Transfer your Super 8 movies to a blank writable DVD.
Super 8 is 8 mm analog cine film used in video cameras and camcorders. While Super 8 may be ideal as a means of capturing video, you may wish to make the recorded content more versatile or store it in a digital file format. As a result, you may transfer Super 8 movies from their original cassettes to DVD by one of two means. Connect your Super 8 player or camera to either a DVD recorder or personal computer with DVD writer drive to transfer the movies' content to a DVD.
Instructions
DVD Recorder Transfer
1. Load the Super 8 cassette containing the movie you wish to transfer to DVD into your Super 8 player or camera. Cue the Super 8 movie for playback.
2. Connect your Super 8 player to the DVD recorder. Insert the RCA end of the Super 8 camera's A/V cable into the DVD recorder's color-coded RCA "Video In" or "Line In" port. Alternatively, you may insert one end of an RCA cable into your Super 8 player or camera's "Video Out" or "Line Out" port. Insert the other end of the RCA cable into the DVD recorder's "Video In" or "Line In" port.
3. Load a blank writable DVD into the DVD recorder.
4. Push the DVD recorder's "Record" button.
5. Push "Play" on the Super 8 player or camera immediately to avoid blank space at the beginning of your DVD recording.
6. Push "Stop" on the DVD recorder when the Super 8 movie's playback is complete.
TV Tuner Transfer
7. Load the Super 8 cassette containing the movie you wish to transfer to DVD into your Super 8 player or camera. Cue the Super 8 movie for playback.
8. Connect your Super 8 player to your computer's TV tuner. Insert the RCA end of the Super 8 camera's A/V cable into the TV tuner's color-coded RCA "Video In" or "Line In" port. Alternatively, you may insert one end of an RCA cable into your Super 8 player or camera's "Video Out" or "Line Out" port. Insert the other end of the RCA cable into the TV tuner's "Video In" or "Line In" port.
9. Launch the TV tuner's utility. Push the "Record" button on the TV tuner's control panel.
10. Push "Play" on the Super 8 player or camera immediately. Doing so minimizes blank space at the beginning of the TV tuner's digital recording.
11. Push "Stop" on the TV tuner's control panel when the Super 8 movie's playback is complete.
12. Save the digital recording of the Super 8 movie to a file format you know to be compatible with your computer's DVD writer, such as MPEG, MOV or AVI.
13. Insert a blank writable DVD into your computer's DVD writer drive. Launch the DVD writer utility if it does not load automatically upon the disc's insertion.
14. Load the newly saved digital recording into your DVD writer's burn list. Click the "Burn" or "Start Burn" button to launch the burn dialog. Select "Video DVD" from the burn dialog. Click "OK" or "Burn" to complete the Super 8 movie's transfer to DVD.
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