Converting some old VCRs to digital files

[usonian]

1. I got a VCR player for ONE tape that was a transfer from film of my parents' wedding.

If I had to digitize it, I have somewhere in my collection a video digitizer. I imagine it uses the RCA plugs from the VCR. How do you digitize the video?

Any bundled software no doubt would not load (on the ancient computers? Maybe so!)

Just curious in case this pops up on my Twilight Zone radar.

Audio from turntables should go right into the microphone jack (if there is one) on the computer.

I have a Radio Shark or two, and the only software that runs them will run on the very ancient 2010 Mac Book Air and nothing else. Haven’t had the need, but I do dip into nostalgia now and then for fun.

Old mac software (meaning HyperCard 2.4.1) does run under emulation on newer macs. I tried it on the intel mini. Will retry on the M2 mini if I haven’t already.

Here: https://www.mendelson.org/macos9osx.html
Universal app, runs on intel or Apple Silicon.
10.12 Sierra or later.