So I own over 500 vhs tapes. And dvds, but those are easy to rip. I am trying to archive all my tapes before they go bad. However, that takes a lot of time. Should I just try to find all the movies I can for tapes I own?

I’ve been out of the game for a few years now. How vast are the resources for 90s movies and such ?

  • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’d say it’s fastest to download, as mentioned using radarr etc… to throw in the full list. Then afterwards look and see what couldn’t be found and rip those (and yeah others mentioned making them available to others after you rip them could be a great good deed to share the hard to find ones)

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Downloading them would maybe be a good way to find if any of them are hard to find and someone else might appreciate a copy available even if the quality isn’t great. if they are findable in better quality but the VHS or DVD has ads, PSAs, bumpers, special features, etc between that might be rare too

  • SmokeFree@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I would archive all those 500 vhs tapes. Nostalgia. There are some private trackers encouraged people to upload it. Even a commercial ads from the 90s (of course you cannot just compare it with movies vs commercial ads) are being uploaded despite low quality. Or you could find some collectors.

  • ReallyZen@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The ethical pirate would rip them and make them available as torrents. Out of 500, there’s probably a lot that is unfindable.

    Start with your favorites, go as far as you (and your bandwidth) can.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I don’t have a problem with this, its easy enough to throw in a tape in the morning, then another at night. In a year I’d be done.

      However, I don’t think many people would want them due to the low quality. I myself actually enjoy vhs quality but I know many want the highest possible for their media.

      • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I’d say download everything and keep track of what you can’t find, then rip those because there will probably be people in the data hoarder or lost media communities who would love to hoard and share it.

      • SethranKada@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Low quality is better than no quality. That is, something is better than nothing, and options are always good.