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How to convert 8mm camcorder tapes to DVD

26 April 2011

Article’s author, Peter

8 mm I went to a very popular video formats to 80 and 90, now has now been replaced with digital video. Hi8 and Digital8 8mm Is the format. For those who still have 8 mm tape recordings they would otherwise want to retain, convert tapes to DVD is the best solution. Sending a 8-mm tape conversion to DVD can be very expensive. Follow these steps to convert 8 mm tapes to DVD with its own.

Because Video8 and Hi8 are analog video formats, either to transfer to your computer requires digitization. One way is to power an analog video capture card connected to the same computer.

Another option is to use a pass-through adapter, which report the results of digital video to standard DV format. Many consumer-level MiniDV Digital8 camera and built-in installation. Then, the DV signal can be fed into a computer’s FireWire port. Another way is to use the Digital8 camcorders (Play Video8/Hi8) transfers to your computer’s FireWire port. Probably because this method is preferable to use the computer to take full control of the camera, which is impossible for the analog models. When the computer is saved can be edited, processed and transferred to DVD, the Internet or on tape. Is this tutorial will show you how in detail the step of Convert 8mm DVD for yourself.

Part 1 Transfer 8mm tape

1 Plug 8mm tape player, which may be yours 8 mm tape camcorder to the TV tuner card. The tuner card works like a video capture device connected to certain devices, so I’m happy as a 8-mm tape. Use the standard / V cables or S-Video cable, depending on the recorder supports, connect the player card.

Step 2 Run Video Capture Software with a TV tuner. This software will save the 8 mm video cassettes, and hard drive. Also you can use editing software, Avid and Adobe Premiere in this respect I am pleased to capture the material.

Step 3 Add a band of 8 mm 8 mm tape and tape to find the spot you want to start WHERE capturing process.

Step 4: or select the “Options” or “Settings” Capture Video Software, and make sure the output format too, which can mean “Capture format” MPEG-2, since this is the best to burn a DVD.

Step 5

, click on “Capture” is a video capture software and select the “Play” 8 mm tape. Upon completion, the material is 8mm tape drive.

Part 2 Transfer 8mm tapes to DVD

Step 1 Install and Run DVD Creator After transferring 8mm tape to a computer, you must download and install DVD Creator . You can use some editing, as adjust the picture and transition effects, cropping, crop, adjust DVD menus, etc.. 8mm DVD Creator can burn movies on DVD-R/RW and DVD + R / RW. Speaking of Generals, DVD-R/RW, and is compatible with popular DVD player. Just check the compatibility of the DVD player and DVDs to choose from. Step 2 Add 8mm video clips Click on the video download or click on “Download” menu “File” drop add 8mm video. Drag and drop the downloaded videos to the storyboard to organize cf. hereinafter referred to as a slideshow.

Step 3 Video Editing Select the video clip on the storyboard, and then edit the selected video cultivation, crop, add watermarks, a plug or change the subtitles Video Effects, according to a separate request.

Step fourth burn 8mm videos to DVD Click the Burn button to burn video files to DVD, 8 mm. Before burning, you can select print options: DVD, DVD folder or ISO file. In addition, the ratio must be set, etc.

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