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How can I transfer my old VHS tapes to my computer? I have lots of video-plugs in the side of my computer but?

The last time I checked (about 5 years ago) you had to buy a converter box which took in a coaxial, or RCA inputs (red, white, yellow). I'm hoping that there's now a $5 cable from radio shack that has on one end S-video and one end Red/White/Yellow and that's all I need! I have a $1500 laptop with lots of bells & whistles from this year, has lost of slots which I dont know what purpose they have. Do computers nowadays have VIDEO_IN inputs? Or are they all just video-out? *Update* someone said...

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Not much demand for video INput to a computer, so as someone said, the connectors are most likely outputs...

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I have old tapes from an 8mm video recorder and VHSC how can I transfer them to computer W/O camera working?

I have 8mm and VHS-C tapes from years ago and those two camcorders no longer work. Is there a product I can buy to transfer the video to my computer to put on DVD?

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Check out StashSpace.Com they are an online video conversion company that can put your 8mm and VHS tapes...

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How can I transfer my camcorder video tapes to a DVD on my computer?

I have a lot of video tapes from my Sony camcorder that I want to transfer to DVD. How can I do this?

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If it's not a digital camcorder (analog tape), you'll need a video capture card installed in the computer...

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I Have 8mm video camcorder how can i transfer my video cassete tapes to my computer?

most sites is saying connect threw a firewire but when i look at mycamera..i doesnt see a place where it can connect to the computer? can anyone help me and i have a dell dimension 3000 with no firewire built in

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Here's a helpful guide: http://www.digitalvideoclub.com/basics/t… see Section 3. Analog video...

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How do I transfer video from mini dv tapes to computer without the camera (stolen). Can I use any camera?

My camera was a Panasonic but I don't have a model number. I was wondering if I could just buy another any brand camera and use it to transfer my videos to my computer or if I ...show more

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Yes. Any Mini DV camera will do.

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How do you transfer footage from a video camera (tapes) to a computer?

so i went to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park last week for a ghost hunt. my first one, actually! i caught some AMAZING stuff, but the camera i had was a gift from my aunt that she got 4 years ago but could never figure out how to use it. the camera uses...

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Hi dear, Be cool, it is not so difficult to transfer your data from camcorder tape to your computer...

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How do I transfer old video tapes to my computer?

I need to get old videos off of a video tape onto the computer. CVS can transfer old tapes to DVDs, but cost 40 dollars and takes 3 weeks to get there. I need a cheap and quick way ...show more

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Are they VHS or analog tapes? **If you have an analog (VHS) camcorder… You need an analog converter...

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Can I transfer video from vhs tapes directly to my computer?

Basically I'm asking can I connect a camcorder, that uses those old school big vhs tapes, to my computer in order to store the video on my pc. Which of course I would then burn ...show more

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You can easily do this with StashSpace.Com They specialize in converting home movies and video storage...

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How do I transfer VHS video tapes to my computer?

I have a VHS machine connected to the TV but don’t use anymore. I want to be able to save old VHS family tapes on to my laptop and then put them on to a DVD from my laptop. The ...show more

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Use a video grabber >>http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywo... and yes you can watch it...

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Here's a helpful guide: http://www.digitalvideoclub.com/basics/t… In your case, the VHS-C is...

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