8mm Tape Conversion

[Jake]

I have a bunch of 8mm tapes with cool stuff on em, but i want to convert them to computer files so i can edit them. Any idea how to do that?

[ianstew]

there are quite a few companies that will do it for you, sometimes even your local photo places offer this service check here : http://www.yesvideo.com/

[Jake]

That would get pretty pricey. I have probably 8 tapes with a few hours of footage.

[ianstew]

8mm film transfer pricing, 8mm to DVD, 8mm to Hard Drive MyMovieTransfer.com

this place might be cheaper, there are home built scanner systems too that you can build....but it's pretty labor intensive.....the professional machines are pretty pricey

[Jake]

Dang, thats still gonna be alot of money. Is there anything i can buy to transfer it straight to my computer?

[Jake]

I was just sent a PM with this, anyone used one of these? Any good?

USB VHS to DVD Converter Adapter VIDEO CAPTURE CARD - eBay (item 270506525951 end time Jan-25-10 06:05:27 PST)

[bigcountrysg]

Get a VHS DVD recorder. I have one cost was about 90 bucks. Get the vhs adapter for the 8mm film. Then put it in the vhs dvd recorder. Put a recordable dvd in it and hit the button record.

This is how I do it.

[ianstew]

Flatbed Scanner Digital Telecine (FSDT) Project

a homebuilt method

[ianstew]

are we talking about reel style 8mm or tape style? if it's tape style, do what is said above with the DVD recorder

[Jake]

Originally Posted by bigcountrysg

Get a VHS DVD recorder. I have one cost was about 90 bucks. Get the vhs adapter for the 8mm film. Then put it in the vhs dvd recorder. Put a recordable dvd in it and hit the button record.

This is how I do it.

I'll look into doing it that way.

Originally Posted by ianstew

Flatbed Scanner Digital Telecine (FSDT) Project

a homebuilt method

Holy crap that is labor intensive. Id be transferring video for a year solid!