I have been asked to extract a short video film (a very precious wedding video) on VHS cassette into a 21st century format so it can be viewed again.
I need to decide whether to send it off somewhere to be done 'professionally', or DIY it? If so, any suggestions as to what kit would give decent enough results (given that the video was pretty crappy 1980s VCR quality anyway; but I don't want it to get worse!). I do have an old domestic VHS player which was consigned to the back of the workshop about
10 years ago when a cassette got jammed inside and I never bothered sorting it. I expect I could nurse it back to health? And it would be quite useful to have the necessary hardware in house, as there are a few more tapes I'd like to view and digitise too, ideally.If the panel reckons I should just send my tape away somewhere - any suggestions as to where? What would be the best primary output spec - some form of computer video format or standard DVD format? (whichever primary file I get, the actual file will end up being viewed both via DVD and computer screen).
Thanks