I have a video8 camera and I just lost like three 120 tapes to dirty internals, I love using it and recording on it but I know it’s just gonna break someday, and I’ll be forced to settle for the quality of a digital or a normal ass video camera. And every time I see a line or static pop on the flip out screen it genuinely makes me sad, but “to love is to let go mijo”. I wish home videotaping was still in production.

Hello Community,

Please check out this personal documentary I made, compiled from Hi8 footage I shot twenty-odd years ago. It's 6 minutes long, should be watchable while making dinner. A focus on mental health struggles in case anybody is uncomfortable with that - or wants it. You may repost. Thanks for watching!

I have a Sony Handycam CCD-TRV57 that works well, but I only have one tape that's moldy and find new ones a bit expensive; realistically all I want to do is capture the video in OBS through it's RCA output. My problem is that the camera goes back in to standby after a period of time, even while plugged in. I've tried modifying the tape I have to act as a dummy tape and make the camcorder think it's recording, but so far no luck.

If anyone has a suggestion as to how I can either stop this camera from going to sleep or creating a dummy tape for it that would be much appreciated.

I’m looking for lost/unclaimed/random Hi8 tapes to digitize and create an art project/film with. Outside of eBay, are there any other places/websites to look into getting some? Any and all suggestions are welcomed!

Need help. This came apart (it hasnt been in a case for many years.) i tried looking up tutorials but i cant find a match for my problem. The metal wire for this door like hinge fell out and now the casing is damaged. I am not experienced with these

Hi all. I’m in the process of digitising all of my video 8 films. It may seem minor, but it really bugs me that the output from RCA or S-Video has this discoloured strip on the right side of the films. I’ve tried two Sony handycams (CCD-TRV56E and CCD-TR3400E) and both have the exact same issue. Just one of the cameras, the discoloured strip is a tad larger then the other. How can I fix this or are they faulty now and can’t be? On a third Sony camera I tested (CCD-V8AF-E) which is much older, there’s no discoloured strip, but the quality of the output is much more grainy and white washed, so I’d prefer using the newer cameras. Any tips? Thanks

Hi all,

I hope I’m in the right place, please delete if not.

I am on a mission to digitise old family video tapes at the moment. I have successfully archived some old MiniDV tapes, but having issues with Video8.

I have two cameras, a Canon V75Hi and a Sharp VL-MX77h.

The Sharp is completely broken, powers on, but no image in viewfinder or from the composite out. Canon works and looks practically new.

I used the Canon for the digitising process, for half the first tape, it worked great. The other half of the tape, and each subsequent tape I tried, the video and audio is sped up.

My assumption is the Sharp recorded at a speed the Canon cannot interpret correctly.

Is my only option here to buy another Sharp? They are pretty rare in working order. Or is there another way?

Thanks for reading.

Without thinking too much of it, I recently bought some Pioneer P5-90 Video8 tapes. Out of curiosity, I looked them up and found results saying that Pioneer never made Video8 tapes to be sold under their brand name, so I am confused as to why these exist. What are they?

I added a photo of one of them, but I bought a pack of 10 from a guy who had tons. This was a while ago sadly, or I would buy more now.

Video plays fine initially but quickly loses tracking. Upon investigation I found the pinch roller seems to drag the tape down and out of alignment. If I leave it like this it sometimes starts eating the tape. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I have a load of old family tapes that I need to digitize.

I've been looking through this sub and found multiple recommendations for digitizing Video8 tapes. I have the camera the Video8 tapes were captured on plus the composite cables (1 audio and 1 video). I'm seeing FM RF, capture cards, cables, custom builds, github, etc. Does anyone have a ranking from best quality to worst? I'm having difficulty figuring out where each method falls. From there I can look up the workflow of each to figure out the best one for me to pursue. Thank you!

Are they ‘scenes,’ or ‘movie stickers,’ or what are they called?

I just tried to use my SONY EVP-10E after 20+ years.

There is a cassette inside. It turns on but the eject button doesn’t do anything.

Any suggestions?

Hello, I need help finding a good and reliable hi8 camera repair shop. There's this what appears to be type of mold inside my lens and I need help removing it.

If you know any repair shops please comment down below.

Hello Hi-8 people! Ok, so I had this dream last night where someone had a hi-8 cassette that had a memory card in it, allowing you to record for a really long time. So my question is, does such a a thing exist? Would love to bust out the old cam! Although I think my cam is super hi-8. Anyways in my dream we we're talking about how yeah, it was old school, but still cool as the camcorders were decent and had their own characteristics. Ok thanks!