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08-07-2005, 10:49 PM
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Basic Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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i need help with my sony video hi8 camera
I got this hi8 video camera from my father. i want to make a movie and edit it. but it doesnt have the usb plug so i could plug it into my pc. do you have any suggestions. also im 15 and i dont really have money and my parents are probably not going to help me out. please any suggestions or handouts.
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08-08-2005, 12:07 AM
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Basic - Premiere Expired
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
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well first off, hi8 is an analog format, meaning no usb ports or firewire either. the only way to edit with this camera is to get a Pinnacle breakout box/edit software kit or something similar. It'll run you about $200, though.
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSit...+version+9.htm
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08-08-2005, 01:34 AM
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Basic - Premiere Expired
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
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You could find someone with a stand-alone DVD burner, hook up the Hi-8 to it and burn a DVD of your footage. Then use the DVD to import to your computer (assuming your computer has a DVD player). Of course, I really don't know how to capture clips from a DVD. I'm sure there's some way or some software that can help.
Or you could just do linear editing and hook the Hi-8 up to a VCR. Play your scene, hit record on the VCR, pause the VCR when scene is over, que up the next scene on the Hi-8, play it, unpause the VCR...repeat. Wow...I've forgotten what a pain this is.
Christmas is just around the corner too.....maybe Santa will hook you up....
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08-08-2005, 01:32 PM
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Basic Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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new problem
i would try one of these but i just found a new problem. when i tried to record something no picture recorderd and you coulded see anything through the eye part of the lcd. then when i played it back all that came up was the sound . anybody know whats wrong with it/
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08-08-2005, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Hollywood, CA
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Obligatory "was the lenscap on?" 
(Yup, I've done that)
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Does the camera have manual exposure settings, and if so was it turned all the way down to let no light in?
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08-08-2005, 01:39 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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no
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08-08-2005, 02:22 PM
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Premiere Plus Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Hollywood, CA
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Is it possible that the camera is just plain broken?
What's the model number, btw?
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08-08-2005, 02:44 PM
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Basic Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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model number CCD-TRV118.............I HOPE ITS NOT BROKEN
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08-08-2005, 03:13 PM
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Banned
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 1,345
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Get a head cleaner and clean them.. then record something...
Try seeing if there's a live feed. Plugin the output cables into a TV and see if you can see what the cam sees. Then pop in a tape and record that... then play it back
If you have no feed, no lense cap and nothing recorded... then there's no coffee...
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