8mm tapes to DVD

Herzlos

jamesperrett wrote: »

A video to USB convertor is pretty cheap these days (around £20-30) and they usually come with all the software you need to create DVD's.

That's pretty much all you need; just make sure it has an input that works with the camera (composite, presumably). It should work fine on pretty much any PC, so don't worry about getting access to a fancier one unless it doesn't work on yours.

NiftyDigits

googler wrote: »

Yes. Functional DVD recorders recently sold on eBay for less than a fiver. That's 'buttons' to me...

I'm sure the OP will be 'made up' to find one at that price.

Job done for a fiver. Perhaps you can link to one or two for the OP.

luckybert

Just thinking about it I bought a lead so I can watch direct from the camcorder to the smart TV I have - does this change things?

NiftyDigits

luckybert wrote: »

Just thinking about it I bought a lead so I can watch direct from the camcorder to the smart TV I have - does this change things?

Do you want to watch or do you want to record?

Change what? Only you know what you want to do.

I guess you'd like a back up anyway.

googler

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I'm sure the OP will be 'made up' to find one at that price.

Job done for a fiver. Perhaps you can link to one or two for the OP.

99p, 2 days to go.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/panasonic-dvd-recorder-/171425629545?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_DVDPlayers_Recorders&hash=item27e9c38569

Many others at 99p starting price, including, with 5 days to go and £6.19 postage

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panasonic-DMR-E55-DVD-Recorder-/181501598034?hash=item2a42569952

I've not linked to any Sold ones, you need to log in to view them

luckybert

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Do you want to watch or do you want to record?

Change what? Only you know what you want to do.

I guess you'd like a back up anyway.

What I want to do is to transfer my 8mm camcorder tapes onto a DVD.

Mr_Toad

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I'm sure the OP will be 'made up' to find one at that price.

Job done for a fiver. Perhaps you can link to one or two for the OP.

How about

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEG-DVDR500-DVD-recorder-/281415836628?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_DVDPlayers_Recorders&hash=item4185b0e3d4

currently standing at £2.99 with less than 10 hours to run. There may be a last minute rush but it might just go for buttons.

Or this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-DVD-Recorder-/111436842614?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_DVDPlayers_Recorders&hash=item19f2274676

Also 10 hours to run and currently at £1.04

NiftyDigits

luckybert wrote: »

What I want to do is to transfer my 8mm camcorder tapes onto a DVD.

I suggest you look at the links provided by the two posters above. An inexpensive DVD Recorder is what you need.

Mr_Toad

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I suggest you look at the links provided by the two posters above. An inexpensive DVD Recorder is what you need.

It's certainly a lot easier than what I had to do when I transferred mine.

• Fit a Firewire card for the DV out on the camcorder because USB wasn't fast enough to cope.
• Download the video to the PC
• Render the video
• Burn to DVD

I'm tempted to say it won't be as much 'fun' but the truth is I would have jumped at a cheap and easy solution. :j

One of the other problems I encountered with an old PC was that the CPU couldn't cope with the rate the video data was streaming to it and the result was dropped frames. Doing the same thing on a friends PC with a faster CPU prompted an expensive upgrade, new mobo, RAM, and CPU.

Thankfuly most modern PCs are more than capable of processing video.

And, once the transfer is completed, the DVD recorder can go back on eBay and if it was cheap enough in the first place the OP should get their money back.

Very MSE :money:

luckybert

Would this one do the job???

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-DVD-R128-DVD-Recorder-/281418583855?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_DVDPlayers_Recorders&hash=item4185dacf2f