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Thank you for this! I've been wanting to see some old family tapes

hi sir, is it possible to contact you in a more briefly way to ask for help for my sony ccd trv418e distorted playback and audio?

With this I also solved the " reinsert cassette error " of HC42E thank you.

How do you cut and splice?

Reason 1 is bullshit already. Should I go on?

The Revere is my favorite, and I use it a lot

Well done review, thank you. Question: Can the device scan directly to the computer?

Hi Mark. Thank you for the video. about the Kodak 8mm digitizer. It was a big help since I was a bit scared too like some other people said they were to tackle it. When I tried it after watching your video, all went well as far as the operation went but the picture is out of focus. 😯😕 Who would want to look at something like that. I was going to send it back but because I've had it over 30 days, Amazon won't let me send it back for a refund. So because of my stupidity of not checking it before then, I'm stuck with a $300 worthless piece of junk. 😢 And I'm a low income senior. I wonder why it would be like that on mine but not on other peoples. 😕

Great detail and instruction. Followed all setup and have been able to get 8mm tape across to computer file but the end file video is not smooth like the original - movements are jerky. I tried several output settings without any change. Can you advise how to correct. Thanks.

So I was right, its not by Kodak, its got Kodak's name slapped on it. The bigger screen won't make any difference to the scans. Avoiding for another unnamed brand because all you're paying on this for is the Kodak name, the Kodak name that sadly died when they went bust.

Thanks for the instruction. One question: is the tape head for sound separate? or does all information from the tape come from the big tape head?

I film and develop my own 8mm and 16mm films. And then send to scan. What I want is the complete experience of projecting it, now looking at the movie ln the phone or pc screen. I recall when my dad projected every summer old family holiday films, mostly in super8, already.

I recently bought a Bolex SM80 Super 8mm projector for £180 that was in great condition the only thing that didn't work well was the bulb in it so I replaced it and after that I and my grandad watch lots of films and it really took him to the past, I get why this video says why not to buy one but just get one that you are confident with and know how to use and that you know is in good condition… this video was a real help. Thanks

Hi, I started today to do some transfers; but I´m having some noise at bottom of the image. Can you help me? How can I send you a image capture? Regards

what about a hp computer?

Excellent review and helpful on using this machine. Thank you

Clean your machine! That video has lots of stationary splotchiness. That isn't on the film obviously, it is on your machine.

I'm a sound eng. and a tape was given to me to restore the audio. First step I needed to "fish" the broken tape!. Thanks for the tutorial, it worked really well!.

Ak-ee_a!!! lol! It’s Ak-eye , as in, rhymes with Popeye.

I have a bottle of liquid. It says "RQC cleaning ink" on it. I bought it to clean my printer. Can I use it to clean the head of my VCR? Thank you.

Close to one billion vhs tapes were manufactured ....it is hard to believe, you cannot buy a new vcr .

It is disappointing that is does not have an S-video input. Does not the lack of that mean that hi-8 can not be transferred optimumly ?

Akai is a dog.....Akai (A-Kyy) is the tape player. Please continue.

Hi, just ordered the Kodak Reel on Amazon, what happens when the SD Card is full, how long a film will fit on the SD Card.

Well done video but I have one suggestion up to this point. At 6:26, you mention "the end of the film on the left" and on the right. Visible on the left edge of the frame are 2 small white rectangles which, I see later, are really portions the spocket holes of the film. It would be worth mentioning that here IMO. I am watching the rest of it now to prepare for the arrival of m WMMP today. I bought it from Amazon, based to a large extent on your comments and am looking forward to doing the conversions myself instead of paying someone else to do that. I intend to rig up a device to hold a PEC cleaning pad, probably cut down from a full-sized one, with some PEC cleaning solution on it to clean the film before it gets scanned. I'll share info of what I come up with and how it works with everyone later. No reason in my aged mind that this should not do a good job...but then who knows? I've been wrong in the past and extent to continue making boo-boos. Thanks for your advice.

One of the first reviewers on YT had this as his main complaint, that no matter which setting you use it will always be .vob. Personal experience with this: I recorded a program, had it on my thumb drive, wrote a DVD from it, and then I accidently erased the files. So I took the DVD, and it gave me the .vobs. I then worked with ffmpeg to quickly convert them to mp4. So now I have the files again. But for a lot of people the appeal of this device is the standalone appearance of it, but if you continue making these videos, that standalone application is going to seem more and more unrealistic. That being said, I've managed a way of using this device so that it is practical. I LOVE the ability to pause a recording.

Is there any reason a device couldn't be designed to hold the PEC pad and cleaner in position on the scanner, right before it goes into the scanning head? That would save some time and avoid having to unwind and rewind the film any more than necessary. Doesn't seem to me that there would be problem with the liquid causing any distortion during the actual scanning process, given he slow rate of the actual scanning, likely giving adequate tme for the cleaner to evaporate. Any thoughts? How long does it actually take to scan a 50' reel or what is the scanning rate in minutes per foot? Thanks.

Very cool!

Excelente explicacion sobre limpieza del tambor y sensore.. gracias por el dato del hisopo, no lo conocia 😁.. Exitos

What setup are you doing for capture, as far as capture program and cables in/out?

I was under the impression tape cleaners only work once not 5 or 6 times? Am I wrong ? Thanks

Is this a 1920x1080 or lower? If so what would that be? Thanks

hey im from israel ive got the powerslide x but the scanner keep scan only first slide no matter what do i do its keep scanning same slide the magazine isnt moving foroward with each scan, can you try and help me solved it? amir

Under no circumstances should you be using q-tips for the head cleaning even a quick rub can damage it.

I think i'm right in saying the true problem here is not having an ajustable colour balance in the camera.

Hi!!! As always your videos are very useful Thanks!!!

If they do bring it back, they will have to put a digital tuner on it, and a hdmi out put.

Do you suggest a third party scanning software app? I saw a few reviews that suggested issues with the included software. I have Viewscan X64+. Thx

Really!

Do you know how to make the videos doesnt weight too much?, just 20 sec video takes 31 mb and my videos are 2h long :c

I've got a question regarding this issue. I've been helping older family members clean their houses and I offered to digitize all their content on the VHS tapes and put it on their iCloud where they can actually see it, and since I offered I have had so many stuck tapes, and I'm wondering if it would be ok to leave the lid of the player off while I digitize the tapes in case this happens which it likely will. Will this mess up the tapes? I know some players don't play the tapes if the lid is off but I'm willing to try it out. Also will cleaning the tape heads and the vcr (watched your other video on cleaning) prevent this from happening? I haven't used a vcr in like fifteen years and at this point it's happening like every tape I put in (it used to be 1 out of 3 tapes) I am ejecting it wrong or should I be stopping then rewinding before ejecting? Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks!

Great video, thanks. Any advice on how to get rid of audio echo? It's only on the recorded part. I've tried to adjust sync offset. When I monitor audio, it sounds fine.

Well, then. Question:Did you see my vid before making this when talking about recording times? I got to admit, I haven't gotten around to using a thumbdrive yet, so I've been plagued by the short recording times with both DVD and SDHC cards. Kudos. That may help me with a couple things for which I actually do use the device.

Does it tell you when the SD card is almost full?

Can you repair and recover video from hi-8?

Those pads are they like microfibre cloth

Any idea how to fix audio desync? I find that after about 20 minutes it's noticeably off and at the end of a 2 hour recording there's about a 2 second sync delay.

Thanks, Mark! I tried pretty much the same technique with rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip. For the Q-tip, I used more a of a blotch technique to avoid any potential fibers tearing off. I also made two passes over the heads, as the first pass definitely helped the image come through, but there was still a lot of noise. The second pass got the image to look clear as day. I hope this helps anyone else with the same problems

En que formato quedan los archivos? Raw o Jpeg?

You do not know what you are talking about! I guess all us film collectors who run films through a projector are asshole-morons who don't know what we're doing. Yes, a projector needs to be checked out, fixed and maintained before you use it to run film. Where do you come off, buddy, telling us not to use projectors?????