For any poor souls visiting this thread, I just use https://southtree.com/ … it was like $100 and I got 2 boxes of VHS and all kinds of various video camera formats converted to a USB stick
Even as an exercise in learning, it's a deadend. Southtree and their ilk will be gone in this generation.
Even as an exercise in learning, it's a deadend. Southtree and their ilk will be gone in this generation.