I recently came across an old DVD/VHS player. Is there a way to hook the optical camera from the DVD player to my Arduino UNO board and use it as a camera or other kind of sensor?

Hacking the optical reader on a DVD player

system September 16, 2013, 8:59pm 3

Not really sure, just wondering what my options are.

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