Everything you wanted to know about Video8, Hi8 and Digital8

A history of the 8-mm video format, different tape formulations, recording types and the challenges of digitizing analog video and uploading it to a computer.

Chapters:

00:00 - Video sub-formats
01:58 - Audio sub-formats
03:03 - Tape formulations
07:53 - Pre-recorded movies
10:17 - Tape type vs recording format
11:08 - Capturing options
13:47 - Signal convert function

Digitizing tips:
■ My analog video digitizing workflow:    • How to digitize VHS and Hi8, and convert i...  
■ Using a DVD recorder as a video digitizer and/or TBC:    • Panasonic DMR-ES35V - a VHS+DVD recorder w...  

Analog 8-mm video samples:
■ Meadowhall Shopping Centre in 1994 (UK, 8-mm footage):    • Видео  
■ Driving to Sheffield, UK in 1994. Driving through Glossop, England:    • Motorway to Sheffield in 1994; Glossop | V...  
■ Glasgow at night in 1994:    • Glasgow in 1994 | Vintage amateur footage ...  
■ Drive through New York City in 1993 (8-mm footage):    • Christmas time in New York City in 1993 | ...  
■ Christmas at Winter Park resort in 1991(8-mm footage)    • Видео  
■ Digitizing analog videos (playlist):    • Digitizing analog videos  

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