Spend over $100 - Amazon has it for $119! - and you will not need a computer to convert VHS to digital!
Uh.
No.
Per the Amazon website - link below - there is a 4 GB internal memory card. I converted 1 hour of a Mini-DV tape to digital and it was 13 GB. Of course, I really don't know if the conversion settings I used are typical or of a higher quality than "normal."
Here's the link.
Showing posts with label 2016_01_Conversion Projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2016_01_Conversion Projects. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
New External Hard Drive Options
I want to purchase a new external hard drive. I see two options:
- wireless, as described on http://www.howtogeek.com/235283/what-is-a-wireless-hard-drive-and-should-i-get-one/
- wired. This 5 TB external hard drive is on sale for $109 while a 4 TB external hard drive is on sale for $117.99. Is shipping available or not?
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Couldn't Grasp The Problem Until
I was spinning my wheels last night. When I run my DOS batch files, I use %TODAY% as a parameter to create a folder with the current date. What I ultimately end up doing, though, is manually creating a sub-folder with the time stamp of the first file that is created and then manually moving the files that were created into it. If I don't do that, I overwrite / replace the first set of TXT files the second time I run the DOS batch file.
So, armed with the knowledge that DOS is all-powerful, I wanted to automatically create folders based upon the date and time so that it would be done automatically. I love automation. Don't make me do something manually when I know there is a way to do it through a DOS command or a macro or something. I want to save time any chance I get.
I started poking around and came across the sites listed below and, armed with that knowledge, I began writing my own commands. What FINALLY got me to a mental breakthrough was when I observed the DOS window as it ran. The first command created a folder with the date and time, the second ran a DIR command that generates a TXT file in that folder. Then it goes to the second DIR command but because "current time" has changed between the first DIR and the second DIR, DOS puked and said, "I can't find a folder that has the "current time of the second DIR command" in it. Then the third DIR command ran and it was looking for a folder with the "current time of the third DIR command" in it, but the only folder that exists is the folder with the "current time of the first DIR command" in it.
What finally got me over the hump was analyzing the DOS commands more closely. These commands are from the second link:
@echo off
@echo Backing Up Server1
mysqldump -A -Q -R -c -e --lock-tables=FALSE -uXXXX -pXXXX -hX.X.X.1 > c:\backup\01.sql
@echo Backing Up Server2
mysqldump -A -Q -R -c -e --lock-tables=FALSE -uXXXX -pXXXX -hX.X.X.2 > c:\backup\02.sql
@echo Backing Up Server3
mysqldump -A -Q -R -c -e --lock-tables=FALSE-uXXXX -pXXXX -hX.X.X.3 > c:\backup\03.sql
set folderdate=%date:~7,2%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~10,4%
mkdir c:\backup\%folderdate%
set foldertime=%time:~0,2%-%time:~3,2%
mkdir c:\backup\%folderdate%\%foldertime%
move c:\backup\*.sql c:\backup\%folderdate%\%foldertime%\
Notice how this command - mkdir c:\backup\%folderdate%\%foldertime% - is not done at the beginning of the commands - it's done at the end! A-ha! I had my order reversed. I need to run all the DIR commands I'm going to run and then create a folder with the date and time in it.
This is a work-in-progress, but here are the links:
So, armed with the knowledge that DOS is all-powerful, I wanted to automatically create folders based upon the date and time so that it would be done automatically. I love automation. Don't make me do something manually when I know there is a way to do it through a DOS command or a macro or something. I want to save time any chance I get.
I started poking around and came across the sites listed below and, armed with that knowledge, I began writing my own commands. What FINALLY got me to a mental breakthrough was when I observed the DOS window as it ran. The first command created a folder with the date and time, the second ran a DIR command that generates a TXT file in that folder. Then it goes to the second DIR command but because "current time" has changed between the first DIR and the second DIR, DOS puked and said, "I can't find a folder that has the "current time of the second DIR command" in it. Then the third DIR command ran and it was looking for a folder with the "current time of the third DIR command" in it, but the only folder that exists is the folder with the "current time of the first DIR command" in it.
What finally got me over the hump was analyzing the DOS commands more closely. These commands are from the second link:
@echo off
@echo Backing Up Server1
mysqldump -A -Q -R -c -e --lock-tables=FALSE -uXXXX -pXXXX -hX.X.X.1 > c:\backup\01.sql
@echo Backing Up Server2
mysqldump -A -Q -R -c -e --lock-tables=FALSE -uXXXX -pXXXX -hX.X.X.2 > c:\backup\02.sql
@echo Backing Up Server3
mysqldump -A -Q -R -c -e --lock-tables=FALSE-uXXXX -pXXXX -hX.X.X.3 > c:\backup\03.sql
set folderdate=%date:~7,2%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~10,4%
mkdir c:\backup\%folderdate%
set foldertime=%time:~0,2%-%time:~3,2%
mkdir c:\backup\%folderdate%\%foldertime%
move c:\backup\*.sql c:\backup\%folderdate%\%foldertime%\
Notice how this command - mkdir c:\backup\%folderdate%\%foldertime% - is not done at the beginning of the commands - it's done at the end! A-ha! I had my order reversed. I need to run all the DIR commands I'm going to run and then create a folder with the date and time in it.
This is a work-in-progress, but here are the links:
Ten and a Half Hours Down, Under One and a Half to Go
I think this is pretty sweet! The base version of my music files is located on an external hard drive called G. On G, I have a "foldered" directory and a "notfoldered" directory. Even though I have many duplicates hovering around like gnats in both of those directories, I kicked off a freeware called FileSynch before I went to bed last night to synch my G drive to my E drive (another external hard drive). Then, because I typically transport my G drive with me to and from work so I can listen to music (instead of carrying in a shoebox of CDs like I used to), I am going to kick off a synch job that will make my H drive (on the MyCloud drive) and the E drive in-synch. At that point, I will have three copies of my music files. The master will be on the G, a second copy on the E and a third copy on the H.
The synch job to put E and G in line has ran for this amount of time: 10:30:50 and there is 1 hour 15 minutes remaining, as shown below.
Here are the results. There is not enough room on the E:\ drive so I need to free up some space. But not now - It's time to go to 11 AM Mass.
The synch job to put E and G in line has ran for this amount of time: 10:30:50 and there is 1 hour 15 minutes remaining, as shown below.
Update!!!!
Here are the results. There is not enough room on the E:\ drive so I need to free up some space. But not now - It's time to go to 11 AM Mass.
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