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Domesday Duplicator
The Domesday Duplicator is a USB 3.0 hardware solution for capturing LaserDisc RF at 40msps 10-bit suitable for use capturing many FM RF based formats as well.
Its documentation originally lived on Domesday86.com project pages but is now moved onto GitHub.
Warning
Currently the Windows application has potential for sample dropouts, only Linux/MacOS is recommended for high value capturing.
0000 is 1-2-3-4 dips, In orientation to bottom numbers up is 1 and down is 0.
All selected in this up position is 1111 or 2.02 Minimum Gain When dip’s 2-3-4 are down it's 1000 this is the maximum gain of 8.5, the table below shows all possible positions.
Configuration | Switch Position | Gain |
---|---|---|
15 | 1111 | 2.02 |
7 | 0111 | 2.17 |
11 | 1011 | 2.27 |
13 | 1101 | 2.45 |
3 | 0011 | 2.54 |
14 | 1110 | 2.59 |
5 | 0101 | 2.79 |
6 | 0110 | 3.02 |
9 | 1001 | 3.04 |
10 | 1010 | 3.34 |
1 | 0001 | 3.8 |
12 | 1100 | 4 |
2 | 0010 | 4.4 |
4 | 0100 | 6 |
8 | 1000 | 8.5 |
The software is a GUI based capture tool, with a serial control interface for LaserDisc players.
Linux Install / MacOS Builds / Windows Builds
Tip
Enable RMS Measurement to have a live readout.
Enable stop captures on sequence mistmach if your seeing dropped samples with your setup.
Dark mode on windows can be done via:
DomesdayDuplicator.exe --style fusion
For Ubuntu 20.2 & Linux Mint 22.3
Install Dependency's
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends git cmake libgl-dev qt6-base-dev libqt6serialport6-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev qt6-multimedia-dev build-essential
&
sudo apt install libqt5serialport5-dev
Download The Software
mkdir ~/github
cd ~/github
git clone https://github.com/simoninns/DomesdayDuplicator
Build The Software
cd ~/github/DomesdayDuplicator/Linux-Application
sudo cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo .
sudo make -j8
sudo make install
USB Permissions
Make a file called called 40-domesdayduplicator.rules
inside of /etc/udev/rules.d directory
after opening it as a root user.
# 1d50:603b - Domesday Duplicator
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTRS{idProduct}=="603b", MODE="0666"
Reload Rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
Lastly take ownership of the files directly as a user
Replace USER
with your local username.
sudo chown -R USER ~/github/DomesdayDuplicator
Then run the DdD App
DomesdayDuplicator &
If you get Segmentation fault (core dumped)
try using:
sudo strace DomesdayDuplicator
sudo xdg-icon-resource install --size 256 --novendor ~/github/DomesdayDuplicator/Linux-Application/DomesdayDuplicator/Graphics/ApplicationIcon/DomesdayDuplicator_256x256.png
Desktop File (App Icon Fix)
desktop-file-install
- Basic usage
- TBC Video Export
- PAL decode guide
- NTSC decode guide
- Working with multiple discs
- Working with subtitles
- Disc images to download
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