Ten or twelve years ago I spent thousands of dollars on a really nice professional Canon Hi-8 camcorder (if you saw the movie Titanic, it's the same camcorder that the guy was filming the shipwreck with on the ocean floor through the portholes of the submarine). So now I've got this big collection of Hi-8 videotapes of family and other events that I'd like to get onto VHS videotapes, so I can put them into a VCR and view them on a TV, and also make copies for relatives to see. The hi-8 camcorder still works fine, too, and I hate to replace it with a cheap DV one.
My question: what equipment would I need to get these Hi-8 tapes (in analog format I assume) into the Mac where I could edit it in iMovie, and then send it back out to a VCR? I guess I could burn this video onto DVDs, but not all of my relatives have DVD players yet, although EVERYBODY'S got a VCR. Also, VHS videotapes are not only cheap but they're also erasable, so that if I don't like a video "production" that I created with iMovie, I could just erase it in the VCR and do it over. DVDs are NOT cheap, and I understand that burning a video DVD is a one-shot gamble. I figure I can leave DVD burning for later, after I perfect my video editing skills on videotape. I have a Quicksilver 733 Mac running 9.2.2., and it came with iMovie 2.0.3 installed. This Mac has firewire ports, 1500 megs of RAM, and plenty of hard drive space. So, can anyone advise me what I need to get going? Thanks! Tom Art website at http://www.ThomasBakerPaintings.com Archaeology website at http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
