VHS-C Adapters - They never made a Video8 or MiniDV Adapter
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- We explain VHS-C Tape Adapters and how Video8 and MiniDV tapes don't fit in them. The tapes are different sizes and the heads on a VHS machine can't read them. They never made a VHS adapter for Video8 or MiniDV. Buy a VHS-C adapter: amzn.to/2N1avUe Buy blank VHS-C tapes: amzn.to/2SwcPBO
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Thank you. I would never have thought they don’t make adapters for the digital mini dvs
Thanx man,, yes i stopped looking you saved my time
Thanks stopp looking 2019
Not only is the tape not the same size, but the signal is recorded completely differently. Even if you were to magically have a 1/2" 8mm tape (which would basically be a beta tape) the VHS heads would have no idea how to read the magnetic data.
The other nonsense I hear from time to time is that there was a Beta to VHS adaptor. Of course this is complete rubbish. Though VHS and Beta use the same tape width, the video tracks are written in a different pattern on the tape, at a different speed and with different technical specifications. What people fail to understand is that VHS was just one format, notable only by being one of the very lowest quality video formats ever designed. Beta, V2000, Philips VCR, professional BetacamSP, HDCAM, D9, MII and other formats all use half inch tape but are all different and incompatible.
Thank You.I just bought Sony (vhs 8m) camera for transfer my old videos to pc.Itried to find adapter several years ago and i did not find it.This is why,now i know.Thank You.
Long ago I had a running argument with a saleswoman in a department store who was quite sure that her parents had a 8mm to VHS adapter. She would not believe me when I said that no such adapters existed.
Royston Richards Cool story bro
Well, they have 8mm to digital now. Yeah she was mistaken.
You helped me. Many thanks from Saudi Arabia.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!!
Thanks for this - I was so sure my I remembered seeing an 8mm VHS adapter from the 80s but I was obviously getting mixed up with the VHS-C adapter.
A very straight-forward explanation. 👍transfer
Very informative Sir. Thank you. You saved me some time. Now I can stop looking for a DV adapter
Hello I have some mini dv tapes that I want to watch can you help me or do you found a way to watch them?
Hello,
But how we transfer our mini DV to DVD or flash?
Did you ever figure it out
There was an adapter to enable early U-Matic machines to play the smaller U-Matic S cassettes used in portable recorders but later machines could take the smaller cassettes directly. With care, it was possible to use the smaller cassettes in the early machines without the adapter.
There was an adapter to play mini DV tapes in Panasonic DVC Pro machines.
Not just the Mini DV won't fit, it's also digital, so the playback is not compatible with the VHS because VHS-C is analog, not digital.
JVC went on to create Super VHS, same quality as Hi 8 and then DVHS including a HD format version for 1920x1080. I have never come across camcorder versions of Super VHS-C or digital ones. JVC sold miniDV camcorders.
Also, particularly with MiniDV and Digital8, they both record DIGITAL, while VHS is an ANALOG FORMAT, so even the format as a whole (including the way it records) is INCOMPATIBLE!!!
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I miss shit like this, I liked the feel and the clicks and stuff. I wouldnt want to go back but when i got a new vhs movie it felt more real.
That's why even in this modern day, I still like to use old technology. I like the way they are and all the history around it.
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Thank you for sharing... saved me a lot of time
SO HELPFUL! Thank you!
Thanks
thank you
Many thanks for this! I have been searching for an adaptor as I only have phono and S-Video output on the device and my digital video converter only has a 3mm jack input!
At least I can stop looking now!
what you can do with 8mm is to just plug your camcorder into a vhs video recorder as a source of signal, set the video recorder to record the signal and then play your 8mm on a camcorder. sure, its re-recording so you're gonna lose a little bit of quality in that process but it's better than nothing. my parents did that for a long time. should also work with minidv and basically any source as long as you can plug it in
I have a vhc tape of my birthday party of when I was still crawling in diapers crawling away from the camera under the dining tables I only remembered watching it once so thank you so much for explaining this to my I'm going to buy the adapter right now thank you.
In whatever situation, whether playing a VHS-C cassette from the camera on which you shot the video, or n a VHS deck via adaptor, or from analogue Video-8/Hi-8, the analogue signal will have to be fed to a computer via USB capture card device. The output(RCA connectors) are Yellow = composite video; White(sometimes Black) = Left Ch. Audio; Red = Right Ch. Audio. The output from some video cameras maybe in the form of a lead which terminates at one end with RCA plugs(colours as described) and at the other end with either a variant of a phone plug or some other unusual connector(hard to describe). At least though, with one end of the lead as RCA plugs, match them to the same-coloured sockets on the capture-card, then plug the capture card to your computer via a spare USB port, give it a couple of seconds for the computer to "find" the device(which is usually "plug & play") and you're set to dig into all those old tapes of Granny nursing baby Jenny or little Johnny blowing out the candles on his 5th birthday cake*.
how do you get the video digitized ???? the Hi8
Son of a gun this is exactly the video I needed to watch
2021 and we still use them 🥺🥺
Thanks - Really Helpful
Thanks!
I have 2 VHS-C tapes and one 8mm one.
One of the video said we should try to avoid rewinding and forwarding as much as we can, but they didn't explain why. So what happens if we do, because I'll have to first rewind before watching or converting to digital
They probably meant to keep the rewinding to a minimum. A VCR or camera that has issues may damage the tape. Obviously you need to rewind the tape but probably best to start converting it as soon as possible and not skip around too much while previewing.
@@DDVF Yeah I agree, I only need to rewind once to play it. I can do viewing, editing on the grab. Maybe if I get a camera for each, C and 8mm, I can rewind there. Thanks
Well thanks for telling me, how do I play the video on it now?
Find two machines and connect them with a cable to convert them.
@@firesurfer I’ve tried ordering a cable on Amazon no luck! Is there one you recommend?
@@StudentTrader It depends on what is available on the machine you have.
Indeed there are Mini DV adapters to full-size DV tapes, but they were only used in professional video and TV broadcast environments, not in home video.
Even those were not needed (most of the time) as the decks could accept both DV and MiniDV.
Thank you! you saved me from purchasing an adopter. I have the 8mm casset.
Its true. You can't adapt mini DV tapes onto VHS players, but you can connect your camcorder to the TV with an AV cable.
Yes, but why would you want that in this decade? Just dump it to computer and watch it many different ways.
Wow that's depressing
So to watch them! I have to re-purchase a second hand camcorder for the MO120 and my smaller tapes. Coz both those camcorders have stopped working. What now? I really want to watch them.. but lost on how today 😢
I had an adapter to put the 60 into the shell of a 8mm, but it can only be played through the 8mm camera and not a vcr.
Well that sucks but thank you, you saved me hours of Google and thrift store searching.
I've just bought a vcr, adaptor tape and head cleaning cassette 😢😢
The only way to use those older tapes is to get a player or an old camcorder and paly the tapes in them and record them via a PC. Most camcorders have multiple outputs such as RCA/composite or DV out, make sure you use the highest quality output whenever possible.
Because video 8 and mini dv tapes are digitalized. Standard vhsc are standard analogue. So if they did make a mini dv or video 8 adapter it wouldn't play in a vhs player the heads are different inside. Also the width of the tape is the same on a vhs and vhsc
Fionn O'Brien video 8 is not digital. Only digital8 is digital. Video8 and hi8 are both analogue.
VHS is half inch tape. 8mm, Hi8 and digital 8 have 8mm tape. miniDV is quarter inch (6.35mm). Recording format is also different.
TL:DR the tapes of the video 8 and mini dv are completely different from standard vhs tape, yes they did make a vcr that did play video 8 tapes, but it was a failure since it could only play video 8 tapes.
Is there no way of viewing a mini dv with a normal large camcorder
shall we play a 8mm cassette in vcr player by removing the 8mm tape and fix it to a vhs cassette..? because earlier i did the same method to vhs-c cassette
Won't work with an 8mm tape - it is narrower than a VHS tape. Will work with a VHS-C tape (it is the same width and encoding as a VHS).
So how do I watch my mini dv tapes? I found my moms old SonY handicam DCR-HC28 and I want to watch her tapes on a bigger screen.
You'll have to play them in the camera. That camera came with a cable that has yellow, red, and white RCA jacks to connect to a TV.
@@DDVF oh ok. Thank you! I going to look around and see if she still has the cable. Fingers crossed🤞
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Uski repair video bna dijiye
Helpful.
Thank you! have been searching for an adapter for my 8mm cassette so I can convert my them into dvd. I bought an RCA camcorder back in 1995, I was wondering if a Sony camcorder hi8, will play my cassette?
Yes - you should be fine with that camcorder. The brand doesn't matter for 8mm. Some of the other formats, like HDV, manufacturers used slightly different formats (like HDV tapes recorded on a JVC won't play on Sony or Canon).
Yes they did i had one for mini dvc but it broke i still have my jvc dvc camara
Yes they had a MiniDV to DVCPRO adapter (www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/227684-REG/Panasonic_AJ_CS455_AJ_CS455_Mini_DV_to_DVCPRO.html) but this did not allow you to play the MiniDV tapes in a VHS deck.
Hi, thank you for the video! I'm wondering what gives better film quality the VHS-C 45 or 60 tape?Thank you
The quality would be the same. Just make sure you are using SP mode and not EP (extended play) mode. EP mode triples the length of the tape (30 min tape would last 90 min in EP mode) but it significantly reduces the quality.
@@DDVF oh thank you so much! :)
Is there at least a minidv to dv adapter tape?
Yes, they had minidv to large DVCAM/DVCPRO adapters but they were pretty uncommon. Some pro decks didn't need the adapter, some did. www.cnet.com/products/panasonic-aj-cs455p-video-cassette-adapter-mini-dv-to-dvcam/
That is not true. I had a converter for the mini DVs. It fits inside the smaller converter and then that fits into the VHS size.
Will pay you $10,000 if you can produce it. They never existed.
There is a miniDV to full-size DV adapter but VHS is a completely different format. First of all, miniDV/DV uses 6.35mm metal particle tape while VHS uses 12.7mm cobalt-doped tape. And second, DV is digital while VHS is analog. VHS-C is the same format as VHS. The only difference is the physical size of the cassette and that's why those adapters were posible to make.
I need transfer 8gb movie who i just captured from my pc to usb.
Was capture from vcr through
HONECTECH VHS TO DVD 3.0 SE
My usb have 32gb space but when i start copying from pc to usb"not enough space"msg are display..even usb have 32gb or movie who i need transfer in usb have just 8GB.. Pls help why ths happened
You need to format your USB - by default most are FAT32 file system which can’t support files larger than 4GB. Right click and format the drive before trying to copy the file. Change file system to exFAT or NTFS.
Is there any device that could play the MiniDV ?
proud patroit just the MiniDV cameras or decks - but they stopped making them a long time ago
DDVF ok thanks
I’ve been searching for an adapter for the mini DV to watch them. I had no idea they never made an adapter for it. But I’m wondering how can I watch it then?
You’ll have to find a used camera and play them back that way.
@@DDVF okay thank you I appreciate your help
@@DDVFwhat do you mean by a ”used” camera?
I need play my old family vhs cassette who was i recorded at LP mode...when i play vhs nearly after 12 years at different vcr but picture who shown at my lcd are black n white with blue green red mixed strip
My vcr technician told me that
"Urs tapes was recorded in LP mode so just LP MODE VCR play urs vhs perfectly..
I m confused
Pls advice that
IS IT TRUE..?
Most VCRs will automatically sense and switch to SP, LP or EP mode on playback. You have to manually change the mode for recording. Higher end (professional) VCRs will only have SP mode - they are unable to playback tapes recorded in LP or EP mode.
I have Panasonic NV- P01MK2
They havnt any sp/lp button😂😂
Is it possible to make a reader to reader adapter or load the 8 mm into a VHS real?
The physical tapes are different widths so you couldn't load the 8mm tape onto a VHS reel. The playback heads wouldn't line up. Tape speed is probably different as well.
Nice
lol thank you
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Donde se puede comprar un adaptador para reproducir cintas de Vídeo 8 y Mini DV?, uno solo sirve para las 2?, me interesa poder digitalizar cintas de los modelos Vídeo 8 y Mini DV, el de VHS, ya lo tengo, pero es solo para VHS. Agraderé comentarios. Saludos.
@@aleixfarres7546 segun tengo entendido no se puede, lo que debes hacer es reproducir todos los videos desde la camara, y capturar la salida de video con una capturadora.
I have a bunch of sony hi8 mp 8mm video cassette, I no longer have the camcorder anymore (it broke and I got rid of it) is there anyway to view or transfer what in on the tape without the camcorder
Not really. Same thimg happend to me..found one at a thrift store and then had to buy the wires to connect to my new HDMi tv as the old in and out wires are not compatible with today's tv, there are videos on playing them on your PC .
You need a Hi8 camcorder or deck with S-video outputs and a capture cable or card on a computer to transfer. It is better to do that than just playback on a TV as the tapes wear out and are getting old now. After the transfer to a digital file resell the equipment.
Hi do you know what camcorder who work for the Sony MP120 tapes? I have so many HS120 I want to watch!
Depends on which camcorder they were recorded. There were three formats that used the same tapes - Video8, Hi8, and Digital 8. The newer Digital 8 will usually play all three. The older camcorders will not play Digital 8.
DDVF. I have 8mm Hi8 tapes , the second tape you’ve described in your video. I don’t have the camcorder anymore. Please help in describing the model/link of a product I can play and convert to CD or digital format. Thanks in advance
any recommendation on how could I use my 8mm Cassete and transfer it to my PC ? (HI, From Honduras. Thanks a lot for your help)
it seems that only solution is to get a cheap camcorder that uses 8mm cassettes and then screen capture it via firewire or whatever i/o camera uses. i have some miniDV cassettes that have some recording on them which need to go to my pc but if there is no adapter for them i guess i'll have to get my hands on an camcorder. so should you, i guess.
I used a USB capture card with the analog output on my 8mm camcorder. On my miniDV camcorder, I used FireWire (through a sequence of adapters), and used the program WinDV to capture the raw DV data. I then used ffmpeg to re-encode it in a more space-efficient format.
I have a lot of these and I don’t know how to open them pls help me 😫
you need a camera or a player to play them
@@Matowu Which player? Can you please share the link..The camera I had doesn't work now, and I need to transfer the tapes to my pc
I have some old mini dv tapes that I want to watch again but I don't find adapters or camcorders... Can somebody please help me find a way to play those again?
ebay!
I think the video itself is from a VHS
So you are telling me I would never be able to see my old videos again? I have mini dv tapes:( can someone pls share a link to a camcorder than can play these mini events tapes? I lost mine long time ago sadly
They stopped making the camcorders years back. May be able to find a used one on ebay. Otherwise take them to a business like ours who can transfer them to DVD or USB. Sooner than later.
@@DDVF what’s the prize to transfer two mini dv cassettes to USB?
@@Travelsandmore333 usually around $70
euh..oke so what do you do with sony video 8 tapes?
You have to play them back on a video 8 camcorder or video 8 VCR
Was this recorded in 15 fps
I thought you were joking, but that really is 15fps
even on the second hand market now...people are asking big dollars for the Sony Hi8 camcorders.... this is frustrating me as I have lots of video from 1998 that i want to put to my UA-cam Channel but cant access it...i have the tapes but no player
Same but I got some mini dv tapes that I probably can never watch again
So get someone to do it professionally. It’s not a big deal.
I find them at the thrift store or the LetiGO APP or Offer up app
There is no way this is true. I still have the only 3 childhood cassettes I had and they are the exact ones you show in the middle and the right. I dont remember which one it was for (I think the middle one) but I definitely 100% had a adapter for it just like the one on the left.
If you can produce a Video8 or MiniDV to VHS adapter we'll give you $10,000!
Adapting to what? It can't have adapted to VHS as there's literally no way that's possible.
Why don't you create one or someone
It can't be done. They are physically and electrically incompatible. Period.
懐かしい
minidv is digital smh
And so whats The New???? To Know it..... :(
Stop looking for cheap adapters and start looking for expensive ass Sony Video 8 mini players or VHS cameras that shoot on 8mm film - about sums it up for me.
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so i can never see my mini dv tapes again
3EEE you need to use a DV camera or deck to play them back
miniDV camcorders are inexpensive. DV decks five times their original price on eBay. But fund one, transfer your tapes and then resell the deck maybe for even more than you paid for it. So you are out of pocket by $1000 until you get the project done.
Why dose it looks like this was recorded by stop motion
Idk
Low framerate.
Need for betamax
You did a great job explaining what can’t be done for the mini dv but you FAILED to mention what CAN be done or what used to be done... terrible vid 👎🏼🤦🏼♂️