Jan Walzer1d ago
Manawyrm | Sarah

Do I happen to know anyone in the EU with a LaserDisc + Domesday Duplicator setup?

I really want to have a digital rip of a rare laserdisc, but I really don't feel like getting into a whole new ecosystem.

Willing to pay for the time and effort.

EDIT: My disc is a Japanese NTSC release, making things even harder...

Jul 16 at 9:12amWeb
Show threadKarpour1d ago
@manawyrm would be interested in the same, would be great if someone would offer archiving services. A domesday duplicator setup is too expensive for me right now, plus the calibration disc is unobtanium :/
Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago
@karpour I'm fairly certain I could build the duplicator (or something similar, it's just an oversized ADC after all).
But getting a NTSC-capable laserdisc player in germany... well 🙃
Show threadAliveDevil1d ago

@manawyrm @karpour
I mean … they are available afterall.

https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_nkw=LaserDisc+NTSC+Player&_sacat=0&_from=R40&LH_PrefLoc=1&_sop=15

So, 444€ is the entrance drug price.

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Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago

@AliveDevil @karpour Yes, plus about the same for the duplicator hardware, plus 100 bucks for the disc I want to rip, that puts me at about a 1000$ for a single music album.

I do love that recording and would like to have the full disc but eh... well...

Show threadkami_kadse1d ago

@manawyrm @karpour

I'd try asking in bigger libraries, a university library or something like that

Show threadKarpour1d ago
@kami_kadse @manawyrm Domesday Duplicators are setups that only level 99 nerds possess.
Show threadkami_kadse1d ago

@karpour @manawyrm

maybe, but the actual laserdisc hardware perhaps...

Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago

@kami_kadse @karpour Using the Domesday Duplicator involves installing an internal raw signal output, though...
So I'd have to solder/drill into the machine.

That's not something I'd want to do on a borrowed machine :)

Show threadkami_kadse1d ago
@manawyrm @karpour 😬 ah okay, yes they probably wouldn't agree.
Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago

@kami_kadse @karpour That's the beauty of the Domesday project, it's like SDR for analog video formats, you just record the very raw output from the laser (or video heads in the case of a VHS tape) and then do everything else in software (which can do a much better job than the aging hardware)...

But eh, yeah, not ideal :)

Show threadSharam DJ4RAM1d ago
@manawyrm I do have a Pioneer LD player playing evrything and HW-stuff for capturing analogue from S-Video/SDI/etc in any TV-Signal to any digital but no Domesday Duplicator.
Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago

@dj4ram Halfway there :)

I'm trying to explicitly rip the digital audio track of a music album as perfectly as I can, that's why I'm asking about the digital copy.

If nothing else, maybe we could do a analogue rip and get a digital SPDIF feed for the audio out of the machine?

Show threadSharam DJ4RAM1d ago
@manawyrm it's a Pioneer CLD-D925 and I have more optical SPDIF Inputs than we need here. :)
Show threadLuke G1d ago
@manawyrm As a fan of laserdisc who is neither near enough to help or in possession of the correct equipment, I'm curious to know which rare disc you seek to preserve.
Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago

@MutantFuturist This one: https://www.discogs.com/de/release/14183599-Mark-Knopfler-A-Night-In-London

Particularly the digital audio track (as raw bits) if I can rip it somehow.

Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago

@MutantFuturist I think LaserDisc is super cool, but I have a strong disdain for any sort of physical media.

This would be an interesting side quest/rabbit hole to go down into, but I'm not sure I really would want to.

Show threadLuke G1d ago
@manawyrm They take up so much room and are difficult to transport en masse - I love them but hesitate to recommend collecting them hahaha. I don't have the one you're looking to preserve - mine are all b-grade horror and sci-fi.
Show threadMartin's pipe dreams1d ago
@manawyrm you could ask around digital museums. They might do it in exchange for a copy and maybe borrow the medium.
Show threadDifferent Drummer1d ago
@manawyrm Not me, but persevere. A couple of decades ago there were people converting laserdiscs to VHS cassettes so the tech is definitely out there.
Show threadSonikku1d ago

@manawyrm

Japanese LD... ooh nice.

Some of the best music concerts were released on that format e.g. Casiopea Perfect Live II

Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago
@Sonic2k Yes!! Mine's the 1996 London recording of Mark Knopfler!
There's no full high quality rip of it anywhere (the DVD release is missing the best songs!) and the discs are hard to find, but I managed to get one.
Show threadJessie Nabein 1d ago

@manawyrm ah you're looking for a unicorn I think. Someone in the EU, with an NTSC player, and Domesday unit...

I have a Domesday and NTSC unit, but I'm in Canada...

Show threadsettima1d ago
@manawyrm Paging @obsoletemediauk
Show threadMuseum of Obsolete Media1d ago
@settima @manawyrm sorry, I don't have a LaserDisc player or duplicator.
Show threadKupferhirn1d ago
@manawyrm I have two LaserDisc player that support NTSC in vienna. But did not have the time yet to research a Domesday Duplicator setup.
Show threadKai Bernau1d ago
@manawyrm @petes_bread_eqn_xls maybe @avavsystems can help?
Show threadKevin Russell1d ago

@manawyrm

No idea what hashtags to help here. #laserDisk #oldtech #fixit

What #hashtags would help find old laser disk printing help #Mastodon?

Show threadManuX1d ago
@manawyrm uhm, if I remember properly, laserdiscs contain an analog video track, they were not digital media. Maybe you just need a svhs acquisition card.
Show threadManawyrm | Sarah1d ago
@manux they did have digital audio tracks, though. which is important here, because i‘m talking about a live concert recording on laserdisc :)
Show threaddomingo9h ago

@manawyrm
Have you asked on the Domesday86 discord?

https://discord.gg/XGpV3mEY

Good Luck!

I dabbled with a CX card setup and capturing VHS but I have no experience with LaserDisc unfortunately.

But CX card(s) should be a lower barrier to entry compared to the DdD. But the LD player is of course still required...

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