Here is a list of hardware and software that I use to digitize old home movies, tapes, and family pictures:
Hardware
35mm film scanner: Pacific Image PowerFilm Plus 35mm Film Scanner
Document / picture scanner: Brother ADS-2700W
Flatbed scanner: Epson DS-50000 Large-Format Document Scanner
Audiocasette player with a 3.5mm output jack
Laptop / computer with 3.5mm input jack (headphone/microphone)
VHS player
Software
Video capture: OBS Studio
Photo editing: GIMP
Audio capture: Audacity
Digitizing these precious memories makes them available for future generations. They are much more useful to everyone online than they ever were sitting in a box.
Is there a cron command to auto digitize for me?
Maybe. But I’d have to talk to the guy who automated transcoding all his videos to h.265.
May I suggest Tdarr for the 265 transcoding.
https://home.tdarr.io