Ok so i have an old camcorder and i have no idea if i can convert my videos to my laptop. I have a samsung camcorder. Do i require any cables or whatever so i can hook it up to my computer? (I want to edit using windows movie maker)
Here’s a picture of my camcorder:
http://www.samsung.com/cl/items/camcorder/8mm/pictures/m_scw80.jpg
The model of my camcorder is a “SCW87 8mm CAMCORDER” and it takes Hi8 tapes.
If i do need to have cables or wires exactly where can i buy them AND got any suggestion of what new camcorder to buy that is excellent for uploading videos to my computer?
my laptop is an “HP pavillion dv9000″ entertainment pc
Answer by grgurmg
Okay.. in brief.. becoming a Hi8 camcorder… your camcorder is not digital… as a result it can not be linked immediately to any computer the way a MiniDV or Digi8 digital camcorder would be in a position to. With a MiniDV or Digi8 camcorder all you would need is a firewire cable and a computer with a firewire port to capture footage on your personal computer/laptop.
In your situation, you would want an actual capture card or Tv tuner device to capture to the video footage from your camcorder to your computer. Essentually, such a device would allow you to plug in your camcorders AV cables (the ones you use to watch the camcorder on the Tv) and then it’d take the analog (non-digital/non-laptop or computer) video signals and convert them to digital.. exactly where they then can be captured by editing software and/or produced into personal computer video files. I’d suggest a much more sophisicated capture card above a Tv tuner, due to the fact often a Television tuner will only support decrease high quality mpeg capture. You would want DV AVI files for use in all standard editing software package packages.
These devices really should be obtainable at any key electronics store. Or you could just obtain a new digital camcorder. Numerous very good digital camcorder will alow for what is known as analog-to-digital password. In other words not only would you be in a position to capture footage from your new camera directly to your personal computer with a firewire cable.. but you’d be capable to connect the AV cables from the new camcorder to these from your old camcord or a gadget like a VCR.. to capture video from them. To place it more basically… some better digital camcorders can function like one particular of those video capture or Tv tuner gadget I mentioned…. occasionally even greater.. since typical DV camcorders are supported by all editing software packages. In the situation of certain other capture hardware… they typically call for their own software package to perform and are not directly compatible with Windows Movie Maker and the likes… although they might be indirectly compatible by means of file import.
Digi8 camcorder utlize the exact same Hi8 tapes.. they just shop digital rather of analog information on them. Digi8 camcorders also play Hi8 tapes and in certain cases may permit you to capture these straight to a laptop or computer as you would a Digi8 tape making use of firewire. This could not always be the situation even though. Digi8 is an older and not quite common regular nevertheless. MiniDV is the common for normal definition customer camcorders. And now they have a complete bunch of large definition consumer camcorder choices coming out. So I’m not suggesting you get an antiquated Digi8 camera… but I’m just offering it as an option.
A third option feasibly exists.. if you transpire to have a standalone DVD recorder. You could hook your camcorder to 1 of these… record the video to DVD.. and then transfer the video off the DVD to your pc if you have a DVD-rom drive. Even so, this demands alot of steps and other software to convert DVD files to universally editable AVI files. The capture card or a new digital camcorder are the options that supply the increased high quality and most convenience.
Solution by Dr. How to do it
Hey fashionfreak,
Seeing that it’s a 8mm camera you got, you will definitely need to get a converter box to hook-up to your pc in order to import the video footage into your camera.
8MM camcorders are analog which has to be digitalized by means of the converter box. there is a little learning curve, but a single you get it, you’re do just fine. You can find far more beneficial guidelines on my internet guide about carrying out this.
