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A/V capture

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    I have a bunch of Hi-8 videos that I'd like to digitize. My computer which has thunderbolt ports does not recognize the camcorder (a Sony). Apparently, my camcorder is not on the list of "compatible" devices.

    So, I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive way to digitize the video.

    Services, such as ScanCafe are great for photos, but for video, they're very expensive, between $10 and $30 a tape. I had them do a VHS a few years ago, and the results were sketchy - tracking was off, etc.

    So, I'm considering something like this gizmo.

    image.jpeg

    Any thoughts?

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • George KG George K

      I have a bunch of Hi-8 videos that I'd like to digitize. My computer which has thunderbolt ports does not recognize the camcorder (a Sony). Apparently, my camcorder is not on the list of "compatible" devices.

      So, I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive way to digitize the video.

      Services, such as ScanCafe are great for photos, but for video, they're very expensive, between $10 and $30 a tape. I had them do a VHS a few years ago, and the results were sketchy - tracking was off, etc.

      So, I'm considering something like this gizmo.

      image.jpeg

      Any thoughts?

      taiwan_girlT Offline
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      taiwan_girl
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      @George-K I did that to a lot of analog movies. I will try and find exactly what I used. Something similar to what you show, but a bit more bulkier, almost the size of a hard drive.

      Once I got the hang of it, it worked quite well.

      George KG 1 Reply Last reply
      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

        @George-K I did that to a lot of analog movies. I will try and find exactly what I used. Something similar to what you show, but a bit more bulkier, almost the size of a hard drive.

        Once I got the hang of it, it worked quite well.

        George KG Offline
        George KG Offline
        George K
        wrote on last edited by
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        @taiwan_girl Thank you!

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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