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mykalberta · 11-03-2006, 12:36 PM

Well Christmas is fast approaching and I have decided to do something a bit different for my dad this year.

I am going to convert his BetaMax and 8mm films to Digital. He is a big video camera nut and has videos of everything. I just covertly brought the BetaMax box to my place and he has 146 tapes - ok well maybe it wont all be dont by Christmass.

BetaMax is easy enough to convert to digital, output from Beta player to input on video card.

The 8mm is where I am stuck. There are companies who will convert the 8mm to a DVD or VHS but I was wanting to do this myself (he has 214 reels and at the lowest quoted price of $45 - its a smidge expensive plus they dont do any editing just straight conversion).

Has anyone here ever tried it, are there units you can buy to convert them somehow?

Also if I can get something like this then maybe he can do it in his spare time, I know he wants to add voice over to those and it would be alot easier to store them as DVD and pop them in a player rather than drag the ole projector out every time.

I also worry about those reels degrading as most of the time they are stored in the bastement cold room.

Any assistance with this would be much appreciated.

Thanks

MYK

11-03-2006, 12:36 PM	#1
mykalberta Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Calgary Exp:	Converting 8mm Reels to Digital Well Christmas is fast approaching and I have decided to do something a bit different for my dad this year. I am going to convert his BetaMax and 8mm films to Digital. He is a big video camera nut and has videos of everything. I just covertly brought the BetaMax box to my place and he has 146 tapes - ok well maybe it wont all be dont by Christmass. BetaMax is easy enough to convert to digital, output from Beta player to input on video card. The 8mm is where I am stuck. There are companies who will convert the 8mm to a DVD or VHS but I was wanting to do this myself (he has 214 reels and at the lowest quoted price of $45 - its a smidge expensive plus they dont do any editing just straight conversion). Has anyone here ever tried it, are there units you can buy to convert them somehow? Also if I can get something like this then maybe he can do it in his spare time, I know he wants to add voice over to those and it would be alot easier to store them as DVD and pop them in a player rather than drag the ole projector out every time. I also worry about those reels degrading as most of the time they are stored in the bastement cold room. Any assistance with this would be much appreciated. Thanks MYK