griibor , vor einem Monat

@foone Think you could fit a tape head inside of a VHS to write onto an endless-loop in close to real time?

Like one of those compact cassette to 3.5mm adapters.

foone OP , vor einem Monat

@griibor not really. VHS tapes are helical scan rather than linear like compact cassettes, so you can't really make an adapter

griibor , vor 26 Tagen

@foone I was thinking.

I assume the head's too big to put in the cassette at the right angle, even ignoring how you'd power the thing.

chunter , vor einem Monat

@foone

I'm pretty sure this violates the unread terms of use on streaming services but I like it as an idea. If you remember "digilog" audio cassettes, they were made in his way.

But what I imagine is a print on demand redbox kiosk, probably working the way Famicom Disk vending machines worked in 80s Japan, with the bonus of internet connectivity

ReverendMoose , vor einem Monat

@foone do it as a membership club and don't actually charge for the rentals, and maybe just maybe you'll be okay.

jonhendry , vor einem Monat

@foone

What if all your media was for the Fisher Price Movie Viewer or PXL2000.

joeo10 , vor einem Monat

@foone I'm sure the MPAA feels it's 1000% illegal...

foone OP , vor einem Monat

I'd be paying for a bluray per VHS tap, so I didn't make any extra "copies".
And you can't DMCA me: it's not digital.

static , vor einem Monat

@foone Exploiting the analogue loophole. Getting it downsampled to analogue might be fun, though. Do Blu-ray players with analogue outputs even exist?

rnbastos , vor einem Monat

@foone it will be legal if we don’t need to rewind.

jaykass , vor einem Monat

@foone there is one way to find out

sargoth , vor einem Monat

@foone if it also has a small kitchen utensils section, you could call it
pans 'n scans

jalcine , vor einem Monat

@foone feel like it'd only be noticable because of the amount of 📼 they'd be moving for non educational purposes

demofox , vor einem Monat

@foone fair use. You are just training meat ML on them.

zarky , vor einem Monat

@foone Wonder how the analog loophole would play into this idea.