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Capturing mini-dv tapes to PC
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It’s an HP Envy desktop
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You can get external CD Drives. However, I often put my CD in an older machine that has a CD drive, copy the contents to a USB drive, and then install from that USB drive on the new machine.
It’s not an impossibility that the VEGAS capture “might” see that device plugged in and capture – but it won’t be as good as firewire.
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Got an error on the screen so duplicated the reply…
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Does it have a DVD player?
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Yeah, try what Edward says.
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My PC doesn’t have any kind of DVD player. I’ll borrow a friend’s iMac which does have a disk player and, as you say, try to extract the program to a USB drive. Hopefully it’ll be compatible with my pc.
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Is the software downloadable?
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On the instruction page they gave a website to download OBS studio. Which I did. But not sure what I’m supposed to do with it. The instructions say to go to “applications” then choose “QuickTime Player” then click “file” then “New Movie Recording” then to select “”AV TO USB2.0”. But I’m not seeing these options. The link they gave is http://www.obsproject.com/download
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Hi Dave
I’ve captured many tapes using Vegas Capture on my PC. Definitely the best way. Google “FireWire card” and something like this will come up. As long as it’s compatible with your PC you should be good to go.
Cheers
Pete
PS if the tapes were recorded on a Canon camera make sure you’re playing out of a Canon camera. Otherwise you’ll get missing audio and visual instability.
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Dave, somewhere in this link you should be able to accomplish your task.
https://transfervideotapes.com/transfer-digital-8-tapes-to-computer/
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