I’m immersed into this. I’m totally sending my digital 8s for you to convert. I only hope you give the same passionate cuss words with mine as you do the others 😂. As a small business owner, nobody appreciates the hard work, time, and OCD effort. Glad I found you!!
@gotmemories2 ай бұрын
😂 Trust me when I open a box and see Digital 8 I immediately start cussing before I’ve even got them rolling! 😂 Glad you found the channel! Fill out the quote form @ gotmemories.com and make sure you upload a clear overhead pic of the tapes with the form.
@rockyretroconversion2 ай бұрын
yep currently converting Digital8s and experiencing constant horizontal lines. The Hi & Vid8 tapes are fine though
@gotmemories2 ай бұрын
Yep, always the case.
@ryanhutch40974 ай бұрын
my vx1000 that was dropped in a pool records blue lines over the footage now I don't know if it can be fixed or if I should even bother.
@gotmemories4 ай бұрын
That’s cooked. Buy another one on eBay.
@genesis9594 ай бұрын
Hello! I just cant find a solution to my mother's old tapes, so I have here a Sony Album MP120 tape and a Sony Handycam Digital 8. Theres a note on the tape that says its has 4 recordings in total. Then I tried to insert the tape to the cam and rewind it. It does work and I played it, but it only shows the last recorded video out of 4, I tried to fully rewind the tape again and ejected the tape, It wasn't rewinded fully. Im not sure of the function of the tape or the handycam and my mom forgot how to use it. Cant find a solution on the internet. Is there some kind of lock from the tape or the handycam that I need to press / hold? My moms really looking forward to it. Thanks in advance!
@gotmemories4 ай бұрын
Sounds like there might be something impeding the transport of the tape, you’ll need to open the video tape. Be careful!
@chris24hdez4 ай бұрын
Luckily I had no issues with digital8 transfers via FireWire DV 10 years after. They were recorded on and digitally transferred from the same device via FireWire in DV AVI format full bit-rate. I know that there was a sweet spot of a few years for the tape quality on Hi8 and D8, but quality fell off a cliff in the later years.
@gotmemories4 ай бұрын
Yes very common!
@KorruptDisfucntion_4 ай бұрын
Hey how are you doing I was wondering how I would be able to record in lp on my Hi-8 camera can’t find it in my settings in my camera
@KorruptDisfucntion_4 ай бұрын
But I found the settings on my gl2 for lp though not my hi-8
@gotmemories4 ай бұрын
Punch the model number into Google and should come up w a pdf instruction booklet and delve into that, all the best! Although I don’t recommend it, quality goes down.
@KorruptDisfucntion_4 ай бұрын
@@gotmemories Thanks for getting back to me and for the information besides the quality going down is there anything else that I should worry about I heard that when playing back in lp that it's lots of problems its there truth to that?
@gotmemories4 ай бұрын
Yes, LP & EP can be a nightmare. All the best!
@FloridaManFossiling4 ай бұрын
I’ve got a couple tapes that I’ve played over and over and over and it keeps clogging three different cameras. Is there ever a D8 tape that you just can’t do, or a way to clean a D8 tape??
@gotmemories4 ай бұрын
Occasionally there are some that can’t be done. Usually from moisture on the head or defect of the camcorder in some way of the original camera and it recorded that way. Tell tail sign is plays fine say for 5 mins, then pixelates….put another tape in the same player, if it plays fine, take original problem tape into another player, rewind and if it mirrors the same good picture for 5 mins and then boom pixelates at the exact same spot, it’s recorded that way. No dice.
@FloridaManFossiling4 ай бұрын
@@gotmemories you're the best Phil. Thanks for sharing!!