The only problem for me is that I can't just let it run and walk away.

I bought a video camera for the sole purpose of backing up these tapes. You know how when you're out and recording, you'll just append to tapes you've already recorded on? Well this video camera/capture program has the annoying habit of stopping when it senses that the playback has stopped. It won't let me just record the full tape, which is what I want. I can edit the blank video out later! So I have to monitor the whole thing. I like looking at home movies, but not that much.

I don't know, maybe I'll give it another go, but it's pretty tedious.