Help. Capture from Video 8 camcorder??

[caduceus]

I have got a Sony Handycam Video 8 CCD-TR510E PAL camcorder which I have lots of unedited footage on tape.

Trouble is, how do I capture it onto PC for editing?
I have tried to run it through my JVC digital camcorder, but no joy.

Its one of these old things:

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Any help greatly appreciated.

Caduceus

[Job38]

Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge

[caduceus]

Jesus, is that the only way I can do it?
Surely there is some fandangled cable and a bit of softwarre or something that can do it.

I'm not sure I want to fork out over 100 quid just to convert analogue.

Thanks for the reply though.

C

[paul911]

You could always connect your Handycam to a stand-alone DVD recorder, and burn the whole thing. And if you need to edit then transfer your newly burnt DVD to your PC.

H2H Paul

[caduceus]

yeah, that was going to be a last resort.
I was just attempting to pick the brains of those in the know on this subject.

Thanks anyway Paul.

[Roop]

paul911 said:

You could always connect your Handycam to a stand-alone DVD recorder, and burn the whole thing. And if you need to edit then transfer your newly burnt DVD to your PC.

H2H Paul

Editing MPEG2 encoded stuff is a bit hit-and-miss to say the least. MPEG and MPEG2 was designed purely as an end-user format. Many sofware packages struggle to edit this stuff. That said the latest Pinnacle Studio (11...?) makes a reasonable stab at it.