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I have several Hi-8 tapes which I'd like to copy to a PC digital format, and then do simple edits on them, such as chop off a beginning or ending or middle section, do a fade-in/fade-out, string a few of them together and put the result onto a standard DVD. Nothing fancy, just the kid's marching band, birthdays, Christmas, that kind of thing. I DO want high quality, but I don't need a truckload of features.I have a good sound card in this computer (M-Audio Audiophile 192), and a video card, as well as on-board A/V connectors of various sorts.
My Hi-8 source is a Sony TR-700 camcorder, with analog composite video and L & R audio outputs.
Don't laugh, although it IS funny how a person can be well-versed in audio, yet be clueless in video.
Thanks!
Edits: 03/30/14Follow Ups:
I also had a bunch of Hi-8 tapes that I wanted to transfer into the digital world. My old Hi-8 camcorder worked for a while and I tried a Dazzle set-up and similar software/converter methods to edit and convert the video to a digital format. I had very little luck with the Dazzle type converters--too many drop-outs and failure to sync so that the results were not acceptable.When my old Hi-8 camcorder finally broke, I went shopping on Craig's List for a later model Digital8 camcorder that could play Hi-8 tapes. My best results have been playing the tapes on a Sony DCR-TRV350 Digital8 camcorder and then recording the results on a DVD recorder. You yield a DVD that can be used for editing. The results are very acceptable with no break-ups or drop-outs. Some video noise builds up in the process but the videos are available to be played on a computer DVD drive or a DVD/Blu-Ray player.
Good luck on your efforts.
Edits: 04/04/14
If you use the digital output of a Digital 8 camcorder, then you can plug that into a firewire port on the computer. Then use a capture program to record the video off the tape. Some of the higher up Digital 8 camcorders had a TBC and DNR (time base corrector and digital noise reduction) to help clean up the analog video.
While my Sony Digital8 camcorder has a firewire port, firewire is a rare feature of later model laptops around my house. My only unit with a Firewire port is a 2003 model Toshiba XP machine. I decided that combo would not work for my needs.
Click the link below. Pinnacle's Dazzle will do what you want and it's inexpensive, especially from places like amazon.com, etc. See the FEATURES section for a short description of what this device/software combo can do.
Audacity is a basic sound editing program. It is not fancy but it works, not too hard to learn and use, and it is free!
The Hi-8 format was also used for digital audio via the popular (with home studios at least) Tascam DA-88, which offered 8 tracks of 16 bit audio at a reasonable cost and was a competitor with the ADAT system which put digital audio on VHS tapes. My first cd was recorded on a Tascam DA-88 straight to two track 24/88.2 (there was some aftermarket device my engineer had to make this possible.) I have no idea where to find someone with the gear to "unpack" this and put it on a hard drive. I also have "safety" copies of the session at 16/44.1 on cdr and DAT. I don't have a DAT machine either, but at least I should be able to play the cdr's! The real moral of this story is the difficulty of archiving digital materials in the super fast changing world of digital "standards."
Hey Belyin, thanks for the thoughtful and informative reply!However, what I need to know is how to handle the video aspect of my Hi-8 tapes. I have the audio side covered (I use SoundForge, and occasionally Cubase). I want to copy my tapes to a hard drive, and then chop out the stuff I don't want. Hi-8 is becoming ancient, so I'd like to get this done before my camcorder (Sony TR-700) craps out.
Looking at my PC's motherboard features, it doesn't appear to have an analog composite "video in", so apparently I need to start there... get a card - and maybe the card will come with the software I need.
Hey, since you're apparently in New Orleans, do you by chance know the jazz pianist Jeff Lashway, or trumpet guy Henry?
Thanks again!
:)
Edits: 04/01/14
Unfortunately I know nothing about video.
As for Jeff Lashway; I've heard of him but not in New Orleans. Of course I could be wrong, but I doubt he has any connection to the the city. And no trumpet named Henry comes to mind, but there is a trombone player named Corey Henry.
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