Some of the best wisdom in this whole series is at the end of part 2 where the author summarizes the lessons:
> This process obviously took me a long time, but I hope this article can save others 80-90% of the effort of digitizing and sharing their home videos. The next section has a detailed walkthrough of the nuts and bolts of my solution, but here are some general tips for digitizing and sharing home videos:
> Capture as much metadata as possible during the raw capture and edit stages.
> Labels on the tapes often have valuable information.
Keep a record of which clip came from which tape and in what order.
> Note any clues in the clip about the recording date.
> Consider outsourcing the raw capture to professionals.
> It’s extremely difficult and expensive for you to match the quality of a video digitization company.
> This process obviously took me a long time, but I hope this article can save others 80-90% of the effort of digitizing and sharing their home videos. The next section has a detailed walkthrough of the nuts and bolts of my solution, but here are some general tips for digitizing and sharing home videos:
> Capture as much metadata as possible during the raw capture and edit stages.
> Labels on the tapes often have valuable information. Keep a record of which clip came from which tape and in what order.
> Note any clues in the clip about the recording date.
> Consider outsourcing the raw capture to professionals.
> It’s extremely difficult and expensive for you to match the quality of a video digitization company.
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