Re: Question about non digital camcorder vs. digital camcorder

In article <cmeFi.617$BL3.165@trndny01>, "David McCall" <mccallmail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"leeana" <leeana1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sep 10, 12:10 pm, "David McCall" <mccallm...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"leeana" <leea...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:1189438773.344965.295560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Probably a
stupid question, I know, but is there anyway to use a non
digital camcorder (8mm) to post videos on youtube,etc? Thanks in
advance!

Yes, but you have to convert it to digital first.

You can buy capture cards and USB and "firewire" devices
that will take analog in and save it as a digital file. They come
in many flavors from under $200 to well over $5000.
Some of the best "prosumer level" devices are made by
a company called Canopus.

A more practical aproach for some is to buy a DV camcorder
and use that instead. At minimum you have to pick a camcorder
that can record from an analog source (VHS, 8mm, etc.).
You would copy your 8mm to the DV tape and then transfer the
digital information from the camcorder to the computer using
the firewire connection (also known as iLink or IEEE 1394).

Some camcorders have what they call pass-through. That will
allow you to connect an analog source to the camcorder and
transfer it directly to the computer just as you would with a
stand alone USB or Firewire device.

David

So it would be less expensive to purchase a digital camcorder than to
mess with all this probably, right?

Not necessarily. Clearly the $16 device you found is a lot cheaper
than a camcorder, but I can't speak to it's quality. The advantage of
using a camcorder is that you can shoot your future videos with it.

David


We are talking Youtube here, i dont think quality is an issue here.
.

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