3800 Transfering video tapes to computer???

[cacicgtp7]

I have my friends Sony camera and it has the HI-8 tapes. How do i transfer these tapes to my computer. Do i need to buy or download software? I don't have any kind of movie maker on my computer right now. Thanks guys

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[syP]

what i do..

plug in the firewire and it will pop up automatically to windows movie maker.. the rest is self explanitory.

 

[Bliss Racing]

what syp said...or i use a dazzle box and adobe premier to capture.

 

[slow04ss]

mini DV has firewire. Most hi 8's just have the cord for rca's. Depending what you have you can get an adapter that will allow you hook the rca's up to your pc. Just ask the nerds at best buy circuit city etc. With that you will need some type of prgram to change the file fromat( to avi, mpeg. wav etc.) Windows movie maker I think will do that.

 

[cacicgtp7]

what if he doesn't have a firewire? i'm pretty sure he lost it awhile back...

 

[cacicgtp7]

Also it seems my microsoft movie maker doesn't work. Everytime i try to open it, it says unspecified error????

 

[Dasfinc]

Originally posted by cacicgtp7@Jun 3 2005, 11:45 AM
Also it seems my microsoft movie maker doesn't work. Everytime i try to open it, it says unspecified error????

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Jk, Your comp is just being a Spaz, a good ol' reformatt is good to do once a year to help keep a system stable you know? *or if its XP a System Restore possibly?*

 

[syP]

you know dan... that isnt the solution to all of computers problems..

he just needs to upgrade his windows movie maker... that is what i had to do.

 

[Dasfinc]

Originally posted by syP@Jun 3 2005, 05:34 PM
you know dan... that isnt the solution to all of computers problems..

he just needs to upgrade his windows movie maker... that is what i had to do.

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I know its not, but in alota cases, its easier than fixing a number of other problems. I work with alot more computers, on a much more regular basis than you, and even when I know what the problem is alot of the time, its just easier to back it up, wipe them, and start clean.

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You have to understand I generalize alot of problems Ryan, Upgrading it probably would fix it assuming it hasn't already.