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Software defined VHS decoder - Fork (maybe temporary) of the ld-decode Laserdisc rf decoder

22 mentions on Hacker News by 21 people: 3 stories, 19 comments · first 2022-12-11 · latest 2026-09-27

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  1. …project. Let's see if I ever get around to that, but at least it bypass Firewire entirely: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode https://www.reddit.com/r/vhsdecode/
    comment by eisa01 · 2026-04-01 · in Bring Back MiniDV with This Raspberry Pi FireWire Hat
  2. …70s and 80s. Here's the software (and descriptions of the hardware and VHS player mods) they use: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode I suspect the recording technique/format on those is a similar analog signal on the tape - and from…
    comment by bigiain · 2025-11-11 · in Unix v4 Tape Found
  3. …beyond the reach (or patience) of even most hackers. But good information on decks and theory: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode/wiki/ In the (original) spirit of this site, where people get curious and go off and solve impossible…
    comment by badlibrarian · 2025-11-11 · in Automating our home video imports
  4. …drivers as well, while the cheap HDMI capture + OBS Just Works. There is the ultimate solution https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode , but that requires modifying your VCR.
    comment by pjc50 · 2025-11-11 · in Automating our home video imports
  5. …https://github.com/simoninns/DomesdayDuplicator https://github.com/happycube/ld-decode https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode https://www.domesday86.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Domesday_Project
    comment by aspenmayer · 2025-06-30 · in Sony DTC-700 audio DAT player/recorder
  6. …Super VHS HiFi Stereo tapes. (I'll be doing the audio restoration part.) [Edit: Oooh, I see that https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode now supports HiFi audio decoding! Sadly for me, this appears to require some light VHS deck hacking.]
    comment by CharlesW · 2025-02-22 · in Recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes
  7. …looks like a waveform compresses quite well. e.g. analog signals, data logging, etc. One example is https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode - capturing high-bandwidth signals directly from analog tape with SDR-like hardware, for later…
    comment by Doohickey-d · 2025-02-12 · in FLAC 1.5 Delivers Multi-Threaded Encoding
  8. https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode + 10 of those $35 a pop https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode/wiki/RSP1 + 10 VHS players + someone on a night shift feeding tapes every couple hours = ~100 days
    comment by rasz · 2024-09-27 · in I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and don't know what to do with them
  9. Probably the highest quality retrieval is with: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode which reads the raw data off a variety of tape formats and converts it to video. Grew out of the domesday project for lasterdiscs
    comment by zdw · 2024-09-26 · in I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and don't know what to do with them
  10. https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
    comment by Sesse__ · 2024-08-23 · in Tales from the Far Side
  11. …ld-decode - https://github.com/happycube/ld-decode Also worth mentioning the fork, vhs-decode - https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode which was discussed here previously. VHS-Decode – Software defined VHS decoder -…
    comment by metadat · 2024-05-01 · in The LaserDisc
  12. Martin Scorsese should sponsor https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode :-) It's the ultimate in VHS preservation. I'm sure the Venn diagram between HN and Hollywood could make this happen!
    comment by actionfromafar · 2024-03-25 · in Martin Scorsese's secret life as an obsessive VHS archivist
  13. https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode Fork of https://github.com/happycube/ld-decode
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2023-12-18 · in VHS-decode project could help archival efforts (2022)
  14. …it working, the $500 or so for the Domesday Duplicator may well have been a better choice. [0]: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode/wiki/CX-Cards#what-is...
    comment by sgarland · 2023-11-21 · in HandBrake 1.7.0 – The open source video transcoder
  15. …fork of the same software decoder (to be covered in video part 2) that does VHS tape signal instead https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
    comment by Maxious · 2023-11-20 · in The Domesday Duplicator (2022)
  16. …[0]) to see it used with VHS via VHS decode [1] . [0] https://youtu.be/ZMI5ma6IqZw?t=25 [1] https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
    comment by k12sosse · 2023-11-19 · in HandBrake 1.7.0 – The open source video transcoder
  17. For NTSC, also check out https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
    comment by actionfromafar · 2023-10-27 · in WebSDR – Internet-connected Software-Defined Radios
  18. …stack to decode the VHS signal into actual video. Looks pretty cool, but I've never used it. https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode
    comment by tbirdz · 2023-02-02 · in Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch
  19. …raw VHS RF signal from special test points on your VHS recorder. Some hardware hacking is required: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode/wiki/Hardware-Install... By the way, great Japanese docudrama about the making of VHS with Toshiyuki…
    comment by rwmj · 2022-12-11 · in VHS-Decode – Software defined VHS decoder