Super 8 MM to CD?????

I think the easiest route is to let a transfer service create the DVD for you. I would use a local service if possible. Super8 film tends to be irreplaceable as you don't have backups, so personally, prefer to transfer them myself.

Sony Vegas editor will allow you to edit the DVD's VOB video files directly, which are really just Mpeg 2 files. No need to convert these first. Just transfer the DVD to your hard drive, then drag and drop the VOB files directly into Vegas timeline. You can download and use any version of Vegas for 30 days free from Sony's website. You can also buy some versions of Vegas Movie Studio on Amazon for around $25.

Otherwise, there are a number of free media conversion apps that can convert the DVD over to other media formats for use on portable devices.

Chochise49, I have used a free audio ripper in the past. This program would rip the sound track from any DVD, commercial or non-commercial. What you got after this ripping was MP3 music clips that were as long as you wanted. In other words, if you wanted all of your MP3 clips to be 2 minutes, you just told the program to make all of the ripped MP3s be 2 minutes long. Then, in your video editor, you could break each MP3 down further to get just the part you wanted. Over the past 10-12 years, I shot a lot of digital video of my grandsons skiing. They loved for me to edit these videos, add some wild music, do slow motions of their jumps and skiing through terrain parks with rails and such.If you start out with some good raw video, you can do wonders with a video editor. You can cut out all of the bad stuff, change speed, add your own music ripped from a commercial DVD and a whole lot more.

The biggest problem with 8mm, no sound and a very inferior picture quality. I don't say this to knock your 8mm. I think this of mine.

I agree with '1775', let Costco put it own on DVD. They do a good job of getting it into a digital format. I'm not familiar with software to rip Costco's DVD but I don't doubt that there might be a program out there that will do that. After you rip this DVD, I think you will likely have the raw material to put into a video editor. If that is the case, you could then cut and snip and keep just what you want. You could then add your own music to different scenes, add titles, transitions, and more. But, in the end, it will still be 8mm. It will still look like the original 8mm.

For me, I am going to just live with the Costco DVD's. It is a lot better than having just the old 8mm. I can watch them any time I want to and don't have to keep an old projector to see them.

The process that a commercial transfer will use is the same as what you would do at home except they will do it on a machine that will not record the projector noise onto the file that will be burned to the DVD. For what is involved to set this up at home you will likely not be pleased with the results that you get and you will need to be proficient with video editing software to tweak what you get to have a decent final product. It is much easier to let a camera shop or Costco (Walmart may also do this) do it for you. And don't do it to CD - CD is not intended for video (though video can be recorded on a CD) but be sure to do it on DVD. It is simple to rip a non-commercial DVD to files if you want to later with a lot of free software that is available.

Like2travel.......I have six 7 inch super 8 reels that my father filmed at Costco now. I was told I must use a free app called Handbrake to rip the digital info from the DVD. I can then edit and share digitally which is my goal. I was sent a link and instructions for the "ripping" process. I hope it works.

I have done some myself and had some done at Costco. When I did my own, I had a projector, a digital video camera that recorded on tape, and a video editor on my home desktop computer. I would project the 8MM onto a screen and set up my video camera on a tripod to record it. After that, I would capture the video into the video editor, edit it, and then burn a DVD.

This is not a simple thing to do. I wouldn't recommend it for many people that I know. Video editing gives you a lot of option: titles, added audio, cutting out bad or unwanted clips, and many other options. The worse problem that I had was in playing the 8MM and recording it. An 8MM projector is sending each frame with a little time lag between frames. When I first tried this, the digital video recording, which had its own frame rate, came out very jumpy. After doing some adjusting on my video camera, I got the jumpiness pretty well smoothed out. Even with this problem improved, I was never very happy with the final product.

This past year, I let Costco, do about 6 of my old Super 8 videos. Overall, I was very pleased with the DVD's. The video quality was much better than what I was able to do myself. They put in a menu and break the video into a number of clips that you can go straight to or you can go through the entire video. They also give you an option to have music added or not. I can't edit it to cut out anything. If I do any more in the future, I will go with Costco.

We had some done by a service several years ago. The idea of projecting and recording sounds like fun. Right audio channel for background music. Left audio channel for family commentary so the next generation will know what they are watching, and why Uncle Jim now walks with a limp! "Hey Y'all! Hold my beer and watch this!!!"

Matt B

My brother just did all my parents old movies. Like already stated he mounted video camera on a tripod and recorded all the old super 8's, it took some time but it turned out pretty good. My dad ordered a super 8 player off eBay because his hadn't worked in years and the guy he bought it from offered to buy it back when he was done. We just used a white bedroom wall to show the film and then when all done added some background music, turned out good!

I used imemories.com several years ago. They converted all my old cassette videos to DVDs. I think they do all types. Was very pleased with their work.

project it and tape it? Sam's club sells a $50 gadget that will go from RCA plus to USB. tape it to a SD card and transfer to CD/DVD.
bumpy

You can convert your super 8 to DVD, but I don't think you will want to buy the equipment. I would recommend looking for a service, and one that does it right.