I Thought My Childhood was LOST

Linus tries to backup some embarrassing VHS tapes from his childhood with the help of Mark's VCR.

FOLLOW US
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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:18 Will this work?
3:40 What makes a GOOD VCR?
6:49 What else you'll need
9:44 WATCHING THE TAPES
13:04 The capture setup
13:34 TEENAGE LINUS
19:01 Linus tries French
19:39 Improving the quality
21:15 Bad Backup strategies
23:15 Outro

[TechnologyConnections]

Thanks for the shoutout!
One thing I wish I could go back in time and change for my video was the capture thingy. I could never figure out how to get it to not cut the input audio level dramatically, so all my captures require a lot more work in the end than I'd like. But I was looking for something I could leave in a media center - if I were to remake that video I'd probably suggest a capture card and using OBS over the janky Amazon whatever I used!

[cursedhellspawn]

the irony of the tape saying "never forget us" and linus saying "i have no recollection of any of this"

[Vole]

A friendly well known reminder: Any time Linus is uncomfortable or in pain... It's great content!

[slinnky]

To anyone in the future looking at this video - I bought the Blackmagic devices shown here and used them to record my family videos. Here's some things you should know. Maybe it will save you a few days of troubleshooting:
- The Blackmagic Analog converter NEEDS a strong signal and may benefit from time-based correction (Tbc). It's an enterprise device that isn't tolerant to poor signal or loose timings. If your VHS is too old, or was recorded with a lower quality device, or you recorded a VHS from another VHS, it may not work with this Blackmagic analog converter. In my case, one entire family home video from 1997 didn't show any signal at all, but later in the tape, where TV shows were recorded, it worked perfectly. In other cases, the signal would cut out frequently. I couldn't afford a fancy VCR machine like Linus used here, so your mileage may vary. I do have an old Sony camcorder that has Tbc built in, and the analog converter captured footage off the 8mm tapes in that camcorder that perfectly.
- To address the issue above, I used an old Elgato Game Capture HD device, which as a consumer device is more accommodating to a variety of signal strengths and timings. This allowed me to capture VHS tapes at 720x480i 60fps on Windows using the Elgato software. I couldn't get above 640x480i 30fps on my Mac. Also doing HDMI out from the Elgato card to the Ultrastudio 3G Recorder didn't work for me. I had to capture from the Elgato card over USB.
- You'll also need RCA female to 1/4" audio jacks for the Blackmagic analog converter, and an SDI cable from the analog converter to the Ultrastudio.
- I got the Blackmagic Desktop Video software working on my M1 Max 64GB RAM Macbook Pro (running Monteray) & a 2018 Intel Macbook Air (running Catalina) without issue. At the time of writing - my M1 Pro 32GB RAM Macbook Pro (Ventura) cannot detect the Ultrastudio 3G Recorder, even after the November 2022 Blackmagic update. I'm guessing the newer operating system is the problem.

[NikHYTWP]

As someone that speaks native level French, 17yo Linus speaking and interacting with a bunch of Quebec people is so cute, love it!!

[josh]

It's one thing to be told the LTT crew is Canadian. It's another thing to see young Linus conversing and singing in French!

[YOYOThs]

Never, have I ever seen Linus this awkward! This is actually quite sweet! Putting yourself out there like this is pretty huge!

[kataseiko]

The best part is: Shaved Linus (from before the pandemic) looked EXACTLY like the kid on that VHS tape. So this could have just as well been recorded in 2018.

[nenine]

Seeing young Linus talk French is like a fever dream, as a french folk it weirds me out and I find it amazing at the same time

[-SP.]

How did 17 year old Linus have a deeper voice than current Linus?

[davidbachnolle]

as someone from quebec seeing linus trying to speak French is amazing

[julienchabot]

I was a kid camp counselor in Quebec during the same period (early 2000s), it's was truly the kind of stuff we did and kids LOVED it! Never expected that from young Linus though! 😄 Mad props for your french by the way!

[ffturbo]

Linus cringing at himself is so funny and absolutely relateable

[debodatta]

Crazy how I was literally having a conversation with my parents about our old vhs tapes and how we can save them and you uploaded this

[maximilianschutze]

I laughed hard on Mark "local data hoarder"

[Axolotroll]

As a native french speaker, seeing young linus speak very coherent french and current Linus barely understand anything he said is glorious

[Zetaphor]

Seeing the sincere look of cringe on Linus' face was the best part of this video. That was pure emotion being expressed without any filter

[usefulpineapple]

It makes me so happy that Linus also loves Technology Connections

[tomm.digital]

I suddenly have an urge to see Linus speak French and do a whole video in French.

[melchormendoza]

how does 17 year old linus have a deeper voice than 35 yo linus lmao.