How to Transfer and Convert 8mm Camcorder to DVD

8mm was a very popular video format in the '80s and '90s. Now it has been replaced by digital video. Hi8 and Digital8 were the 8mm tape formats. You may want to convert 8mm camcorder tapes to DVD for watching on on DVD players and TV, or to backup the precious videos. In this article, you are going to find out how toburn DVD from 8mm tapes easily.

What you need is a DVD burning software that can help you burn 8mm tapes files to DVD with good video quality and fast burning speed. Here Aimersoft DVD Creator is highly recommended to help you finish the task. Besides 8mm tapes, it can also convert all popular video formats to DVD, such as MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, ASF, MKV, etc. In addition, the built-in video editor and free DVD menu templates make your DVD more personalized and professional. If you are a Mac user with any Mac running Mac OS X (Mountain Lion included), you can turn to the equivalent Mac DVD burning software.

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After downloading, install and run the program and check out the quick start guide to transfer 8mm camcorder tapes to computer and burn them to DVD with ease. Note that the below guide uses DVD Creator for Windows (Including Windows 8) screenshots.

How to convert 8mm tapes to DVD

1Transfer 8mm camcorder tapes to computer

Connect your 8mm tape player to your TV tuner card and run the video-capturing software that comes with your TV tuner card. Then insert the 8mm tape into the 8mm tape player, and find the spot in the tape where you want to begin the capturing process. After that, select either "Options" or "Settings" in the video-capturing software and make sure that the output format, which could also be labeled "capture format," is MPEG-2 because it is best for burning to DVD. Finally,choose "Capture" on the video-capturing software and select "Play" on the 8mm tape player. When it is finished, the footage from the 8mm tapes will be on the computer's hard drive.

2Add video files to the DVD burner

Click on "Import" button or select Source >  "Add Files" option under the main menu to add the videos you have transferred to your computer from the 8mm camcorder. As you can see, you can preview the videos on the right and take snapshots freely..

3Start DVD burning

To burn 8mm tape video files to DVD directly by clicking on the "Burn" button. Of course, if you would like to make some editing to your videos, please select a video file on the source pane and click "Edit"  to crop, trim, add watermark, or adjust video effects according to your specific request. And this DVD Creator offers you lots of nice DVD menu. You can choose the one you like for your DVD videos.

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