Transferring old 8mm videotapes

[GreggC69]

Non tech savvy here. Have a box of old mini dv video tapes that I want to transfer to something current and more readily playable. (In the older days I would have said transfer to DVD but I know that is outdated as well). A lot of the tapes are partially full - i.e. some only have 15 minutes used of the hour long capacity. Any suggestions on where to get them converted and saved? Would like to gift a copy of old home movies to the kids. Thanks in advance.

[Keefelane66]

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[retiredguy123]

legacybox.com will do it, but it is not cheap.

Another option is to buy a conversion device from Amazon and do it yourself. You should digitize it and copy the content to a flash drive.

[villagetinker]

Depending on how many tapes (etc) that you have, buying the equipment and doing it yourself may be much less expensive. I do have a digital movie camera that takes the 8 mm(?) magnetic tape cartridges and I have lent it out for others to use. If you have actual 8 mm FILM, I also have a projector and a "copy" unit let I have never used. This would probably need some experimentation but should also work.

[dhdallas]

Non tech savvy here. Have a box of old mini dv video tapes that I want to transfer to something current and more readily playable. (In the older days I would have said transfer to DVD but I know that is outdated as well). A lot of the tapes are partially full - i.e. some only have 15 minutes used of the hour long capacity. Any suggestions on where to get them converted and saved? Would like to gift a copy of old home movies to the kids. Thanks in advance.

Walmart did all my old 8mm movies and put them on a USB flash drive.

[Tustin714]

Depending on how many tapes (etc) that you have, buying the equipment and doing it yourself may be much less expensive.

This is the equipment our library allows people to use, and I have used it successfully on a few tapes -- I'm thinking of just buying one:

Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/ClearClick-Converter-2-0-Second-Generation/dp/B07V9JNRZY/ref=sr_1_10?crid=7CPHUHWZH5FB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.exR6YCgKY7p_TCkwYq6liMfSS1T9C1t2c H5JbI5zdJ1FOajXOFBCv-ubAYM7JW0rT1v75mLqMn9Osn2AhWz2NpVbdXeP3P7wQXt64nSx XQYsGQ8OKDD8UsbCz02wjWbwYHvcRX9UKWax0H2mlykLTFi9y3 EiwUxw9m4rSMqlNIzat6Vi7RZctBrtY6xVdZAv.V2kQuGF2_v9 BgRXZTb6Nceyce4-OIBo_fz25HHjR9hg&dib_tag=se&keywords=clearclick+external&qid=1713886033&sprefix=clearclick+external%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-10)