Transferring camcorder tapes to dvd!!

[Netty]

well I spent last night transferring some of last years wdw holiday onto dvd!! never laughed so much at the antics of the mgm street entertainers they are Brill!! (my fave park!) we can't wait to go back now!!
Only 4 more tapes to transfer and then do 2004's tapes as well

 

[florida sun]

Sounds like your having great fun Jeanette

 

[Netty]

Sounds like your having great fun Jeanette

Its a nighmare setting it all up, and having the spare time to do it! But watching all the parades again is fantastic!!

 

[jen_uk]

Sounds like a great way to spend the bank holiday, are you all excited for your next holiday now? I love watching our holiday videos.

 

[natalielongstaff]

what a fun way to spend the day i love looking at the old photos and videos

 

[jns]

How are you doing this
got lots of tapes but the old cancorder is broken now

 

[Netty]

How are you doing this
got lots of tapes but the old cancorder is broken now

Just putthe camcorder leads into the dvd recorder.
can you borrow a camcorder, so that you can transfer your tapes

 

[jns]

Just putthe camcorder leads into the dvd recorder.
can you borrow a camcorder, so that you can transfer your tapes

Thanks great idea

 

[mandymouse]

It sounds like you've had fun Jeanette

We're hoping to get a video/dvd recorder, then hopefully I'll put all our holiday videos onto DVD

Mandy

 

[Minniespal]

I did ours a few months ago ~ It is time consuming but definetely worth it.

 

[Netty]

One more tape left to do and that will bring the total to four 2 hour dvds!! didn't realise we'd taped so much, then again i tape everything and anything!!

 

[Minniespal]

then again i tape everything and anything!!

I'm the same ~ By the end of the trip, the camcorder is more of an accessory than my handbag

 

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

Just one thing
DVD is better than burn your own CD's for longevity, but as they are laser burnt as opposed to pressed (the commercial way) they will eventually fade and the digital picture information will not be able to be read.
Its worth manking a backup every couple of years of the DVD, you can do this with your DVD burner on your computer.

You should also do the same with your pictures on your CD's

 

[Netty]

Just one thing
DVD is better than burn your own CD's for longevity, but as they are laser burnt as opposed to pressed (the commercial way) they will eventually fade and the digital picture information will not be able to be read.
Its worth manking a backup every couple of years of the DVD, you can do this with your DVD burner on your computer.

You should also do the same with your pictures on your CD's

Thanks for the info Obi never even thought that they would fade. Also i have loads of photos on cd, i'll have to start backing them up now.
Thanks again!

 

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

Netty what I do (and this is WAY over the top!) with pictures, is that the gerneral using I have a CD copy, but keep backups on DVD (more poictures less disks to lose) and I make every year or so from the DVD a new CD copy. I also have a master set (RAW and JPG versions of each picture) on a removable hard drive (I have a 400GB £100 HP backup USB hard drive for this use, takes a LOT of files!)

On the films, I have the DVD copy, again recorded every couple of years plus the Mini DV tapes as the backup. I suppose to be really safe I shoulkd have another removable hard drive for the films

The last thing I want is to lose the precious memories.