The first CAMRip ever made? (1982)

[renhoek93]

Don't know which board this would technically belong under so i am just going to post it here.

There is a guy on YouTube who tracks down old bootleg VHS tapes and converts them over to digital files.

He frequently uploads footage from old VHS CAMs from years ago two of the clips on his channel are from a CAM of ET recorded in 1982.

I think this is one of the very first CAMRips ever made and if it is this is a very rare piece of history.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVgAhi_QXi8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkYzAIpeBMA

[anon]

Can't watch the videos at the moment, but this seems very interesting! I don't think it was pre'd anywhere, though :P

While we're at it, did you know Russia manufactured a computer expansion card that allowed VHS tapes to be used to store data?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArVid

Considering the wide availability of these tapes and the fact a few GB was a lot of space at the time, I'm surprised this apparently didn't catch on anywhere else.

[Caballero]

Well, by the mid-90s we had Zip disks. Clearly much better technology. :D

[anon]

I would like to one-up your post with this storage format that no one remembers.

186035

[Caballero]

Same company! :D

I almost wish I had kept my zip drive and a few zip disks. Perfect storage medium for my bitcoin wallets. Pretty much unhackable as offline storage medium. :)

If I had a bit coin wallet, that is. :)

[anon]

I almost wish I had kept my zip drive and a few zip disks. Perfect storage medium for my bitcoin wallets. Pretty much unhackable as offline storage medium. :)

Until they go click click click, and not exactly from the coins stored inside... I think dead trees would be a better choice ;)

[renhoek93]

Can't watch the videos at the moment, but this seems very interesting! I don't think it was pre'd anywhere, though :P

While we're at it, did you know Russia manufactured a computer expansion card that allowed VHS tapes to be used to store data?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArVid

Considering the wide availability of these tapes and the fact a few GB was a lot of space at the time, I'm surprised this apparently didn't catch on anywhere else.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNeqiQQqU3g



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k-hH_E3FDo


Camcorders didn't exist until 1982/1983 so what kind of camera could these have been filmed with? Also I think the a new hope one is a re-release from before 1981.

[megabyteme]

Obviously time traveling pirates on a mission to defile copyright laws.

If that seems improbable, then consider that the date a movie is released doesn't mean that is when it was recorded on cam. Any time after the availability of camcorders could be when it was recorded-- either at a small theater rereleased, some guys with access to a theater after-hours, or studio executive's kids showing off for their friends. There have always been dollar theaters that have had access to films long after their initial release.

[anon]

If I had to guess, I'd say they sneaked in a "real" camera during a late-night showing in some small theater. Maybe with complicity from the staff and/or aided by a story about how Little Johnny really wanted to see Star Wars but had been hit by an airplane the previous week. These were simpler times... no surveillance cameras everywhere, no Internet to upload to, generation loss limiting the spread of physical copies (and Paul Kersey had just gotten a revolver with ammunition past airport security nine years prior).

But Occam's razor says time-traveling pirates are the most likely explanation :smilie4:

[renhoek93]

If I had to guess, I'd say they sneaked in a "real" camera during a late-night showing in some small theater. Maybe with complicity from the staff and/or aided by a story about how Little Johnny really wanted to see Star Wars but had been hit by an airplane the previous week. These were simpler times... no surveillance cameras everywhere, no Internet to upload to, generation loss limiting the spread of physical copies (and Paul Kersey had just gotten a revolver with ammunition past airport security nine years prior).

But Occam's razor says time-traveling pirates are the most likely explanation :smilie4:

I guess that makes sense. :D

[ssd_executor]

Iomega Jaz was a fine disk drive, i still have one of those units somewhere.

[Skippynut]

Wow, I’ve got a Jaz drive around here somewhere, too. Wonder if it still works…

[yffab]

I'm wondering that about some of my old archives as well (mostly DVDs). But then I'm discovering it doesn't really matter because whatever is on there is pretty much unwatchable at 480p (or 480i, yech).

[anon]

whatever is on there is pretty much unwatchable at 480p (or 480i, yech).

Remember when "unwatchable" was the highest quality source that would ever be available? ;) Interlaced video must die, though.