help/quiz cam to dvd

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hi all
ive got loads of 8mm camcorder tapes of the kids/weddings etc...
wot kind of PCI card would anyone recommend (low cost)to connect the cam to PC so i can capture the vid and author it to cd or dvd? and any free or shareware software to edit it. i have nero already if that would be able to do it?

thanx in advance...

 

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Hm - are these standard 8 or digital8 (Sony special I believe). It makes quite a difference.

If the former you need a full video capture card, where spending serious money makes a huge difference.

You will also need a high-speed machine to do the final rendering.

So tell us some details!

Harry.

 

hi harry

the tapes are the standard 8mm. its an old cam

my machine not very high speed its a 2.5GHz celeron and only got 512MB ram.

 

See if any of your friends or family have a good MiniDV camera - pref a Sony one. These usualy include something called 'Pass through mode'. This enables you to do the digitizing to Firewire easily - and makes using something like MovieMaker easy.

Otherwise it may cost somewhat to do the capture.

Harry.