Digitizing BetaCam SP Tapes

[Bob Zelin]

how can anyone answer you, and tell you what capture product to get, if you don’t say what Mac Pro you have – a 2009 Mac Pro, a 2013 Mac Pro Cylinder, or a 2019 Mac Pro ?

And you do know, when you go to eBay to get the cheapest BetaSP machine you can find, the odds are, it will break while you are using it, and chew up your tapes

bob

[Jeffrey Yana]

Trashcan (is anyone still using the old cheese graters?). I understand an expansion chassis would be a requirement.

Whats your advice on a deck?

Thanks

[Bob Zelin]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265001281309?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=265001281309&targetid=1068323850950&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9011813&poi=&campaignid=11755693395&mkgroupid=113650298306&rlsatarget=pla-1068323850950&abcId=9300462&merchantid=6296724&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIs_DZwZ2f7gIV–bjBx1SbQrmEAQYBSABEgJZ2_D_BwE

everything you want is on ebay. A thunderbolt 2 capture product from AJA or Blackmagic, and an old Beta SP VTR. Like I said – who knows what kind of condition your Beta machine will be in –

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-UVW-1800-BETACAM-SP-Betamax-Video-Editing-Player-Recorder-Near-Mint-Tested/254833370205?hash=item3b5540a45d:g:dGsAAOSwXW9f~lOo

Bob

[Tim Gerhard]

I’d say talk to Media Transfer Service in NY to safely move the tapes over.

http://mediatransferservice.com/

[Jeffrey Yana]

Thanks Bob.

[Jeffrey Yana]

Thanks Tim.