I need to take a 8 mm tape from a camcorder & transfer to dvd?? How do i do it??

Question

Wouldn't I just need a usb cable from the recorder to the computer...upload than burn...or what. And let me know what i would need to do this...Please.

Please don't answer with dumb answers....be serious. This is for my son's school project.

Answer 1

or you can go to walmart or i think even walgreens and they can do it for you..

Answer 2

If this is a dv camcorder.....

Your dv camcorder needs a firewire connection (ieee 1394) in order to download video, your PC probably did not come with a firewire port, so you will have to buy one and install it, since most computers (except possibly brand new) don't come with a firewire port, your camcorder did not come with a firewire cord so you have to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did come with a USB cord and that is used for downloading stills from your camcorder. Once you download it, then you can use a burning program to burn your DVD.

If this is an older analog camera then.....

You need an analog converter, either internal card or external such as the dazzle. It's very easy to use and come with good software. You would hook your analog VHS camera to the analog converter, the dazzle and then hook the dazzle to your PC. The dazzle cost around 70.00 , but worth the money if you have a lot of VHS to tapes to convert.

Answer 3

It depends on what your camcorder supports. If the camcorder supports transferring video through the usb port, then yes you are correct.  If it does not, you might have to get something like the link below to get the video from the camera to the computer.

If you are using windows as, you can try using Windows movie maker to capture the video from the camera.

Then use the wizard to burn to DVD.