTLY like the kid on that VHS tape. So this could have just as well been recorded in 2018.

[@josh0156]

It's one thing to be told the LTT crew is Canadian. It's another thing to see young Linus conversing and singing in French!

[@jzen1455]

I always had a feeling Linus was a thespian.

[@remcool1258]

Really love when Linus speak french

[@TragicalMonster]

Wym everyone knows LTT crew is Canadian.

[@YOYOTh1s]

Never, have I ever seen Linus this awkward! This is actually quite sweet! Putting yourself out there like this is pretty huge!

[@dh2032]

trying his be to make is older audience feel even older 💀💀

[@todorkatsarski7487]

I'd define it as a cringefest :D (in a good way) But I definitely see why the post traumatic stress burried these memories deep down.

[@usefulpineapple4538]

It makes me so happy that Linus also loves Technology Connections

[@bijeshshrestha2450]

can't digitalize analogue tapes without making a technology connection

[@tamegaming1768]

I came down to comment these literal exact words and here you are with top comment. So true tho

[@bargiona]

Where else I could watch an hour long video on water heating solutions. And then a sequel. I love it.

[@PabloEdvardo]

I was so happy when I heard them shout it out

[@mcintosh.motors]

Been binging his videos recently, sometimes at 1.5x speed lol but they’re soo good

[@Axolotroll]

As a native french speaker, seeing young linus speak very coherent french and current Linus barely understand anything he said is glorious

[@Blueyzachary]

Hahahaha it’s true! My mother showed me home videos of me speaking mandarin at 3 years old to her, and I didn’t even know that was something I ever knew how to do. It shocked me.

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl]

Not related to language. But my handwriting skills as an adult are horrid compared to my skills as a teen.

[@duongnhdn]

I used to be able to speak very decent toddler level of French when I was in highschool because it was a mandatory subject. Now I cant even ask people how old they are.

[@DangerMouse-n8l]

@@duongnhdn its still mostly buried in there. Take a french beginner course and youl pick it up much faster than someone who hadnt learnt it before. just have to refresh yourself breifly and it comes back. Do you not even remeber the numbers?

[@duongnhdn]

@@DangerMouse-n8l Yes I remember how the numbers sound but not how they are written.

[@debodatta7398]

Crazy how I was literally having a conversation with my parents about our old vhs tapes and how we can save them and you uploaded this

[@himanshus07]

@@CopyMain Where's Paste tho?

[@KartoonPerson]

How does Linus know

[@EnimVinco]

i started doing this a few days ago. insane that this video pops up

[@MrPruske]

Yesterday my father tried to give me some VHS tapes to take but I did not have space on my motorcycle

[@fernandogabrieledelucchinu1056]

Same here, with VHS and 35mm photo slides. Linus with the best timings!

[@-SP.]

How did 17 year old Linus have a deeper voice than current Linus?

[@dxrrk]

well, your voice seems to get real deep in teenage years, then go a little higher as you get older. humans are strange lol

[@zdanee]

Because he spoke French!

[@broklond]

probably just recording quality

[@arkhikun]

vascectomy

[@Leukick]

I've seen that happen a bunch. Either a weird phase of developing teenage voice, or teen boys just exaggerated their newly found deep voice

[@davidbachnolle5559]

as someone from quebec seeing linus trying to speak French is amazing

[@chenulthenuwara]

😅

[@xvilleneuve]

Same, I also worked at the same summer camp a few years later, I probably had bosses who worked directly with him haha

[@NicolasChapadosGirard]

Honestly he was good, I wondered why he's French was so good, now we know.

[@MarcusH...]

@@NicolasChapadosGirard his

[@fastandadrift4858]

Totally! I was grinning all the way through. Somehow his broken french is very cute, but he's not the best but good for what was the assignement about in the camp. If he went from 0 to french, i think just from what was shown, he was around 45% because he was using proper verbs, but wasn't confident in the sounds french forces us to use. Which is totally normal when learning the language. It was pretty great to watch XD

[@julienchabot1289]

I was a kid camp counselor in Quebec during the same period (early 2000s), it's was truly the kind of stuff we did and kids LOVED it! Never expected that from young Linus though! 😄 Mad props for your french by the way!

[@serraramayfield9230]

was his French good?

[@maximilianschutze4565]

I laughed hard on Mark "local data hoarder"

[@JAK_EDITS.]

💀💀💀💀

[@Tyranzor64]

As if anyone ACTUALLY competes with Linus on data hoarding

[@justsomeguy5470]

@@Tyranzor64 The NSA would like to have a word with you

[@TheUltimateYouTuberyay]

@@Tyranzor64 I have most of my internet life backed up on my hard drives. That's about over 4 TB of data. Google has more.

[@Ra-Hul-K]

Data Hoarder - imagine putting that on a resume 🤣

[@ffturbo]

Linus cringing at himself is so funny and absolutely relateable

[@himaro101]

I'm 32 now, recently came across some pictures of 16 year old me from 2006. Smack in the middle of my "I'm not an emo" phase. It's so bad.

[@The_Black_Hole]

15:43 That's Pain Harold hahaha

[@tomm.digital]

I suddenly have an urge to see Linus speak French and do a whole video in French.

[@customvrocker]

2nd that!

[@Sille_Utoka]

+1

[@decomix7526]

There is 18 seconds of him speaking French in "Driving a MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR Autonomous Car!" video.

[@TravisFabel]

si!

[@ardencassie5150]

LTT français! Très bien!

[@melchormendoza]

how does 17 year old linus have a deeper voice than 35 yo linus lmao.

[@radornkeldam]

youthful testosterone rush. it also happened to me, but I'm not as high pitched as linus now. the point is I was so deep through 15-18, I couldn't so much as whisper in class without everyone looking back and complaining that it resounded and annoyed them. now I'm 37 and meh...

[@tomascernak6112]

Yvonne castrated him long time ago ;-)

[@weatherphobia]

@@tomascernak6112 Doubtful since he has 2 kids.....unless they have another father? Oh NOSE!

[@rmod8]

its also the youtube voice. look at youtubers over the years and their voices change due to the constant voices

[@louistournas120]

@@radornkeldam One teach said "What's wrong with your voice?" I don't know, personally, I didn't notice anything but apparently, other people found it strange.

[@Zetaphor]

Seeing the sincere look of cringe on Linus' face was the best part of this video. That was pure emotion being expressed without any filter

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

I love that Linus Media has an expert for every single facet of technology. VCRs and tapes, old game systems, emulation, etc.

[@MR-vj8dn]

The ones you mention are related to one each other.

[@jackpowell9276]

I'd say, old stuff, new stuff, camera stuff, server stuff, electrical stuff, circuit stuff, editing stuff, manufacturing stuff etc.

[@PeetHobby]

Yup they are bunch of "experts". 😂

[@elektrokinesis4150]

This guy is no expert

[@aronseptianto8142]

i think when you let your worker stretch their interest in a free and non-exploitative way, most company will have adepts in many facets of skill in most cases, the workplace is not conducive for the company to find out this kind of stuff

[@nevarstormdragon]

Nothing like watching a younger version of yourself and realizing that what you remember and what happened are two different things. Always fun to look back at old videos going what the hell was I thinking at that age.

[@TAP7a]

Even worse when you remember that both you and all other parties involved may misremember, but misremember in entirely different ways, both very different to how it actually happened!

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

I look back at myself just 5 years ago and think what the hell was I doing. I'll probably look back in another 5-10 years in the future and think the same thing about myself now lol even tho I think I'm doing pretty good currently

[@Beofware]

I'm so happy you guys shouted out Technology Connections. Such a great channel. Literally the kind of thing KZbin was made for.

[@erickfigueroa5730]

I appreciate that Linus put his childhood memories on internet. And also reminding people to backup there backups. Cause memory are precious...

[@TheRealPhoenix_Retromods]

As a french living in Quebec, it's so weird hearing Linus speaking french. And for a beginner/learner, not so bad actually! Heavy accent but understandable.

[@xpander301]

En effet, pas si mal ;)

[@loiclegarrec4426]

If you do t mind the « en francaisness »

[@TheRealPhoenix_Retromods]

@@xpander301 En fait ca fait meme sortir de la video genre "WTF" y se passe quoi tellement tu t'y attends pas? Linus a déjà fait reference à son francais, mais maintenant on sait pourquoi. ^^

[@TheRealPhoenix_Retromods]

@@loiclegarrec4426 Je dois parler régulierement anglais au quotidien à la job depuis +10ans, et je fais encore des erreurs de ce genre. Et pareil quand on a des anglophones qui essaient de parler francais, tu laisses glisser, t'es juste content que les gars fassent des efforts. Donc après 20 ans sans pratique c'est vraiment pas pire. Bises d'expat au Quebec.

[@AndrewRyan11]

@@TheRealPhoenix_Retromods I get that, I'm Puerto Rican so my native tongue is Spanish and when I was learning Italian people are super for it since you're at least trying. I love seeing other people take an interest in my language, especially since it's kind of throwaway and common lol.

[@MrSteveFurness-Lappin]

My Grandfather recently passed away, after spending the last couple of months clearing his home which was difficult, we couldn’t keep everything but I saved the VCR and DVD player, because as Linus pointed out, we don’t keep these things anymore, finding old home videos in his things and having a way to play them back is wonderful, I’ll certainly be hoping to follow this as a guide to try and back up those memories.. so thank you for posting this.

[@jayaskme2942]

Sorry for your Loss. I certainly hope you and your family retain and can relive all those years together with the help of those memories.

[@andidrew]

I agree, sorry to hear of your loss and I hope your able to save those precious memories and can watch them wherever you feel down and need a pick-up ❤️

[@IndianaIT]

I love how a Canadian Tech Channel uses an old Czech TV show (that I remember from my childhood) as B-roll

[@ergosteur]

Finding out Linus was a french camp counselor is my favourite thing of today

[@AlexDeg92]

what traumatized me the most is that I think I was one of the kids there since I can clearly remember something like around that time when I was a kid XD

[@TheAsianNerd]

Mark has that cool and calm dad vibe. I like him.

[@michaeltagor4238]

yup exactly what I'm thinking

[@moe1535]

My Dad passed away recently and we have some tiny vhs tapes which I plan to digitalize. I think this video came just at the right time. Thanks!

[@furonwarrior]

JoeProPhotos

[@mr-data]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@bobhanson1037]

There's places that can do it for you if you don't have the time. We did it for my wife when her dad died a few years back.

[@TazerXI]

I am sorry for your loss, and I do hope that you are able to retrieve those memories so he can live on.

[@JesseGaming7593]

My condolences

[@4Gehe2]

So I take it that Mark is LTT's resident "old person"?

[@itsmejak7888]

him and Anthony

[@TheSaxAppeal]

@@itsmejak7888 anthony reminds me of my retired boss lol

[@jothain]

@@itsmejak7888 Anthony? Old? He's young guy 😀

[@hannibalranadal1839]

As a camp counselor of 3 years I can confirm that the kids go nuts for the crazy stuff, random improv skits about magical shoehorns can be a lot more fun than you would imagine

[@Sir.Craze-]

I mean... I'll take the simpler route of saying: As someone who was a kid; I can confirm xD

[@Spyr0999]

Being from Quebec, hearing your French as a 17yo I can tell it was pretty good compared to most English people I met from the rest of Canada. Kudos

[@jeuonly3474]

c'est vrai

[@agentoine]

Oui c'est vrai

[@OzenRay]

Totalement vrais

[@CRneu]

@@timotheeb3981 quebec french is horrible. the way quebec folks pronounce oui is hilarious.

[@smoguli]

Well in France they use broken english all the time. They think using the english word instead of the correct french one sounds cool, which it does not. It kinda sound pathetic.

[@MS-pk2se]

04:13 you caught me offguard when I saw our czech original version of TV show "wanna be millionare?" i DID NOT expected that as an example of data to be worth saving. XD well done

[@levappavellevappavel]

The same

[@enderinglewood]

I am more curious where they dug it up.

[@janslavik5284]

Yeah I was like "that guy looks oddly familiar" and then out of nowhere "modřánky" 😂

[@janrydlo2645]

Frankly, I didn't expect to see a tape of old czech show in the LTT show 4:21... Thx Linus!!! Brings up so many memories!

[@asiftoks]

I bought a camcorder kit on ebay for $30, used OBS to record all my family's tapes from when I was a kid and then uploaded them to a new youtube channel so my entire family could watch them, even my family overseas. Its not as good quality as you guys got but it did the job for me.

[@babagandu]

Ha saheb when coming back home to Pakistan ?

[@brendonjones290]

Yeah honestly a miniDV camcorder + firewire capture is fine for 99% of people. Is a thousand dollar VHS machine better? Sure, but I'm quite happy how mine are turning out. I just ended up using an old rig I had laying around and put Windows XP on it. I feel like the expensive VHS machines with TBC are all of only a few % better and there's forums dedicated to that you can visit for comparison.

[@arnaudsm]

As a frenchman, hearing young Linus speak french is the funniest thing I've heard today

[@ME-yr1gn]

Honestly I closed my eyes tested my French, then rewinded, let’s just say my French teacher would be disappointed

[@sticktoyourmusic]

Assez drôle oui 😂 Linus au Qc qui s’fait forcé à parler francais 😂

[@HappyDude1]

It sounded very weird right ? I could not understand it

[@ME-yr1gn]

@@HappyDude1 honestly French is more of a back of the tongue gravely langue. Linus was like the direct opposite

[@kevinavila9489]

I remember way back then my uncle had a library of VHS tapes, and I'd always rummage around and check for the unmarked ones because 80% of the time, they were p0rn. Good times.

[@PrograError]

ah... the "unmarked" folder of modern times...

[@tvthecat]

@@PrograError Nah, they're the "homework" folders.

[@Smitty_Werbenjagermanjenson]

You mean the pron folder?

[@Doctor677productions]

lol this is a golden comment

[@halosrusty]

The EXACT reason I haven’t sent the old VHS tapes I found in the loft to one of those digitising companies. I need to find out what’s on them first 😂

[@darkdevor]

I really didn't expect to see linus sing early 2000's Star Academy songs, my life is complete.

[@JeremieLauziermemi2k]

VHS tech, so much memories. Thanks for that. And second, Linus speaking French and singing Star Académie is priceless.

[@lucasrem]

parle anglish ?, Le Star Académie, les Françoise

[@ChezRG-YT]

Yes

[@LanceNotHiding]

this hits me in the nostalgia feels 1000% as a child of a VHS rental store owner. Love it.

[@xdizzle0460]

I still have one of those bigger sized CRTs with a built in VHS and DVD player working perfect. It never saw much use since its in my parents home in Mexico that we only stayed when we visited family. Love that thing.

[@ManOfAttitudeLP1998]

@@xdizzle0460 Those VCR/CRT Combos were nice

[@LawrenceJohnYoung]

A LTT / Technology Connection collab is something I'm surprised hasn't happened already.

[@mr.m_servas]

Yes yes I need this

[@FredFredBurger92]

Fun fact: Recording live TV to watch when it's more convienent was the original purpose of VCR/VHS, as it was a Video Cassete *Recorder* first, and a player second. Movies to be sold on VHS for home markets didn't come about till years later.

[@krane15]

Don't forget recording and playing back those special family moments. Anyway, there had to be enough VCRs in home to provide the market for the film industry. That was the Blockbuster video store boom of the 80s, and the start of the VHS vs Betamax wars.

[@logannewman4532]

I'm so proud of my parents. They aren't very technical but they still digitized all of their VHS nearly twenty years ago and gave disks to my sister and I.

[@alextirrellRI]

Just be aware that disc rot is a real problem now too. Better rip those discs before you can't!

[@pietrmuffei8874]

I found super 8. I don’t know what’s on it but it probably vacation footage when I was little. Tis gonna be an expensive pita to rescue

[@MrThomashorst]

@@pietrmuffei8874 nope, there services all around the globe. just have transfered mine two weeks ago.

[@Allexz]

Have you backed the disks up as well? :)

[@logannewman4532]

@@Allexz Definitely.

[@timtim5020]

Glad to see technology connections getting some love from bigger channels also great vid its nice to have some insight into the challenges of data hoarders or even just things your average family might face with record keeping

[@pratyushojha]

Every one of the LTT staff when on screen is a natural. Mark is just the latest addition to the cast. 👍

[@Devastator0]

What it really is I think is having the “right” person on screen for the right subject matter. If it’s something that they are passionate about and are proper experts, they could go on all day about it.

[@chrishahn3834]

Linus is very good at making people feel comfortable too. His goofiness puts people at ease.

[@mikefung9145]

Edzel is not

[@CntFndAName]

They do screening tests, sometimes you see someone for only a single video

[@nomisukeindustries]

This could not have possibly come at a more ideal time. I literally have two file folder boxes filled with VHS tapes that my family has asked me to digitize. I've been thinking about different ways to go along doing it, and now I have my solution. Thank you so much. And thank you to Alec for his videos as well. Been enjoying the TC channel for over a year. I'm also just a stone's throw away on the other side of I-355. :)

[@krane15]

Do it now while its still fresh in you mind. You never know what can happen to destroy all those memories.

[@collinwiedel]

This was VERY wholesome, I really wish I had videos of when I was a camp counselor when I was younger. I really miss everyone from then can hardly remember half of the peoples names

[@epikmaster1893]

Ok that scene from Czech millionaire made my whole day, because I'm from Czech Republic and I've watched "chcete být milionářem" on vhs all the time

[@EvilTim1911]

8:13 Linus giving a shoutout to Technology Connections was great, I love that channel too

[@WespectRamen]

15:40 Linus' pain is soo palpable. It takes guts to put your old gringey memories on display for the internet to see. Thank you for the reminder of how important it is to archive old memories

[@khalilahd.]

Oh my god I love this!! Seeing young Linus oh VHS is the blast from the past I didn’t know I needed 😅

[@PrograError]

and getting to see him crinched hard

[@ItsEban]

Love a Linus speaking in French. Star Académie was also a huge tv show in France, as u said, sort of American Idol mixed with big brother as chosen contestants were staying in a castle all together and everything was filmed.

[@DrLoveQc]

yep and star academie was "star academy" in France like if the show was coming from US, because they love America.

[@ItsEban]

@@DrLoveQc ahh yes true! Thought it was written in proper french.

[@philgoodinc2]

There's something about knowing that Linus and Mark loving the Technology Connections channel that makes me happy. Alec puts in some major research about all kinds of things and puts out consistantly thorough videos. (Go watch his video on the toaster, its fantastic)

[@chasegeis8796]

I am a lover of his videos on the Dishwasher and extension cords. Great channel

[@mrt88music]

I remember seeing the thumbnail for the toaster video and being like why would I watch that? And then 5 hours later being really interested in the rice cooker. Technology connections is just amazing

[@Novashadow115]

Alec is amazing, props to him for being known lol

[@PanduPoluan]

@@mrt88music I know, right! TC just the bee's knees presenting something that might look simple but is not.

[@juliaz12345]

His videos about lamps are great! I just love how thorough his videos are.

[@emannewz7023]

I've been watching Linus for YEARS! And as someone who went to summer camp every year as a child, I LOVE THIS by far my favorite video yet! Thanks LMG for this! You had me looking up pics and videos from my own camp experiences and yeah... It's something.

[@BenniK88]

Came for VHS tech insights, stayed for Linus singing performance 😂👏🏾

[@Neoxon619]

The fact that I even remember using VHS makes me realize how old I’m getting.

[@a.m.653]

22y old here, I also remember it.

[@Peretosh]

i still got planty of vhs movies and 4 vhs players i am 31 right now

[@justryan5697]

I'm only 21 and grew up mostly using vhs... although any new movies we bought were DVD

[@Cocytus]

honestly, they went obsolete in the 90s. Not that long ago.

[@loveaintfree1409]

@@Cocytus no I still used VHS in early 2000s even though DVD player was the next new thing.

[@___DRIP___]

Linus is such a great sport. I wish I was half as confident as he is. It takes a big man to put yourself out on the internet like that. Bravo

[@roguecthulhu6002]

On the subject of archival- I once quipped to my teacher that print was dead (1987). His response has stuck with me for over 30 years. He said , "Print will never die, because it is the only medium for storing information that does not require a device to decode it." Thanks, Mr. Anderson

[@jasondrummond9451]

Same as photographic prints and cinema film. Granted you need a projector for film screenings, but it is possible to capture old films frame by frame. Obscure codecs on archaic and degraded magnetic media .... not so much.

[@lukefortune8314]

@@jasondrummond9451 I think there should be a codec type based on specific relative differences on the electromagnetic spectrum. hypothetically it could always be deciphered, using a wide range of physical imagery/writing language techniques to clarify a vocabulary or code, and then communicating in detail how to recreate a sample of image, video, and audio data using light wavelengths and specific frequency ranges. basically the first chunks of info would be entirely introductory, and by comprehending the sample, the user would then know how to decode the main pieces of information.

[@GetIrked]

Best. Episode. Ever. I’m crying from laughing at Linus’ mortified reactions. Thank you, David for making him play it!!! 😂 From another Canadian ex-pat who doesn’t remember a word of French (and I went to a French-immersion school in Ottawa for Kindergarten and 1st grade!) 🇨🇦

[@misophoniac]

Merci d’avoir partagé ce beau moment. Old memories are always awkward, but it was a great watch, Cheers from Québec.

[@guyjordan8201]

I’ve transferred home movies for my family and for a few friends from VHS and there is a point of diminishing returns. Most are grateful to see anything from that era but perfecting it and upscaling and all of that is a lot like the “overclocking” of restoration as in “how much money do you have and will you spend it?”

[@hydrogenbond7303]

4:12 If anyone is wondering what show is that, It's a Czech version of "Who wants to be a milionare?" (It's called "Chcete být milionářem?" in Czech)

[@maximusdecimus1374]

I lost a bunch of my paintings and tech in a flood this year. Gigapixel Ai helped upscale a bunch of them so I could get them digitally printed, and the quality is freakin' amazing. There's nothing like the originals (I lost at least 20 paintings) and they don't have the texture and love I put into the originals but it's nice to have something close.

[@bassmanjura]

Haha, showing a Czech version of Who wants to be a millionaire while talking about TBC got me :D my child memories came back immediately. BTW that host name is Peter Czech :D

[@babagandu]

How is Great Czechia ? How can I come ?

[@hydrogenbond7303]

koukám nejsem sám koho to pobavilo :D

[@niichimera1344]

Chcete být milonářem? V *mém* LTT videu!?

[@2kitter]

"Aha, nojo, on je Milionář asi i v Kanadě. Počkat, logo Nova? Počkat, Vladimír Čech?! Počkat :-D"

[@chrisobber5604]

Just backed up some old VHS with my uncle on it. He died in 2001 at an accident... how embarrassing much of that stuff might feel but deep inside it's still beautiful to hear those old ghosts from the past speak again.

[@r3nchCS]

the look on Linus's face while watching his younger self do dances on stage is probably the most relatable thing i've ever seen on this channel

[@quietusplus1221]

I'm very impressed Linus pushed through the awkwardness and actually gave to go-ahead on this video. It channels a lot of people's cringe when watching themselves from years back.

[@TBH_Inc]

I digitized my childhood vhs tapes recently, fortunately we had a vcr and had stored them well.

[@Stasiek_Zabojca]

My parnets have over dozen of VHS tapes from my childhood (and before) on the shelf under TV. It's been there for over 15 years. I still have VHS player, few times I checked what was in there. My dad already digitized some of it to CD's over a decade ago and later I copied CD's to PC. I have digitize rest of it, so it won't be gone.

[@ultrainstinct978]

yeah same, was lucky too that our Christmas tape from 89 had no dmg..

[@PhillGoodFactor83]

This really would be an awesome series... converting old slides, negatives and VHS.The big help would be the software and tools involved!

[@esecallum]

dvd recorder is allyou need.

[@mistafizzlee]

this was honestly a treat. not just linus embarrassing himself but the nostalgia. I remember rewinding tapes. good times

[@goukenslay7555]

damn just seeing young linus speaking french is overwhelming not gonna lie, young linus looked like such good kid too bad my family was too poor for a video recording for me back then, i would've loved to rewatch my younger self, only got a handful of photos from back in the day

[@himenaaa3565]

Remember brother, we had natural video recorder and keeper which is will stand as long as we alive, and never stopped recording and keep it in our mind and heart, you probably can playback that using your own memories inside your head, just need something that can trigger the memories which is usually i used and my vision becomes like the time i wanted, at least for severals second you will be see the playback then its the cue your brain has running playback of your memories. just to say this way is harder to remember every details,

[@Moshington]

he was a pyro

[@mindgame112]

Mark is a great guy for these videos! Really knows his stuff and super chill host!

[@PavelD83]

Czech version of Who wants to be a millionaire at 4:20 was pretty random blast from the past 🤯 Great topic for a video though! I was just recently thinking about digitization of some old home movies.

[@ApofKol]

I was looking for this comment and I'm glad I found it. I expected a lot, but I certainly did not expect a czech version of millionaire in a video from LTT, lol

[@ruffedout4730]

Linus , je suis impressionnée par ton Français même après 20ans ! Even your french from back in the days was very good ! It's wholesome ❤️

[@hydrotroll2]

the entire council staff staying true to only speaking French to him is the most Montreal thing

[@Piciambeer]

I like this Mark dude, he seems to know his stuff.

[@FyrneDerg]

As a french, I was surprised but happy to see Linus reading and trying to speak french again

[@henryandreassen1214]

Was he good before?

[@kileur49]

It's passable at best

[@moi101096qp]

@@henryandreassen1214 he was not that bad !

[@semibreve]

This is so goodamn wholesome. I love how sentimental this video feels, technology and LTT-ness aside

[@iliketurtles6274]

Technology Connections is the only channel that can get me to watch 30+ minute videos on literally anything

[@lfmssoundman]

I've worked in the VHS transfer industry for a while now and even using external companies to do transfers, they will not even come close to the quality of most transfers done at home with a off-the-shelf transfer device. It was great to see the process Mark was using is comparable to what I do. The only thing I do differently is add a frame buffer to the chain but even that can be overkill.

[@chiefkenno]

15:35 most entertaining entertainment I have seen in a while. Both the footage and Linus’s reaction is gold😂

[@modarkthemauler]

Then I would recommend having a look at asmongold reacting to Linus reviewing the starlabs case.

[@struckyCZ]

Wutf? How did you get your hands on the Czech version of Who wants to be a millionaire on VHS? I'm stunned. 😄

[@Kohovysavac]

Přesne taky to nechapu

[@matyas2828]

@@Kohovysavac Je to video na KZbin, uvádí tam i název. Není to jeho nahrávka z té kazety. :)

[@matyas2828]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn6kZpR-lNSfd7M&ab_channel=hesl Tohle je to originální video.

[@FTWBeginner]

Watching you trying to speak french after all those years, was super funny

[@Dark.Pri77]

Is he a Quebecer?

[@Ash_Lawless]

@@Dark.Pri77 not only quebec speaks french in canada, not all french speakers live in/come from quebec, just the majority.

[@phuzz00]

@@Ash_Lawless I've had a few French friends who've spent time in Canada, and lets just say they were not polite about Quebecois French...

[@jiriklhotsky7453]

The inclusion of czech "Who wants to be a millionaire" at 4:18 made me really happy 😂

[@timothyreed616]

Half a million views, hanging out watching your old VHS tapes. Congratulations Linus, I remember the days of a few thousand views. Keep up the good work and don’t burn yourself out bud.

[@montecorbit8280]

Not only do I have a VHS player/recorder sitting over next to my TV....it has a built-in DVD burner!! Simple is bippity boppity boop!! You have a DVD, and that's much easier to get on your computer....

[@franxlap88]

For someone who haven't spoke french in 20 years , you're aren't half bad. Still better than a lot of english speaking people living in Quebec for generations!

[@Intelwinsbigly]

What do you expect when you live in an English speaking country?

[@linuu2173]

@@Intelwinsbigly French is an official language in Canada

[@Intelwinsbigly]

@@ronald2042 not thoroughly conquered enough by the English

[@fazekasroland2968]

Love the shoutout to technology connections, what a great channel

[@katbryce]

I guess another thing you need to bear in mind with VCRs is that there were three different standards for TV signals at the time. In North/Central America and a few other places, it was NTSC. In France, Soviet Union, and parts of Africa, it was SECAM, and in most of the rest of the world, it was PAL. They had different resolutions and frame rates, and a different way of encoding colour.

[@ricardobimblesticks1489]

Now I know NTSC stands for 'Never The Same Colour' And that PAL is 'Picture Alway Lousy' But I am unsure what SECAM is short for :D

[@qwe5284]

Japan had NTSC-J and on South America we had North American NTSC.

[@someoneelse7629]

Most PAL did SECAM too, they were kind of compatible I think

[@katbryce]

@@ricardobimblesticks1489 Something Essentially Contrary to the American Method 💁🏻‍♀ Or rather more boringly Système Électronique Couleur Avec Mémoire

[@raphi_sch]

@@someoneelse7629 I think only the color encoding is different between PAL and SECAM. Here in Belgium we had PAL, and France had SECAM, I remember most of our player were both SECAM and PAL compatible. Same for TV

[@nakamotolikesyou]

Sometimes I forget that LTT is Canadian and now matter how common it may be, it always surprises me whenever I meet people who are native in English speak French.

[@m-faccin]

This is one of the most useful video that LTT recently put out there (for me, ofc). I did clean the family house and I have a ton of random VHS and less random one from '92 and later and I want them digitalised, now I know more what to look for doing it right

[@jamesgoussanou]

Sa fais plaisir de savoir que tu n’a pas completement oublier le Français. i really enjoyed this.

[@gabclarexxfrhardware8751]

#TeamFR

[@Goudgeon69]

Sorry man, i had to do it. "Ça fait plaisir de savoir que tu n'as pas complètement oublié le français".

[@LeLe-pm2pr]

​@@Goudgeon69 i would say "que tu n'aie pas..."

[@lighswarm175]

This just reminds me of my mom (who was of course very in to scrapbooking) in the 90s and early 00s. She always joked that her tombstone would read "film is cheap, memories aren't. Take lots of pictures" We had boxes upon boxes of photos and all the negatives and an entire armoire full of family movies.

[@safetytfh]

I digitized a whole bunch of mini-VHS tapes from the family camcorder dating back to 93 or so. Used a converter cartridge, a known good VCR, and a startech RCA capture device, then recorded the realtime playback. Pretty much all of them were in perfect shape somehow. One got partially overwritten by some mid 90s Bill Clinton news scandal lmao

[@DoubleMonoLR]

The tapes seem pretty robust - if they don't have mould, and hadn't been chewed in a machine in the past, the vast majority seem fine from boxes of tapes I have.

[@ianwalker2259]

Oh yeah I remember those camps. I love that you were willing to show us this. Don't feel embarrassed! Keeping kids entertained and focused for extended periods is a bitch.

[@doctordothraki4378]

8:37 To get the original data as-is on the VHS tape, you'd use a Domesday Duplicator, the best and most technical kind of analog capture. TL;DR it captures a VHS tape (or LaserDisc) exactly as it appears on the storage medium for a software-defined VCR (or LD player).

[@sneakyrussian2600]

It may not be 100% decoded yet but an RF capture is what is physically stored on the tape... The decoding software can be improved without playing the tape again and this is the real benefit from an archiving point of view.

[@vrunk11]

@@Didz actualy the quality is better and its not experimental its working well

[@neddycz]

4:12 love the old Czech ver. of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

[@AmericanaPodcast]

I had all my old tapes and camcorder tapes digitized a few months ago. I used a company called The Digitize Center and it came out great.

[@krane15]

They made those transfer device and sold them commercially, but I never bought one. I always figured I'd have time to do it later. I do still have blank disc and a fully functional blu-ray disc player.