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Here’s how I FINALLY digitized my Hi8 tapes (15 years later)

It took over 15 years to digitize my old home movies, but I finally did it. I’ll show you how.

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  1. Armaan Pasha

    July 1, 2020 at 2:00 pm

    First here

  2. Timothy Nickles

    July 1, 2020 at 2:09 pm

    I love these videos keep up the good work

  3. EOBARD THAWNE

    July 1, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    CLASSIC 🙂 good old memories

  4. Dr. Arpit Bavaskar

    July 1, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    Good old memories!!!

  5. kamarul hisham

    July 1, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    atok tua nyanyok

  6. Billy Braithwaite

    July 1, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    Gotta love preserving memories 👍

  7. Pastor Donkoh

    July 1, 2020 at 2:21 pm

    i get anxiety when i think about curious regular people and historians alike in the year 50,000 looking through the internet domain and missing out on a lot information purely becuase language will have changed so much they won’t know the terms to use

  8. Alex

    July 1, 2020 at 2:31 pm

    What is a hi5? And why r u such a handsome man? Cnet got the mancandy again!

  9. Vee Macks

    July 1, 2020 at 2:33 pm

    That’s a pretty nasty interlacing effect going on there. Does the software not offer a de-interlacing option?

    • PA -Mail

      July 1, 2020 at 4:08 pm

      Most shoes come with lacing. But you can also buy shoes with Velcro, if you are too lazy to tie them 🤷🏻‍♂️

  10. Bird mom

    July 1, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    I agree with 20 more years, that’s how I am too lol

  11. GhettoMist

    July 1, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    The tapes are probably more permanent than the digital versions, but I want to digitize them because waiting for hours worth of tape to rewind is a hastle.

    • Ou8y2k2

      July 2, 2020 at 6:34 am

      Not a chance. He can make copies of the video and mirror them on the internet. With a python script, he can even schedule it every four years to prevent bit rot.

  12. Drea_TheArtist

    July 1, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    I had the same camera! But now I can’t find it and don’t know how to get my footage off the tapes 😫

    • young fresh

      July 1, 2020 at 8:23 pm

      I have the same issue

  13. Mr MEMé

    July 1, 2020 at 3:43 pm

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  14. Terra Florim

    July 1, 2020 at 3:51 pm

    cool video, not like typical cnet garbage

    • CNET

      July 1, 2020 at 4:44 pm

      My feelings! 😨

    • Terra Florim

      July 4, 2020 at 1:37 pm

      @CNET if only you guys had someone like me

  15. Venomlad Guy

    July 1, 2020 at 4:53 pm

    Cool

  16. Tow Dow 3

    July 1, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    why would even consider getting rid of the tapes. im glad you didn’t

  17. kancocorp

    July 1, 2020 at 5:47 pm

    OK, you can’t play that song, but can you still do any of those gymnastics moves?!

  18. DCMBR SXTNTH

    July 1, 2020 at 7:03 pm

    Wholesome.

  19. Magnets Travel

    July 1, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    Yap I done same like 10 years back, My Sony had FireWire & also my old laptop had FireWire port.

  20. hyper shine

    July 1, 2020 at 8:54 pm

    What if I only have the mini DV but not the camcorder?

  21. The Desi Vegan

    July 2, 2020 at 3:40 am

    Legend has it that all those videos are stored in Google Photos forever.

  22. The Desi Vegan

    July 2, 2020 at 3:51 am

    I have an old Hi8 Sony Handycam and a Pinnacle Video Transfer. I have done this, but I have not ever finished all the tapes. I hit play on the tapes, and hit record on the PVT device, and it puts it on a flash drive as mp4 format. I copy it to the computer, Google Photos, and YouTube as my backups. Yea, Facebook too, why not? It will reside there forever.

  23. TL

    July 2, 2020 at 12:53 pm

    Nice job man. You were sure a ladies man, and I guess even now 😉

  24. GODLOVEME12345

    July 3, 2020 at 5:43 pm

    what about Hi5 tapes >? able to use it

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