Posted on 06/25/2011 2:49:36 PM PDT by StonyMan451
Trouble is, the hardware is 2002 vintage and starting to act up a bit; looking for alternatives.
Do you have an old 8mm film editor around? Run the film through there first, cranking by hand, to check for lose splices before running through a projector. Most of the films I transfered were from the early ‘60s and the Kodak film stock was still quite strong.
Not sure about an editor, but I will check. I could also “test” the film by running some less important film through the projector. I know my dad took lots of footage of not really important stuff. Thanks again.
For 8mm film the only way is to just simply set up your screen and using a good camera capture it digitally on video. Then you can do whatever you like with it. I know it is time consuming but as it is not digital you’ll have to let each reel play out. VHS is not digital either but at least with VHS players you’ll have line out connections you can put into a computer or some other recording device. I don’t know of any 8mm projectors with modern line out connections. I of course could be wrong and if yours does have modern connections then just follow the procedures for VHS. Also you may be able to get it done commercially.
Thanks for the reply. I am going to look into the cost of having it done. It may be worth it in the long run, especially for his stuff from his F-105 flying days.
You just hook up a coaxial cable from the VHS player to the tuner card.
This WinTV PVR-150 Hauppauge PCI TV Tuner Card would work great.
I’ve used the Panasonic DMR EZ485V (VHS to DVD deck) for several years and have been quite satisfied. IIRC, it cost a little over $300. I bought it at Sam’s Club.
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BUMP for later. I had a DVD-R/DVR system by Panasonic that I liked until it crashed. It had a good internal harddrive storage and excellent GUI interface. Unfortunately from what I understand, they abandoned the hardware and offer no repair service now.
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Macrovision was designed so that commercial video tapes could not be copied. This is caused by an embedded signal within the videotape itself. The video tape is played back on the VCR, the VCR detects the signal, resulting in the video tape COPY changing colors and rolling the video.. This protection has been in place since the mid ‘80’s. It’s been deemed and sanctioned by the movie companies to be a good copy protection scheme. A different type of Macrovision is on commercial dvds and BluRays as well.
The problem with Macrovision in VCRs, is that the signal detection mechanism within the VCR is; at times, so strong, that it treats video tapes that were created at home as tapes with Macrovision copy prevention. So, the result is that even with home video tapes..the problem exists in a major way. The video in copies still rolls and changes colors, and does other nice things to prevent a good copy from being made..it’s frustrating, to say the least.
ADS Technologies is one of the very few firms that manufacture products that totally ignore Macrovision. Hauppauge is another. IF anyone runs into problems with Macrovision, ADS Tech, and Hauppauge is the way to go, in my opinion; for what it’s worth.
the Hauppauge website =
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html
the ADS TECH website =
http://www.adstechnologies.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=4
Thank you Freepers! So much to think about. I’m going to take my time and study all your answers before deciding. I knew I could count on you to offer a variety of good options.
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