It was, in a way. As far as I know, France was the only European country to use it, others preferring PAL over it. There was some country from Africa (mostly former colonies), but not much else as far as I know.

Thanks! Good luck and keep me updated, I’m curious to know if you can get a good result. (I don’t see why not, but still.)

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That said, I might go another route. I seems the successor to a tuner card I used to have was apparently made again. (Said successor being the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-5525, to be precise.) It does have a capture function, especially since I still have the I/O extension from my previous tuner, (the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2200) which is compatible with this newer model too. Might go that route instead, as it would also let me watch TV and listen to FM radio again.

I had already captured one VHS with the old card, but not only did I lose most of the capture since, and my old tuner also died. (Not that it’s very surprising, as it was the oldest part still present in my PC even back at the time of its demise. It is missed, but lived a plentiful life.) Plus, I since migrated to Linux, and this new model is better supported than the old one on said OS.

Because it didn’t agree with SECAM. I didn’t know it back then, but the GBS-C only support PAL and NTSC, there is absolutely no SECAM support in it. Same goes for the OSSC.

That said, I saw that the successor to a tuner card I used to have was apparently made again. (Said successor being the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-5525, to be precise.) It does have a capture function, especially since I still have the I/O extension from my previous tuner, (the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2200) which is compatible with this newer model too. Might go that route instead, as it would also let me watch TV and listen to FM radio again.

I had already captured one VHS with the old card, but not only did I lose most of the capture since, and my old tuner also died. (Not that it’s very surprising, as it was the oldest part still present in my PC even back at the time of its demise. It is missed, but lived a plentiful life.) Plus, I since migrated to Linux, and this new model is better supported than the old one on said OS.

Comme dit plus haut, je peux réduire un peu l’enchainement de câblage, vu que mon caméscope peut se brancher à une TV ou carte de capture via RCA. (C’est même le seul moyen de le connecter.) Par contre, il ne peut sortir que du mono, mais les VHS de souvenirs étant elles-mêmes en mono, ce n’est pas vraiment un problème.

La question serait plutôt de savoir quelle carte de capture vous me recommanderiez. 😉

Interesting to know the capture card work on Linux.

Never had a miniDV. My cam is a Panasonic NV-M7, SECAM version. As I said in the original post, it play and film on full-size VHS, and can be plug-in in composite. (Hence why I killed my GBS-C trying to use it to capture the signal. 😭)

Thanks for all those informations, I will have to think on what is the best solution for me.

If it work, and your VCR/DVD combo can really output the VHS’ signal through its HDMI port, let me know. It might be the way I go, as the simplest way to obtain what I want. (I already have an HDMI capture card, which is why I tried using my GBS-C to capture my VHS… And killed said GBS-C.)

Heureux que vous ayais eu une si bonne experiance pour les souvenirs Super-8. Ma grand-mère n’a pas cette chance. Ses Super-8 à elle se sont retrouvé dans une qualité dégueu, en plus d’être dans un grand le plus grand des désordre chronologique. (Sans compter la musique moisie que le professionel a ajouté.)

Et j’ai hélas, en grande majorité, le même genre de retour sur les numérisations de VHS. (Pas pour la musique, mais qualité d’image encore plus dégeux que sur la VHS d’orrigine, parfois accompagné d’un mélange totalement illogique des différentes vidéos d’une même VHS alors qu’elles étaient dans l’ordre chronologique sur le support d’origine, ça oui.)

Puis rien qu’en comptant les souvenirs de faimilles, j’ai plus d’une VHS à récupérer. Puis je numériserais aussi probablement les VHS comerciales que j’ai. (Ça fait chier de rachetter des vidéos que l’on possaide déjà. Surtout que dans le lot il y a des Looney Tunes avec le doublage français d’orrigine, devenu introuvable aujourd’hui.)

Sans compter que je connais d’autres personnes qui sont interessé, rendant le materiel d’autant plus interessant.

Bref, je préfère payer directement pour le materiel, que je sais parfaitement que je rentabiliserais, plutôt que de payer une tierce personne, pour très probablement devoir au final achetter le matos malrgé tout pour pouvoir refaire moi-même une capture propre.

Je tien tout de même à vous remercier pour avoir pris le temps de me répondre. Votre contribution reste grandement aprécié.

That is a far more funny acronym. Especially for a Frenchy like me, since my peoples often say of the ones controlling such big corporations, “they have fangs so long, they scratch the floor”. (Well… “They scratch the parquet”, to be exact. But who care if the floor is made of wood or not at that point.)

Except the team behind Waze was merged with the one behind Google Maps, they just keep the two apps separated (for now) to prevent any backlash. Same with Doubleclick and Google Adds. (In fact, I’ve got the impression Doubleclick became nothing more than an alias for Google Adds. And for quite some time, I might add.)

Except all of Alphabet entreprises have a name starting by Google. (Or at least strongly evocating it, in the case of Gmail.)

We can’t say the same about Meta. Instagram isn’t called “Facebook Gallery”, and Threads isn’t called “Facebook Short Messages”. (And Oculus didn’t become “Facebook VR”, just Meta.)

Can’t say I find this surprising, especially not coming from a #GAMAM. (Formerly #GAFAM)

It’s probably the first time that guy say someting inteligent in all his life.

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French peoples are too.

Again, not exactly the best idea, but with a small enough screw, very carefully drilled tiny hole, and some reinforcing glue, you might have another option there.

There already IS a hole in the bottom “half”, but I’m not sure having a screw head or a nut here wouldn’t mess with the membrane under it, nor how the button is sitting. Might still try it if I don’t find any other solutions.

Thanks for the information, I will take it into account.

I still have the box of the controller, but I doubt it got the information of what plastic is used to make its elements, alas.

While there is no stock left of the Xbox version, Amazon still have some units of the Switch one. But the way that button is made, I risk bending, if not outright breaking, its stem, while trying to take it from one controller to put it in the second. (And I’m not comfortable destroying a brand-new controller to repair another one, especially when it’s “old new stock”.)

Since that controller is based on the Saturn one, I can search and see if the 8BitDo use the same directional pad. (It looks the same from the outside, but that doesn’t guaranty anything for the rest.)

By the way, I looked inside to see how the plastic part of said button was made. Here is a link with 2 pictures (plus the one you already saw with my initial post): https://social.marud.fr/notes/a24xiiatpqy6q6lg

Thanks for the information, I will take it into account.

I still have the box of the controller, but I doubt it got the information of what plastic is used to make its elements, alas.

While there is no stock left of the Xbox version, Amazon still have some units of the Switch one. But the way that button is made, I risk bending, if not outright breaking, its stem, while trying to take it from one controller to put it in the second. (And I’m not comfortable destroying a brand-new controller to repair another one, especially when it’s “old new stock”.)

Since that controller is based on the Saturn one, I can search and see if the 8BitDo use the same directional pad. (It looks the same from the outside, but that doesn’t guaranty anything for the rest.)

By the way, I looked inside to see how the plastic part of said button was made. Here is a link with 2 pictures (plus the one you already saw with my initial post): https://social.marud.fr/notes/a24xiiatpqy6q6lg

Thanks for the suggestion. I don’t live in a country with the particular stores you mentioned, but I’m sure I can find equivalent shops which might have it.

That said, I will still search for a replacement. (Can’t replace the whole controller, since it’s not made anymore. And it would be a waste to put working electronics into the trash, anyway.)

Also work perfectly with France’s curent president.

Good teachers do it, both in history and french class, but that’s often an overlooked part of the teaching plan. In part because our government ask teachers to teach more and more things a year, and no days are added to said year. (The teaching about religion, I mean. Teaching religion is still illegal in public schools, and must be optional in privates ones.)

Also, the “peoples” who govern us might prefer us ignorant of those things. (And many other, to be honest.)