This decoder can convert a PXL 2000 video signal from either a wav file or line-in to digital video. In theory, you may be able to recover signal from tapes that no longer play in a PXL 2000 camcorder (with proper boost/compression).
Screenshot:
Features:
- can decode from line-in or wav file
- shows preview of decoded video
- brightness/contrast control
- speed control
- sync controls
- converts video signal to png frames
- resamples audio to normal speed
- creates a sample avconv script (with calculated fps) that will create a video file
- saves time code of each frame
- offers both GUI and command line modes
Requirements:
- Java JDK 6+ to compile, and
- You'll need something like avconv or ffmpeg to merge the decoded png's and audio to a video format.
- If you use a wav file, the decoder is currently tuned for stereo 16-bit audio sampled at 192khtz.
https://github.com/sevkeifert/pxl-2000-decoder
4 comments:
Magical. The finest retro-tech.
1987 would be proud ;-)
could you hook a digital audio recorder directly to a pxl-2000?
If you record from the rca video output it would be ntsc signal.
OTOH, if you wanted to record the native pxl signal to an external recorder, I think it might need to pull the signal off the play/record head. There used to to be cassette adapters but I'm not sure they'll work work with the high frequencies used by the pxl.
OMG. I am so happy to live in a future where people do this... and I was looking for this exact tool for a couple of PXL cassettes I discovered in my stuff. So. Ok. Here goes.
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