Hi,

How can I transfer video recordings taken with a Cannon camcorder (not
digital) on a V8 tape, and save it to a PC running Windows XP ? What
do I needto buy & do?
Your help is greaty appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Rick

On May 30, 12:06 am, Rick <e_man_onl***@hotmail.com> wrote:
First, you forget that you own the computer and turn it off.   Then
you buy a $100 stand alone DVD recorder.    Plug your 8mm camcorder
into the analog input on the DVD recorder.    Play your tapes in your
camcorder and at the same time record them to a DVD-R.

This is the simplest, cheapest, best way to do what you want to do.
Your computer doesn't have analog inputs and your camcorder doesn't
have a digital output.    Forget using the computer.

Dave

If all you want is an unedited DVD as the final copy, buy a cheap
DVD recorder and send the analogue signals from the Hi-8
camcorder directly to it (use the "S" input instead of the yellow
RCA). If you want to edit and have a FireWire input on the
computer (if not, PCI FireWire cards are cheap - ones with TI
chips may still be best), you can borrow or buy a cheap D8
camcorder (plays analogue or digital signals from Hi-8 tape,
and records digital in Mini-DV format to Hi-8 tape) and send
the output of the camcorder to the computer through the
FireWire. An alternative is to borrow or buy a Mini-DV
camcorder that has analogue pass-through (you connect the
analogue cables from the Hi-8 ["S" for picture...] to the new
camcorder, and its FireWire out to the computer input [or
you can copy the Hi-8 tape to Mini-DV and later send it
to the computer - and you can do the reverse for mastering
the edited video to a new tape]). XP has a decent free
editing program that is easy to use.

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