transfering 8mm video cassettes

[fred]

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I have a numer of old 8mm video cassetes that I would like to put on CD's.
Is that possible using the cd burner ? Do I need special softwear or can I
just use a video/audio cable ? Do I need a special kind of CD ? Would
appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks,
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fred

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

Yes, it's possible. You need a video capture card to start with to connect
the video cassette player to the system and display/record the footage from
the tapes. Then a burning program that supports/converts the files created
into a Video CD (and standard blank CD can be used for this). Most modern
DVD players can handle the Video CD format.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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"fred" <fred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3F49370-E56A-49A0-B4D4-263297EE14BE@microsoft.com...
>I have a numer of old 8mm video cassetes that I would like to put on CD's.
> Is that possible using the cd burner ? Do I need special softwear or can I
> just use a video/audio cable ? Do I need a special kind of CD ? Would
> appreciate any help you can give.
> Thanks,
> --
> fred

 

[Guest]

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fred wrote:
> I have a numer of old 8mm video cassetes that I would like to put on CD's.
> Is that possible using the cd burner ? Do I need special softwear or can I
> just use a video/audio cable ? Do I need a special kind of CD ? Would
> appreciate any help you can give.
> Thanks,
umm, I think you need a TV tuner, then use nero to play it directly from
the camera and record it straight to a CD/DVD.

 

[Richard]

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I projected my 8mm onto a screen and captured with camcorder. Make sure the
Camcorder is right beside the projector or the picture will skew. I then put
it on CD using a capture card.


"fred" <fred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3F49370-E56A-49A0-B4D4-263297EE14BE@microsoft.com...
>I have a numer of old 8mm video cassetes that I would like to put on CD's.
> Is that possible using the cd burner ? Do I need special softwear or can I
> just use a video/audio cable ? Do I need a special kind of CD ? Would
> appreciate any help you can give.
> Thanks,
> --
> fred