Need Help -- Turn Hi-8 tape to DVD

[allie_to_you]

Does anyone know how I can transfer my wedding video from a HI-8 tape to a DVD or would anyone be willing to do it for me if I sent it to them?

I wish so much that I had gone ahead and paid for a professional videographer for our wedding. It is the only thing I would have changed if I could do it all over again, but at the time, we just didn't have the money. We instead, got a friend to use our video recorder to film the wedding the recorder used Hi-8 tapes. I'd love to get this put onto a DVD so that we could watch it whenever we want without having to hook up the video player to the tv.

 

[MistressOfAllEvil]

Okay, I pulled this from the following website after doing a google search... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=109273 I don't know if this will help, but I know there are companies that will do this for a small fee. I would call around and get pricing. Good luck!



Ok ... the very basics (forgive me if they are too basic, and if I mention somthing to Techie ... please ask) ....

1. Your Laptop will need to have a DVD burner (that writes and creates disks) - not just a DVD-ROM
2. Your laptop will need plenty of Hard disk space (to save the captured video to), and memory to process the Video. Are you able to confirm how much Hard disk space you have availaible? the processor on your laptop? and memory? (use Explorer to check your availaible Hard disk space and System to see the memory and processor type.
3. There are various ways of getting the camcorder output into the PC, but probably one of the simplist is via your USB port - Does your PC have one of these? (look in the manual if you're not sure what you're looking for - and is it USB 1.1 or 2?)
4. For this suggestion I would use somthing like a Video capture Box or Dazzel video Port convertor (look at this link for a typical unit that would work via USB - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62010 (although I'm a great advocat of using a high-res unit, I beleive this should work pretty well)) * Make sure any unit you purchase matches the required PC/Laptop Spec as discussed in number 2.
5. Before Purchase you will need to make sure your camcorder output analogue video and audio (when using the above unit). Sometimes you might find the camcorder has all the appropriate leads, otherwise Maplin is pretty good for helping with the leads you require.
6. The rest involves following the instructions and using the software that comes with the capture device you purchase ..... with practice you can get some good results.

Normally the steps involved in capturing/editing/burning are as follows:-
a. Connect everything (hardware) up (that you've purchased above) correctly
b. Start the capture software and start recording/capturing to your PC harddrive
c. Press play on the camcorder.
d. When you've finished - stop capturing (dependant upon the s/ware you have - it may break it into 'sceans'
e. Now take the captured file(s) into a video editing package (that came with the device) and follow the insutructions to 'cut' and edit the files, add titles and then 'render' or create a new video file that contains all the work/editing you've just completed. (always try to render and maintain the highest quality video as possible all the way through to creating the DVD).
f. Now you're almost ready to create your DVD. If you want to just 'burn' the one file - do that - otherwise if you have loads of diffrent 'video's' you can create a menu at this point (so when you put the disk in a DVD player - you get options like 1, 2 3 etc....

** I may have summarised the steps above, but the steps are basically the same for most caputure/editing packages - Software does vary so you'll need to refer to the options and instructions that come with the software/device you purchase **

(Pls - forgive spelling mistakes - typed rather quickly)

Hope this helps a little.

 

[MistressOfAllEvil]

So I did the following search on google

HI-8 tape to DVD Alabama

And I came up with ton of paid service options.

Good luck!

 

[lpizzuro123]

We purchased a VCR/DVD recorded - this records DVDs from VCR tapes or camcorder tapes. For the camcorded we have to hook up our camcorded to the DVD player and just hit record. When it is completed you have to finalize it.

Our CVS will also make DVDs. Not sure if you can make it from a camcorder tape or if it has to be a VCR tape. I want to say it is $20.00 for 2 hours. Check them out and ask.

Linda