Void + Mango has been my jam.

It’s annoying for sure. I tend to adjust my expectations if the item is used (ala ebay, etc) or from a boutique outfit that makes things in limited batches.

Could someone knowledgeable tell me why desktop Linux has seemed to be ‘chosen’ in comparison to something like FreeBSD or OpenBSD?

I’m not necessarily knowledgeable, but I’ve gathered that Linux has historically been a little more approachable than the *BSDs, for the average person.

How many of those positions will be refilled in India?

Pardon?

propageeza

Yeah, it’s all about you, Raymond.

Thank you for the offer. Though, my intention is to just control everything via terminal.

I’m familiar with vhs-decode, on account of considering a domesday for digital backup of my large LaserDisc collection. I decided in the end though, that both applications are just way above and beyond what I want to do.

I do a lot of Hi8 digitizing, because I like to film in it, so this is first and foremost for that usecase. But I also want to get set up to digitize VHS found footage and lost media.

The script is nothing to write home about at the moment, with most of my time being spent just dialing it in for performance given the age of the Thinkserver. I feel that’s pretty squared away, so the next step is updating it to accept args for things like fps, resolution, etc.

#!/bin/sh

AUDIO_DEV="hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0"
FPS=60
OUTDIR="/home/wesker/capture"
PREVIEW_URL="udp://netsphere.lab:5000?pkt_size=1316"

exec ffmpeg -hide_banner \
  -thread_queue_size 2048 -f v4l2 -input_format yuyv422 \
    -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate "$FPS" -i /dev/video0 \
  -thread_queue_size 2048 -f alsa -i "$AUDIO_DEV" \
  -map 0:v -map 1:a \
    -c:v dnxhd -profile:v dnxhr_sq -c:a pcm_s16le \
    "$OUTDIR/$(date +%F-%H%M%S).mov" \
  -map 0:v -map 1:a \
    -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -tune zerolatency -g 20 \
    -c:a aac -b:a 128k \
    -f mpegts "$PREVIEW_URL"

I settled on the Magewell card because I found one super cheap, their Linux drivers seem pretty well supported and maintained, and I wanted a bolted-in solution since everything is rackmount.

I paid $50 on ebay for the Magewell, because the seller had a huge lot of them to liquidate.

The TINK 4k is indeed expensive, but it was one I had laying around collecting dust. I have a museum of gaming consoles and for a while was upscaling them with the TINK, before moving on to a different solution.

The 16:9@60 is simply my not yet having implemented conditions in my script for variable capture settings. I am fortunate to have an 8TB HDD in the server, and an additional 140TB data server, so file size footprint isn’t currently high on my priorities.

Not sugar.

Is this slop or spergposting? One answer gets a block; the other gets a block, but it’s not personal, I just don’t understand.

Older Reddit was even better. Reddit circa 2014 I was organizing local singles nights and smashing it.

I still prefer this and carry almost all these kinds of separate use items, with the exception that I only carry a camera under certain circumstances. Otherwise, my phone doubles as a quick use camera.

I’ve started my own foray into push-to-talk and speech-to-text recently. I opted for faster-whisper since I wanted a lighter, local approach. It might be more DIY than what you’re looking for, but I just wanted to chime in since it’s fresh on my mind.

Oddly, Void has been the first distro for me where it felt like hibernation just worked out of the box. Sorry though, I have no suggestions.