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Hi

My dad used to do a lot of filming with 8mm tapes. Some of it he has on VHS but some is still on 8mm tapes.

Whats the best way to digitize all of this? Had a quote for a company to do it but it'd cost £10/tape but we have loads...

Any ideas?

Thanks!
 
Many years ago I bought a Pioneer DVD Recorder (in fact I now have two unused ones) which record to hard drive, have a good editing system and then you transfer onto DVD.
These are easily the best method unless you want your PC tied up with a transfer card.
If you lived in Stoke I could lend you one that hasn't been out of the attic for at least 5 years.
 
Dimple said:
Many years ago I bought a Pioneer DVD Recorder (in fact I now have two unused ones) which record to hard drive, have a good editing system and then you transfer onto DVD.
These are easily the best method unless you want your PC tied up with a transfer card.
If you lived in Stoke I could lend you one that hasn't been out of the attic for at least 5 years.
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Sounds perfect, thanks for the offer but I'm 50 miles south from Stoke unfortunately! Whats the model of it, might be able to find one cheap on the bay?
 
The best thing would be to buy a TV card cheap off the bay or the members market here and play the camera into the TV card's composite inputs. Cuts out the middle man and keeps as much quality as is possible, and cheap as chips!
 
Gammawolf said:
If you've got the playback equipment you can get USB capture leads for fairly cheap.
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They're pretty naff to be honest. The only ones half worth the money were pinnacle's older kit but even then that's pushing it. Hardware capture offers much more flexibility and quality.
 
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