# how to get hi8tapes onto computer?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [May 24, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822 "2007-05-24T12:10:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822/1 "2007-05-24T12:10:33Z")
I was just going to use my old camcorder and use that pinnicle dvd thing i got but the camcorder eats tapes.
So for my older VHS-C tapes i could use this
[http://cgi.ebay.com/Play-VHS-C-tapes-in-any-VHS-VCR-w-o-using-a-camcorder\_W0QQitemZ330063912874QQihZ014QQcategoryZ43439QQcmdZViewItem](http://cgi.ebay.com/Play-VHS-C-tapes-in-any-VHS-VCR-w-o-using-a-camcorder_W0QQitemZ330063912874QQihZ014QQcategoryZ43439QQcmdZViewItem)
Then just pop that in the VCR and go from there to get it on the computer.
Now do they make on of those for hi8 Tapes? because i really dont have another way of getting them on my computer
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### Author:  [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822/2 "2007-05-24T12:22:13Z")
tv capture card.
There’s the PCI slot flavor, the USB flavor, pick your poison.
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822/3 "2007-05-24T12:25:21Z")
Capture card is the only way.
If you don’t want to buy one bring it by my place and I’ll capture and encode it.
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### Author:  [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822/4 "2007-05-24T12:25:33Z")
right but what am i going to put the hi8 tape into? that my problem
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822/5 "2007-05-24T12:26:25Z")
My brother has an old hi8 camera we could use, plus the hook-ups required to capture it.
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### Author:  [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822/6 "2007-05-24T12:57:13Z")
[quote=“FuzzyFish,post:5,topic:29822"”]
My brother has an old hi8 camera we could use, plus the hook-ups required to capture it.
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could i borrow it?
it will be about a week. i have alot alot of tapes
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822/7 "2007-05-24T13:05:14Z")
PM somedude, ask him if you can use the “brick”, as he replaced it with a newer camera it just lies dormant in the garage these days.
As far as the capture card/the computer it’s attached to it’s not really something I can loan out as I use it for other things.
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### Author:  [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-get-hi8tapes-onto-computer/29822/8 "2007-05-24T13:15:12Z")
thanks man