8MM/HI8/DIGITAL8 VIDEO TRANSFER
8mm Tapes
VHS and 8mm video formats are vastly different and are not compatible with each other. VHS is half inch tape while Hi8 is 8mm. The recording formats also differ hugely in terms of the way the information is recorded onto the tape.
Sony launched 3 different formats in the 8mm range. 8mm, Hi8 and Digital 8. A Video 8 player / camcorder will only play 8mm tapes, a Hi8 player / camcorder will play Hi8 and 8mm video. A Digital 8 player will play all three formats.
8mm, Hi8, and Digital 8 cassettes cannot be played in regular VCR, and there is no 8mm VCR adapter is available on the market. Therefore, a digital camcorder is the only option to play and copy these cassettes. Let me preserve these memories for you!!!
Do I Have A VHS-c or 8mm Cassette?
VHS C Cassette Characteristics
- 1/2 inch tape
- 45 or 60 minute tapes
- Can be played in a VHS VCR with a cassette adaptor
- Poor image quality
- Poor audio recording
- Larger mechanism
8mm / Hi8 / Digital8 Characteristics
- 8mm tape
- 30, 60, 90 and 120 minute tapes
- Cannot be played in a VHS VCR
- Playback via the camera or dedicated 8mm VCR
- Superior image recording
- Better audio recording
- Smaller mechanism
File conversion Formats
Your Digital File is saved as an MP4 file by default, but can be converted to any of these formats:
- MP4
- MOV
- AVI
- WMV
- ASF
- MPEG
- VOB
- DIVX
- MPG
- SWF
- YouTube
- Vimeo