How to copy analog video tape

Can I get analog camcorder tapes into iMovie?

Get an Elgato Video capture.
http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/Video-Capture/product1.en.html
Simple to use and works well.
Once you have all your VHS tapes on your iMac, you can edit them with iMovie and iDVD to burn them.
You can also use VisualHub to directly convert and burn to DVD

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    I have a MacBook Pro and I have 10 or so Analog video tapes i'd like either put on the hard drive or turn into DVD's. What's the best way to do this?

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    Check eBay for a used or cheaper EyeTV product.
    Tim...

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    I've recently retired and now want to take on this project of transferring old analog video onto dvds. What do I need to get started?

    I had the same question a couple of years ago and discovered a device called "Elgato Video Capture" that digitizes analog video as it plays on your VCR while transferring it to your computer. There may be newer devices/software available now, but the Elgato system works amazingly well. Here is the link to their website: https://www.elgato.com/en/video/video-capture.  Happy transferring!

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    OK, obviously this is not as simple as I had hoped. I just got a DVD recorder (Sony) and copied my first HI8 VHS camcorder tape to DVD. I popped it into my Mac and it started to play, no big deal, at least the record option works! I closed the DVD player and then loaded iMovie. It's not importing the video. How now am I supposed to get the video off of the DVD and into iMovie? Wife isn't gonna be too pleased if I just blew $200 on the DVD recorder.

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    B. don't put a mini DVD into Your Mac unless it’s a trayloaded DVD.
    C. Read what Karsten collected:
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    made for any processing as editing... or, as honorable forum member
    QuicktimeKirk stated: I use the analogy of the old Polaroid
    "instant" cameras. Push the button, wait for the print to develop and
    show it off. ..
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    from Beverly M.
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
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  • 2 questions: Convert analog video AV- USB Converter; Good TV Tuner For IMac

    1) I need to convert analog video tapes onto my Mac. What's a good AV to USB converter?
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    Most recommend the Canopus converter, but it is $100-200. I was curious if the analog to digital tv converters available for $10 with the $40 govt coupon would serve the same purpose. I don't know why it wouldn't, but I haven't seen one. I'm going to try to borrow from a friend and see.
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  • Advice on converting analog Hi8mm tapes to digital

    Hi,
    I am looking for advice on converting some Hi8mm analog video tapes to digital. They are not my tapes but I would still prefer to obtain a good quality transfer. I may do some editing on a few of them in PRE and would like to maintain the ability to edit them in the future.
    At present, I've bought a Roxio easyVHStoDVD USB converter which states it can capture in DV-AVI format but doesn't actually appear able to do so. Results so far at capturing have been finicky at best but I'm still working on it but am wary because the format captured is not DV-AVI.
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    Using the DV-AVI Type II files (stored on about 4 2TB external (FireWire 800) hard discs, I then Imported just what I needed to create 17 finished DVD's from the tapes. During the edit, I archived each Project to another set of external HDD's, because I will need to do extensive editing for a finished set of DVD's for the two subjects, whose lives were recorded on those 34 tapes. Again, I kept notes on these files, so I know exactly where every scene is located. I can still go back to the Captures, but as I have doine the color grading, and density correction on the next phase of files, those would be the ones that I'd want to use.
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  • Import Analog Video

    Hi,
    I would like to import analog video into my Mac so that I can edit and extract video. I have many analog video tapes and I would like to import into my Mac. I can output video to my analog video camera or to a VCR but can't input. There is a unit, Elgato's EyeTV, for viewing TV that imports but I don't plan on watching TV on my Mac. I hear you can burn to DVD with a VHS-DVD deck and Extract from the DVD using software (Hand-Brake).
    I saw a cheap unit that works with Windows which interfaces through, I believe, USB 2 port but it didn't seem to be Mac suported.
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    There is a unit, Elgato's EyeTV,...
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  • Exporting to video tape, no sound

    I have imported an analog video tape into FCE through Dazzle. Clips for images and sound appear in FCE timeline and playback is fine for both the images and audio. When I try to "Print to Video" this sequence, images appear on the video tape but no sound whether video output is set for Firewire or real time. All is rendered, mixdown audio is activated and connections are secure. I can output other sequences (containing imported scanned clips with voice overlay) and the resulting video images and sound are fine. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks much, Jack

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  • Importing analog video intoMac mini or MacBookPro

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  • Copying video tapes

    Hi Guys,
    Here's a simple question.........
    I've been using Garageband for a while to copy my records & tapes to my MacBook Pro &/or CDs. I would now like to do a similar thing with a few old VHS video tapes onto DVD.
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    I don't really want/need hi-tech stuff, just something to copy the tapes across. Also, what sort of lead would I need, and where should I plug it into? The video recorder has Euro AV1 and Euro AV2 sockets (they look the same).
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    Message was edited by: Old Baldrick

    Hi
    A. I would use iMovie HD 6 to do this. Better quality and control.
    B. don't put a mini DVD into Your Mac unless it’s a trayloaded DVD.
    C. Read what Karsten collected:
    DVD back to iMovie:
    .. and here the complete 'full 9 yards' ... :
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3822853&#3822853
    DVDs are in a socalled delivery format (mpeg2), which isn't meant and
    made for any processing as editing... or, as honorable forum member
    QuicktimeKirk stated: I use the analogy of the old Polaroid
    "instant" cameras. Push the button, wait for the print to develop and
    show it off. ..
    for using the iLife apps, you have to convert'em first, in
    recommended order, choose one of the following tools/workarounds:
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    • Apple mpeg2 plugin (19$) + Streamclip (free)
    • VisualHub (23.32$)
    • Cinematize >60$
    • Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
    • Toast 6/7/8 allows converting to dv/insert dvd, hit apple-k
    • connect a miniDV Camcorder with analogue input to a DVD-player and transfer disk to tape/use as converter
    • Drop2DV (free) a free tool claiming to convert DVDs into dv-stream...
    • Use iSquint for your conversions : www.iSquint.org
    from: Bobby Keene
    none of these apps override copyprotection mechanisms as on commercial dvds...
    http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
    http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
    be nice to copy rights ^-^
    ... and, next time, try the forum's search-feature...
    from Beverly M.
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
    Yours Bengt W

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    Bengt,
    Thanks for the reply. So importing first to HD doesn't solve my problem. I need to edit in HD and publish in HD or lose half of the interlaced video.
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