8mm to laptop?

[jezza888]

Hi,

Been going through boxes of some old gear and found a few old 8mm video cassettes I'd forgotten about.

I don't have the camera anymore but was considering looking on eBay to pick up a cheap one so I can transfer the tapes across and put them onto DVD or at least on the hard drive for now.

Does anyone know if this will be possible? I have seen ad's in eBay for co's/people that will transfer for me but I'd rather do it myself if its pssible?

Any one any idea?

 

[jezza888]

Don't think so GammaJammer...

I mean the 3" by 2" tapes for camcorders...

 

[dc2000]

jezza it can be done you need a composite video input into your computer I use a Dazzle box which connects to the usb port and this works well you need to have a decent amount of ram though 512+

we are talking about 8mm /super8 mini cassettes I may be able to help are you in the UK?

 

[new_trader]

Hi,

Been going through boxes of some old gear and found a few old 8mm video cassettes I'd forgotten about.

I don't have the camera anymore but was considering looking on eBay to pick up a cheap one so I can transfer the tapes across and put them onto DVD or at least on the hard drive for now.

Does anyone know if this will be possible? I have seen ad's in eBay for co's/people that will transfer for me but I'd rather do it myself if its pssible?

Any one any idea?

jezza888,

Yes it is possible and very easy to do. Check to make sure you get the correct format camera, ie/ Video8, Hi8 or Digital 8. Usually, the higher quality cameras are backwards compatible.

Take a look here for capture devices:

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Home/