Is it possible to transfer my records from my old camcorder Sony 8mm tape to computer or DVD?How? Thanks.?

Question

Is it possible to transfer my records from my old camcorder Sony 8mm tape to computer or DVD?How? Thanks.?

Answer 1

Yes you can.

Find a Digital8 camcorder.  Borrow one, get a deal on a used one, or purchase a new base model for $250 or less online at places like Amazon (more advanced models are also available at higher prices).  The Digital8 camcorder will read your standard 8mm cassette.  Digital8 camcorders also have a firewire port for video capture like miniDV and HDV camcorders.  http://motionpicturecentral.com/forum/wh...

Connect the Digital8 camera to your computer with a Firewire cable.  You will be able to use your free video editing program that came with your computer (Windows Movie Maker or iMovie) to capture the video from tape to computer, or you can use almost any other video editing software.  Capture the tape to the computer, edit the movie, and save the movie file in a format your DVD burner can import.

Use your DVD burning software (iDVD comes free on a Mac) to import the movie.   The DVD burning software will automatically convert the movie to MPEG-2 and make a movie DVD for you.

That is the process in a nutshell.