Posted by Dr Hfuhruhurr on 12/06/05 11:45

Z Man wrote:
> "Scott Ehrlich" <scott@mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:439427a4$0$567$b45e6eb0@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu...
> >
> > I have a 1 Ghz Pentium 3, 384 Meg RAM, 160 Gig EIDE drive and DVD RW
> > drive. I also have a Sony Digital 8 camcorder with firewire connection,
> > and a firewire port on my PC. I'm running XP Pro.
>
> Maybe you can help me with a Digital8 question. First of all, which model do
> you have? Second, I am thinking of purchasing a Digital8 to assist me with
> transferring my collection of standard 8mm tapes to DVD. If you load a
> standard (not Hi8) tape into your camcorder, can you transfer that data to
> your computer via a Firewire connection (I am assuming your model has
> Firewire). If so, can you control the camcorder with your editing software?
> Thanks!

You won't be able to transfer the 8mm tapes via firewire. Firewire will
transmit the full digital signal to your PC but as standard 8mm isn't
digital.... there's nothing to transmit. And the camera certainly won't
be doing any analogue to digital conversion. You'll have to use the
standard composite video connection for that.

Doc

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