I must have 40 old 8mm movie tapes and have started to copy them to digital myself. I was able to buy a good old working camcorder and to find the extra parts for it I needed on eBay such as a battery and a battery charger. I am using my iPhone to film off of my TV as the tapes play. I am able to have the room completely dark and I have a huge TV to film off of and it’s working great with no background light or noise. Copying them directly to a computer is a nightmare so I am taking the easy route! I can instantly share the movies to my family members and they love it. If I want to, I can download the movies from my iphone to my computer and burn them on a disk later on. However, after just a few tapes, the heads are dirty on the camcorder so I’m having to learn how to clean those too. Thank God for UA-cam and for people like you that are helping us little people figure this out! I have successfully been able to repair tapes that have broken myself. Yay!!! UA-cam is awesome!
Are you close to Sacramento? I have like 30 of these tapes. I bought a video camcorder and transferred a few myself but the quality is horrible. I know it's not the tapes but it has to be the old camcorder. The tapes have been well preserved from 1995 to 2006. I used a video capture software from amazon to transfer the video. The software gave me the option to brighten the video and fix the contrast, saturation...etc but it doesn't look natural.
Hello sir, I have a lot of VHS-C tapes, but my problem is that when I watch the tapes from my camera, there's no issue with the image. However, when I connect the camera to my computer via a USB video capture device, the screen flickers with a blue screen. What do you think is the solution?
I have a sony dcr-trv460 camcorder, it twill rewind and fast forward but will not play! all I get is a blue screen I tried the head clean that has never "been used" that it came with to fast forward and rewind but can't get any tape to lock into play position! help!
I am having some troubles with Mini DV tapes. While trying to capturing the video. The Video plays and looks fine on the camcorder screen. However the screen on computer (OBS Studio) Randomly drops to blue screen and back. Is this a tape issue? I appreciate and advice. Your Doing Gods work my friend. I sent a few people your way after showing them your videos.
Hey! Thanks for the kind words and referrals! Def feel sometimes I feel like I’m doing gods work lol! Bc hardly anyone else in this industry seems to care! Goal of the channel is to turn that around a little, because it’s really sad.
The problem ive been having is that when i put the tapes in the camcorder and try to play it back, its just a blue screen with nothing on it for the whole runtime. I'm hoping that the heads on the camera just aren't functioning correctly because i played those same tapes on the same camera about 4-5 years ago and it worked perfect. I surely hope the tapes didn't fully degrade over just 4-5 years, the footage is from about 20 years ago so i'm not sure.
Just a question, when I try digitizing my tapes, there's this weird thing where the tape's audio doubles, and the 2nd audio that's being heard is delayed. What could be causing this and how would I fix it?
Hey! I don’t know if you’ve solved this issue or not, but I had the exact same thing happen to me - If you’re using OBS studio to capture the footage, be sure that you turn off your “Desktop Audio” audio source before capturing. Make sure that when capturing the only audio source activated is the media capture device assigned to the camcorder - it sounds dumb but this took me days to figure out.
Heartwarming to see you're dedicated to Apple computers! :) I'm currently trying to save and digitize about 40-50 video8 and Hi8-tapes from a deceased friend of mine. I was able to find a Sony EV-C2000E PAL Video8 recorder locally but it only shows a blue screen while playing several tapes. The audio is just bursts of noise every few seconds. FFD or RWD while playing never shows any image-fragments of the tapes. I now want to swap the video-head in the recorder from a camcorder that has other mechanical issues.
@@gotmemories - I'm located in the Netherlands, Europe. (My friend passed away last year) I got the box with tapes. 'till now I've only encountered 1 tape that will give some image and sound, all the rest seem to give issues. I'm thinking it's maybe related to a tape tracking- or head-alignment issue.
Well, the solution struck me slowly (duh); I found out my friend's tapes were shot with a Digital8 camera, while I was trying to digitize them with Hi8 player... Hence no image and no sounds on all the tapes. I couldn't understand why none of the tapes even showed 'some' imageor something... Until it started to dawn on me. Bought a Digital8 camera and the tapes all play perfectly...! Thanks for your replies @@gotmemories
Yesss!! Bingo!!! And yet people keep sending the only copy of their precious home movies off to them, even with red flags galore, it’s truly the biggest scam job going. Former staff have reached out telling me what goes on behind closed doors, it’s shocking & completely needless. It’s pure greed, churn and burn.
I must have 40 old 8mm movie tapes and have started to copy them to digital myself. I was able to buy a good old working camcorder and to find the extra parts for it I needed on eBay such as a battery and a battery charger. I am using my iPhone to film off of my TV as the tapes play. I am able to have the room completely dark and I have a huge TV to film off of and it’s working great with no background light or noise. Copying them directly to a computer is a nightmare so I am taking the easy route! I can instantly share the movies to my family members and they love it. If I want to, I can download the movies from my iphone to my computer and burn them on a disk later on. However, after just a few tapes, the heads are dirty on the camcorder so I’m having to learn how to clean those too. Thank God for UA-cam and for people like you that are helping us little people figure this out! I have successfully been able to repair tapes that have broken myself. Yay!!! UA-cam is awesome!
Fantastic! Thank you for your great comment and glad I could be of help!
Are you close to Sacramento? I have like 30 of these tapes. I bought a video camcorder and transferred a few myself but the quality is horrible. I know it's not the tapes but it has to be the old camcorder. The tapes have been well preserved from 1995 to 2006. I used a video capture software from amazon to transfer the video. The software gave me the option to brighten the video and fix the contrast, saturation...etc but it doesn't look natural.
Based in Phoenix, but 90% of our orders are from outside of Phoenix. If you’d like a quote, email info@gotmemories.com
Hello sir, I have a lot of VHS-C tapes, but my problem is that when I watch the tapes from my camera, there's no issue with the image. However, when I connect the camera to my computer via a USB video capture device, the screen flickers with a blue screen. What do you think is the solution?
Unsure. Prob a hardware software issue.
did you ever end up finding a solution
I have a sony dcr-trv460 camcorder, it twill rewind and fast forward but will not play! all I get is a blue screen I tried the head clean that has never "been used" that it came with to fast forward and rewind but can't get any tape to lock into play position! help!
Could be a number of things. Find a local camcorder repair person or buy a few more on eBay and fingers crossed
I am having some troubles with Mini DV tapes. While trying to capturing the video. The Video plays and looks fine on the camcorder screen. However the screen on computer (OBS Studio) Randomly drops to blue screen and back. Is this a tape issue? I appreciate and advice. Your Doing Gods work my friend. I sent a few people your way after showing them your videos.
Hey! Thanks for the kind words and referrals! Def feel sometimes I feel like I’m doing gods work lol! Bc hardly anyone else in this industry seems to care! Goal of the channel is to turn that around a little, because it’s really sad.
Similar issue, would be great if we could get an answer haha
The problem ive been having is that when i put the tapes in the camcorder and try to play it back, its just a blue screen with nothing on it for the whole runtime. I'm hoping that the heads on the camera just aren't functioning correctly because i played those same tapes on the same camera about 4-5 years ago and it worked perfect. I surely hope the tapes didn't fully degrade over just 4-5 years, the footage is from about 20 years ago so i'm not sure.
Good luck!
Hello. I have the exact same problem. Did you find any solution? Thanks!
Just a question, when I try digitizing my tapes, there's this weird thing where the tape's audio doubles, and the 2nd audio that's being heard is delayed. What could be causing this and how would I fix it?
Hi! No clue I’m afraid! If you need me to digitize, let me know, it’s all a giant pain in the rear!
I'd like to tbh, but it'll be a nightmare trying to ship since I live in asia. I appreciate the response though!
Hey! I don’t know if you’ve solved this issue or not, but I had the exact same thing happen to me -
If you’re using OBS studio to capture the footage, be sure that you turn off your “Desktop Audio” audio source before capturing. Make sure that when capturing the only audio source activated is the media capture device assigned to the camcorder - it sounds dumb but this took me days to figure out.
@@michaeljones105 Thanks for the heads up, I fixed it by using another program. Will try this one soon
My biggest problem with these cameras is the dv tapes, when I try to watch dv tapes with this camera I only see a blue screen, help
Contaminated or worn out video head more than likely. Anyone DIY’ing it needs head cleaners and multiple back up players
Heartwarming to see you're dedicated to Apple computers! :)
I'm currently trying to save and digitize about 40-50 video8 and Hi8-tapes from a deceased friend of mine. I was able to find a Sony EV-C2000E PAL Video8 recorder locally but it only shows a blue screen while playing several tapes. The audio is just bursts of noise every few seconds. FFD or RWD while playing never shows any image-fragments of the tapes.
I now want to swap the video-head in the recorder from a camcorder that has other mechanical issues.
You’ve got your work cut out for you! If you want to forward my info to your friend and have me digitize them info@gotmemories.com
@@gotmemories - I'm located in the Netherlands, Europe.
(My friend passed away last year) I got the box with tapes.
'till now I've only encountered 1 tape that will give some image and sound, all the rest seem to give issues. I'm thinking it's maybe related to a tape tracking- or head-alignment issue.
Could be a number of things, a contaminated head as well.
Well, the solution struck me slowly (duh); I found out my friend's tapes were shot with a Digital8 camera, while I was trying to digitize them with Hi8 player... Hence no image and no sounds on all the tapes.
I couldn't understand why none of the tapes even showed 'some' imageor something... Until it started to dawn on me.
Bought a Digital8 camera and the tapes all play perfectly...!
Thanks for your replies
@@gotmemories
What if there is a time stamp and footage but it's a blue screen?
Common on Mini DV to keep rolling w date stamp. Nothing there or could be the camera crapped out back in the day.
Legacy Box is the Wish or Temu of the Video Conversion industry.
Yesss!! Bingo!!! And yet people keep sending the only copy of their precious home movies off to them, even with red flags galore, it’s truly the biggest scam job going. Former staff have reached out telling me what goes on behind closed doors, it’s shocking & completely needless. It’s pure greed, churn and burn.