Capture the "raw" RF signal or high-bandwidth S-Video output before the tape’s oxide layer flakes off.
Analog tapes are physically degrading every year. Projects like HCB2 aim to: HCB2-vhs-31.7z.001
In the world of high-fidelity archiving, "HCB" often refers to captures. These are not your standard low-res YouTube rips; they are massive, lossless, or near-lossless files intended to capture every interlaced detail of an original VHS tape. The file extension .7z.001 tells us two things: Capture the "raw" RF signal or high-bandwidth S-Video