I have spent weeks trying to figure out how to digitize VHS, Video8, HI8, and Digital8 at the highest quality possible. Before I start buying the equipment, I want to make sure that the stuff I am going buy gives the best quality possible as I'll be transferring hundreds of tapes and only want to do this once perfectly. I also have a Apple Macbook Pro.
Analog Tapes:
S-VHS VCR to a Sony Handycam that can play both Analog/Digital. Then S-Video to a Panasonic DMR-ES10/15 that acts as a DIY TBC. Then a Sony Blu-Ray DISC/DVD Player DDP-S350 just so it converts the S-Video to a HDMI port. Then A HDMI Capture Device to the computer.
Digital Tapes:
Sony Handycam that can play both Analog/Digital through Firewire to a old computer that has a Firewire port.
Am I overcomplicating everything? I care most about quality because some of these tapes are over 45 years old and I want them digitized before it is too late.
Also, does using a capture card using lossless codecs improve anything? I don't know much on this method and it would require me getting another computer but I'll do that if that end result is much different then the setting I plan to use. Is there a example of a video using this method?
Thank you!!!