Everything you wanted to know about Video8, Hi8 and Digital8

A history of the 8-mm video format, different tape formulations, recording types and the challenges of digitizing analog video and uploading it to a computer. Chapters: 00:00 - Video sub-formats 01:58 - Audio sub-formats 03:03 - Tape formulations 07:53 - Pre-recorded movies 10:17 - Tape type vs recording format 11:08 - Capturing options 13:47 - Signal convert function Digitizing tips: ■ My analog video digitizing workflow:    • How to digitize VHS and Hi8, and convert i...   ■ Using a DVD recorder as a video digitizer and/or TBC:    • Panasonic DMR-ES35V - a VHS+DVD recorder w...   Analog 8-mm video samples: ■ Meadowhall Shopping Centre in 1994 (UK, 8-mm footage):    • Meadowhall Shopping Centre in 1994 | Vinta...   ■ Driving to Sheffield, UK in 1994. Driving through Glossop, England:    • Motorway to Sheffield in 1994; Glossop | V...   ■ Glasgow at night in 1994:    • Glasgow in 1994 | Vintage amateur footage ...   ■ Drive through New York City in 1993 (8-mm footage):    • Video   ■ Christmas at Winter Park resort in 1991(8-mm footage)    • Video   ■ Digitizing analog videos (playlist):    • Digitizing analog videos   #video8 #8mm #homevideos