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Thread Number: 75674
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Transferring 8mm video to ??? |
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Post# 994998 5/23/2018 at 10:02 (2,157 days old) by paulg  (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Post# 995010 , Reply# 1 5/23/2018 at 11:53 (2,157 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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Throw 'em up in The Cloud | ||
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Post# 995013 , Reply# 2 5/23/2018 at 13:34 (2,157 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 995025 , Reply# 3 5/23/2018 at 16:42 (2,157 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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I still burn stuff on DVD's for archiving. Cheap and reliable and won't be going anywhere soon. Yes Apple has tried to kill off optical drives but one can buy an external USD DVD drive for ~$25 and you will have at least a decade with that.
When you burn the video onto the DVD is it in a TV DVD readable format? You could store them as raw video files too but seems like making it DVD player readable might make them easier to share. | ||
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Post# 995059 , Reply# 6 5/24/2018 at 08:24 (2,156 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Thank you.. | ||
| Post# 995072 , Reply# 7 5/24/2018 at 10:59 (2,156 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
M-disk
They now have archival quality DVDs.
I've bought some for transferring our family's Beta tapes. They're called M Disk. And they record with physical manipulation of the disks, rather than changing a corruptible dye layer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC... | ||
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Post# 995080 , Reply# 8 5/24/2018 at 12:21 (2,156 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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I had no idea | ||
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Post# 995130 , Reply# 9 5/24/2018 at 23:26 (2,156 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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A little off topic, but has anyone had good results with companies converting VHS to digital, DVDs? | ||
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Post# 995180 , Reply# 10 5/25/2018 at 16:05 (2,155 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Indeed everything has a lifespan. And yes the "archival" discs probably last longer then a DVD-R... but how long do you need a format to last?
I seriously doubt that a DVD-R stored at reasonable temperatures won't last decades. Some estimate burned media expected lifespans in the 20-100 year range. NIST did an accelerated aging study and they concluded 30 years was likely. | ||
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Post# 995240 , Reply# 12 5/26/2018 at 07:54 (2,154 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Hmmm. How long to last?
Interesting question. How long would I want these recordings to last?
I am going to be a bit weird here - but why not? We're among friends. I suppose I would want the recordings to last until I die or until a better format comes along. Whichever comes first, LOL. Lifespans are changing. The chances of living past 100 are getting greater every day. The DVD player, or the format will not likely exist in 50 years. (Yeah, yeah I know vinyl lasted way past 50 years but let's get real..) I appreciate the NIST reference. I follow them and totally trust their conclusions. I did not know they studied this recording format. Therefore I will probably record the most important things on two formats. I'll do DVDs for some and perhaps memory sticks for others. That'll at least "stabilize" the recordings for now and then when some new format comes along I'll perhaps transfer again. I won't cry in my soup if all recordings are lost tomorrow. However I'd like to try to keep some memories alive as long as I can enjoy them. | ||
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Post# 995305 , Reply# 13 5/26/2018 at 23:49 (2,154 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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With the unstability in storage formats-----DO NOT DISCARD YOUR ORIGINALS!!!!!You may need them again to transfer onto another format. | ||
| Post# 995427 , Reply# 14 5/28/2018 at 09:30 (2,152 days old) by perc-o-prince (Southboro, Mass) | ||
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Paul- How did you complete the original conversion? Did you do it yourself? Pay a service? I ask because we have some 8mm and Rich shudders at the thought of handing them over to someone to convert lest they accidentally ruin the originals. Chuck | ||
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Post# 995533 , Reply# 15 5/29/2018 at 09:10 (2,151 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Originally I did them myself.
I started conversions using a "Lite-On" branded DVD recorder that I bought inexpensively from COSTCO.
Attached it to my camcorder and did the recordings manually. Worked out really well. Conversely, my sister took our 8mm FILM to someone to have them converted to DVD. That worked out well too. However, she got referrals from others who used the same person. It was very professional and she got all the materials back quickly. Also, I totally agree that one must save all original recordings. And IF I were to send stuff out, I'd do so in batches just in case something goes wrong. | ||
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Post# 995595 , Reply# 17 5/29/2018 at 23:45 (2,151 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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The Library of Congress archives everything they can on ANALOG-its always easier to retrieve and lasts longer. | ||
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