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This is wonderful and important work. Are there audio restoration gurus who make their services available to the average person? I've found many "transfer your

This is wonderful and important work. Are there audio restoration gurus who make their services available to the average person? I've found many "transfer your memories to DVD"-type places, but I haven't been able to find people/companies that specialize in doing the best-possible digitization of formats like Yamaha 4-track cassettes and Super VHS HiFi Stereo tapes. (I'll be doing the audio restoration part.) [Edit: Oooh, I see that https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode now supports HiFi audio decoding! Sadly for me, this appears to require some light VHS deck hacking.]

m463 2y ago
I'd love to learn about this too. I have some old family super-8 movies. There are film scanners that can scan them in, but none of them decode or even acknowledge the magnetic soundtrack.
- actionfromafar 2y ago
  I'm sure the track could be captured more optimally, but I think still the cheapest way would be to find an old Super8 projector with sound. Even if the bulb is broken, you can still get the sound out. Then scan in a regular digital film scanner as you mentioned and merge with the sound in post-processing.
actionfromafar 2y ago
It's really pretty simple. If you can find an electronics repair shop, they should be able to do it for like the lowest rate they have, but it's pretty simple to do yourself in an hour even if you never soldered before.
- CharlesW 2y ago
  It sounds like you're familiar with the process, so thanks for the reassurance! It would be neat to be able to do this for friends and family.
ksec 2y ago
Really wish this is a services available everywhere. We have broadcast, radio or recording studio who throw away all the old recording because they couldn't afford to keep it or turn it into digital for easier storage.
userbinator 2y ago
Try https://www.video99.co.uk/ https://www.video99.co.uk/ if you're in the UK.

m463 2y ago

I'd love to learn about this too. I have some old family super-8 movies. There are film scanners that can scan them in, but none of them decode or even acknowledge the magnetic soundtrack.

actionfromafar 2y ago
I'm sure the track could be captured more optimally, but I think still the cheapest way would be to find an old Super8 projector with sound. Even if the bulb is broken, you can still get the sound out. Then scan in a regular digital film scanner as you mentioned and merge with the sound in post-processing.

actionfromafar 2y ago

It's really pretty simple. If you can find an electronics repair shop, they should be able to do it for like the lowest rate they have, but it's pretty simple to do yourself in an hour even if you never soldered before.

CharlesW 2y ago
It sounds like you're familiar with the process, so thanks for the reassurance! It would be neat to be able to do this for friends and family.

ksec 2y ago

Really wish this is a services available everywhere. We have broadcast, radio or recording studio who throw away all the old recording because they couldn't afford to keep it or turn it into digital for easier storage.

userbinator 2y ago

Try https://www.video99.co.uk/ https://www.video99.co.uk/ if you're in the UK.