Hi Neil, thank you ever so much for all of this information.
We’ll definitely take a lot of it onboard, especially the advice on formats and legacy storage. Re. the initial digitisation, we unfortunately only have the ability to export via a composite output due to the limitations on the U-Matic VP-5040 player.
We’re currently also experiencing some picture / sound interference issues when connecting the component cable (via a loom) into the Decklink 2 Blackmagic capture card using the serial port, so we are considering converting the signal to digital via an analog (BNC) to HDMI converter.
The interference we are experiencing is attached on a short video. I’ve also set up another thread on this.
https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/blackmagic-capture-issue-with-u-matic-player/
We’re struggling to find solutions…
Anyway, thank you again for your advice!
Fraser
Blackmagic capture issue with U-Matic player