Copy your camcorder's tapes to CD.
Camcorders allow you to record spontaneous fun footage that can document important times and events. Regardless of your camcorder video's nature, you can copy it from analog tapes, such as 8mm, to a data CD for digital storage, preservation and playback. Connect your camcorder or associated tape player to your computer's TV tuner through an A/V or RCA cable to get started.
Instructions
1. Insert the camcorder tape into your camcorder or tape player.
2. Connect the camcorder or tape player to your computer's TV tuner. Insert the RCA end of your camcorder's A/V cable into the TV tuner's color-coded input port. Otherwise, insert one end of an RCA cable into the tape player's color-coded "Video Out" or "Line Out" port. Insert the other end of the cable into the TV tuner's "Video In" or "Line In" port.
3. Launch the TV tuner's control interface. Push the "Record" button to begin capturing the video from your camcorder tape.
4. Push "Play" on the camcorder or tape player immediately. Doing so as quickly as possible minimizes empty space at the beginning of your digital video recording.
5. Push "Stop" on the TV tuner's recorder. Save the digital video file to your computer's hard drive.
6. Load a blank writable CD into your computer's CD writer drive.
7. Launch your computer's CD writer utility if it does not run automatically upon disc insertion. Load the TV tuner's recorded video file into the utility's burn list. Click the "Burn" button to copy the camcorder tape's video content to your CD.
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