8mm tape to dvd

[Whatisthat]

i want to be able to trasfer 8mm tape to dvd as well as my earlier post of mini dv. is there any software that can do both?? or do i have to buy them seprate??

thanks for help

 

[corkyg]

Easy to do hardware wise - don't know about software. Hardware, put the 8mm tape into a VHS adapter, then do a direct VHS to DVD copy using any of a number of combo recorders. No computer needed that way.

 

[rudder]

Seek and you shall find.

Typical DVD authroing software will work with a multitude of video formats. More than likey as you capture your video to PC, it will be Mpeg2. You can set the pc to capture from 8mm (as corkyg stated) or mini-dv and make the resulting file a particular format. So one software package should be able to do both.

Goto ulead.com and download pinnacle studio demo or visit the above link for some freeware dvd authroing programs.

 

[deathwalker]

Won't Windows Movie Maker do this? I thought it had capture features to do stuff like this...if so..heck..it comes with XP.

 

[sintaxera]

OK, let's get some things straight here before we confuse everyone.

There are no adapters for 8mm to VHS. So the adapter idea won't work. There's VHS-C to VHS adapters but 8mm is a entirely different format.

8mm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_mm_video_format

VHS-C
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS-C

Second, Ulead doesn't make Pinnacle Studio. Pinnacle Systems (now owned by Avid) does:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Home/

Pinnacle Studio is great. Here's a set that comes with an interface card to allow recording/editing of both analog and DV material.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832126013

Get a DVD burner for your PC (if you don't already have one) and you got your video editing suite.

Hope this helps!

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: sintaxera
There are no adapters for 8mm to VHS. So the adapter idea won't work. There's VHS-C to VHS adapters but 8mm is a entirely different format.

My bad - you are correct! I have a few Video8 tapes left by my dad back in 92 - and I did transfer them to VHS - but I used his Sony camcorder as the player to a VHS VCR.

A venerable Video8 camcorder will probably do the job. Concur with the DVD burner.

And this may be a reasonjable alternative for a few select tapes:

Convert