Hi Chris My mate got the conversion done at BAC Productions in Leederville, $50 per 400m. In retrospect perhaps he should have got them converted to miniDV tape,THEN he could put them into iMovie, iDVD etc. Rod
on 18/4/05 7:52 AM, Chris Burton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Rod > > Interesting situation you have here Rod. It sort of puts me off, as I > am contemplating doing the same with some old super 8 my family have > given to me for safe keeping. Given where you stand with the company > that did the conversion, would you recommend them? Can you give me an > idea of the cost of doing this? > If you are not happy with them, have you any ideas for others? > > I would be grateful for any feedback from the list too > > kind regards > > chris > > > On 17/04/2005, at 8:38 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: > >> I have a friend who has had some almost 30 year old Super8 movies >> converted >> to DVD. The people who converted them said that the soundstrip was >> worn out >> (we recorded music soundtracks on the soundstrip 30 years ago). >> SoŠ my friend wants to put a new music soundtrack on using iMovie. >> When he >> tries to import/open the DVD files in iMovie he gets an error message >> ³Quicktime could not parseŠ error 2048 and error 43². >> Please has anyone got any ideas on how he can get this DVD footage into >> iMovie? >> >> Would QT Pro do it or does he need some DVD Ripping software? >> Or is he better off sending his super8 films back to the people who >> converted them and ask them to send them to mini DV tape? >> >> Ta >> Rod >> >> -- >> >> Rod BLITVICH Head of Learning Technologies Balcatta Senior High >> School >> Apple Educator of Excellence 2002 - 2003 >> Amy and Sam's Dad >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0409 681 256 >> http://www.apple.com.au/education/hed/products/ibook/balcatta.html >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro > -- Rod BLITVICH Head of Learning Technologies Balcatta Senior High School Apple Educator of Excellence 2002 - 2003 Amy and Sam's Dad [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0409 681 256 http://www.apple.com.au/education/hed/products/ibook/balcatta.html ---------------------------------------- I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
