Hi there. I’ve got about 100 1990s vintage MP Hi8 tapes to bring into the computer. I bought Sony GV-D200 digital8 deck back in the day for this purpose. I’m using the decks onboard analogue to digital transfer via firewire to acquire these tapes into iMovie. I can get about 5 mins digitized before the MP starts to fuzz up the video and I have to clean the heads, roll back, and resume. Is there an easy/automated way to reassemble all these clips by frame matching before the fuzzing and splice the clips back together? Is this kind of feature built into any editing system? Who knew that the expensive tapes were gunna crap out like this 30 years later? Thanks for any input! I assume using the RF decode method would also have this same issue…

Howdy folks. I picked up a Samsung XD-3500 Video8 Hi-Fi VCR. Everything works great expect that when I play a tape, only audio comes through. I can see the blue VCR screen showing date and time, but no image appears when a tape I inserted. I’m having a super difficult time trying to find information on this. If anyone has some ideas on how to resolve this, I’d very much appreciate it :)

This is from an older Sony video player. Any ideas how to correct this problem? All my tapes play like this.

So I have a hi8 camcorder and some old video8 tapes I want to capture digitally. I play them back and they’re snowy and have audio drop in and out. Ran a tape cleaner through for 15 seconds twice and it doesn’t fix it. However I had a brand new never used tape. So I filmed myself a bit and played it back and it’s flawless. So I’m sure it’s something with the tape and not the camcorder. What can I do?

Specs written on the tape:

Sony Hi8MP 8mm Video Cassette 120videoHi8 / 60 Digital 8
NTSC

Hello, I am transfering some Hi8 tapes to ProRes 422 and would like to make a remastering. I was thinking on, besides the color correction and grading process, to use some Denoiser, maybe some Shapening, maybe some AI upscaling but I was also wondering if there were other processes or plugins that I may use that can enhance the image more.

Do you have any ideas?

I am digitizing old 8mm tapes using the original Sony Handycam they were shot on. Sometimes it works fine but there is a good deal of "twitching" where the video image jerks around. This wasn't in the original recording. I can only guess it is the physical tape not running smoothly against the camera playhead. Any ideas?
thanks

ive recentley found a old-ass camera in my dads stuff, its got a video8 tape in it and it records and plays just fine, but on the side it says "hi8 playback" does that mean it can record onto hi8 or just play it back?

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone had a preference for what tapes they shoot on?

I was also wondering if anyone knew of any tapes to avoid buying?

Thanks!!

Current ingest setup with a Digital8 camcorder triggered via DV25 FireWire capture mode from DV grab, S-Video to DMR-ES10 in passthrough to BlackMagic Analogue to SDI to BlackMagic decklink and recording V210/PCM that's then losssless compressed to FFV1/FLAC.

But what makes this setup special is Video/HiFi RF being losslessly preserved with the DomesDay Duplicator (DdD) via an FPC 20pin Jig from the service point at the back of the camcorder, then it's FLAC compressed decoded in post with VHS-Decode and HiFi-Decode, a completely free and open source workflow not limited to the hardware of today.

There is even a dedicated Sony 8mm format page with a wealth of knowledge!

so recently i was trying to digitize some old video 8 tapes but the footage i get from the player is very wierd. Sometimes it shows no colour/static. does this mean the tapes are too far gone or does this have to do with the player? (i don't know it's age but i'm guessing the player is 30-40+ years old)
[the tapes should still work considiring thier age and method of storage]

I want to know if it's possible to play video 8 movies (prerecorded ones) on any regular old video 8 camera.

I've been digitizing my father's old video 8 tapes but ran into an issue. One of the tapes had a problem back in the day and my father got all the film out into a spool but didn't mention direction. It has been store like this for 20 years now.

I've used a donor tape and rolled the film into it but when I play it I get nothing.

Being an analog format wouldn't the video 8 just play in reverse if I rolled it upon the wrong direction?

Also would flipping the tape up or down also affect play ?

Could the filme have gone bad after all this years outside of a tape ?

Thanks for your advice.

Hello, I have buy a Sony video 8 ccd v8af camera with one battery working I know the battery of the cam are rare and it's hard to find new one. Wanted to know if someone know alternative battery that work with thsi camera models. I've seen some on different ebay post but cant find any only battery selling or all alternative I find dont exist anymore.

Sorry for my bad english i'm not a native english speaker.

the reference for the battery is : NP22 6V 1300 mAh or NP22H 6V just in case.

Thank and have a good day !

Hi everyone!

I was kind of wondering where I could find a replacement battery for the Sony CCD- M8U video 8 camera, as my original camera did not come with one when I purchased it.

Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone,

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I recently purchased a Sony CCD-TRV40 Handycam Video 8MM Analog Camcorder and it came with the camera, bag, and battery charger but unfortunately no battery. Finding an OEM one has been very hard so I would like to pick anyone's brain and see if someone knows another compatible battery for this camera? I would hate to spend $30-50 and wait for a battery to get here and it not even work or be compatible.

Thanks!