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Digitize Hi8
Have a stack of Hi8 tapes I need to digitize and get to DVD.
What would be the best quality option for getting onto computer?
1) Consumer grade capture card or box
2) Buy a used digital8 camcorder and output via Firewire?
The second option seems simplier.
Thanks
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2 Replies
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What’s your budget? To get the best quality, I’d capture to an uncompressed format then use a good encoder. Remember though, your encode will only be as good as your source – which isn’t great! 🙂
To make things easy just buy a set top recorder and go firewire into that.
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I have a Sony DCR-TRV350 Digital 8 camera that I use for digitizing 8mm/Hi8/D8 tapes. I go straight out with firewire into FCP. This model will play back all three formats, but be careful, not all Digital 8 models will play nicely with 8mm/Hi8. Do a search and you can find a list of the models that work with all 3 formats.
Matt
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Matt Townley
MST Productions
[Media Services/Duplication/Replication]
http://www.mstproductions.com
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