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Hi there, i love your video. so we need to finalize the disc first in the camcorder then we can copy the file to the digital file, is it?

Mr. Memories, Trying to play a tape and all I get is blue screen. Pause it and you can see a distorted image, sometimes almost clear. Don't think it's the camcorder (Sony) because another tape plays perfectly fine. All in the same camcorder. The tape did play perfectly fine years ago. Will these tapes degrade over time? Any ideas? Thanks!

I’ve been following your videos for a while and through your videos and a some others I have learnt a lot about video transfer jobs. I’ve been doing it as d.a.transfer here in Canberra Australia now for 15 years and always learning more tricks and ways to make it better for the customers. Thanks

Helllooo. I have the Sony handy cam rw dcr-DVD105. Basically it won’t let me finalize or even unfinalize. AM I SOL

Have you ever had any p5-90 tapes come in? If so, what camera did you use? I have two HI8, one doesn't play the tape back and one is at 1.2x speed. I seem to only be able to get it on a Sony Handycam, but anyone I buy is broken 😭

Anyone in the San Francisco Bay Area that has a working deck. I have a very important 29 minute documentary I shot for my family for my mother who recently passed away. I don’t trust sending it in the mail to have it trusted and just need to find somewhere I can bring it to have it transferred digitally for me.

I send my kodak super 8 films to a company with 5.0 in Mexico because I am from MX, but then I got back a 3:30 mins films and no sound. Is this a scam? because they told me kodak super 8 have no sound, and they last about that long. What do you think?

New question for you: I got my HDV Mini DV camcorder to play and the picture and sound is fine, but when I rewind, it makes a loud clicking noise as it rewinds. I stopped it immediately, and have another camera with which I can rewind my tapes, but might there be a remedy? Thanks!

Wow I've never seen a VHS tape that bad with mold, that must of been a pain to clean it right.

Borrowed a friend's Mini DV camcorder (Panasonic) to play and transfer and several of the tapes I have are HD so I'm getting the "wrong tape format" error code. From what you say, these need an HD camera to play, is that right? Both worked fine on my (now dead) Canon camcorder, but it's an HD. Also, many of my tapes look fine but have glitchy sound. I bought a Panasonic Head Cleaner and just ran it. First try, it seemed to help a little, second try, a little better still, but still glitchy. I understand it's not advisable to run the cleaner tape more than twice, is that the case? What are my next steps? Thanks so much - I'm sure I'll be sending some of these precious tapes to you because you're obviously the most knowledgeable about WTF you're doing!

thanks so much for this!! I have the original camera for these mini dvds, but the "finalize" option in the menu on the camera is faded out and I'm unable to "select " that option in the menu. I am in camera mode and followed the user manual. Any idea what is going on?

I have a Beta cassette that is full of home movies my grandmother took to Kodak 30 years ago and transferred from Super 8 onto cassette. The bulk of it is from the 1960s-1980s. It is the only copy in existence. I sent it to a photo transfer lab through Walmart and they returned it to me saying it was unviewable. I'm heartbroken but I can't bear to get rid of the tape.

Legacy Box has been a nitemare for me! They transferred 20 videos for me and did a terrible terrible job!! they are awful!!

Please do a video on a deep cleaning of camcorders. Please!!!!!

Hello my disc started to finalize then stopped and now shows the error code 13:02 and I cannot get it to play, finalize, or anything else - I have a Sony handycam and I really love the videos that were on this disc… do you have any suggestions on how to fix this? Can I send it into someone to possible fix?

Hi! May i ask how much is the shipping for digitizing my 8mm Video8 Tape? I live somewhere Southern Asia.

I'm glad i found got memories a few years ago. Learned alot, Even having the equipment you have there is still a lot of work. And people dont understand why the prices of transferring film is not cheap. Great work you are doing for the industry.

Guess when there isnt any kind of phone number to call a live peron should be the BIG RED FLAG! I wont be using Legacy Box.

I am loving your video and commenting as you work. Just submitted my quote. Thank you, and Boo Legacy Box

Hi.may i know why is my dc 100 cant read a disc?this happen before but suddenly its working.now when im try to use it it cant read the disc.disc is new.i already clean the laser.

You are blessed to have a service technician next door. I have to drive from kilgore texas to dallas texas, thats over 2 hours away to get a service technician to repair my decks and cameras. Keep up the great work.

I'm subscribed now, this is fantastic info. I've got my own little local scanning biz. I scan in moldy tapes all the time, lol. I have had maybe a dozen and a half gigs. The largest one being 77 film reels, and another was 54 vhs tapes. I give them unlisted CZcams Playlist so they can watch the progress, and then a usb stick. I still need to spread my ads around the town. I'm glad you hear about your personalization, bc I'm the same!! I end up learning their family's and seeing all their milestones. So then I'm texting them to say "go check out the Playlist, i just put 3 more up!" And also I tell them when I'm experiencing issues.

Will a Japanese head cleaner work on an American Sony Digital8 camcorder? Are there differences in NTSC_M and NTSC_J like there is with PAL?

What’s a good quantity to send you? I have maybe 40 of those little blue ones, and half a dozen of the larger ones. I wasn’t planning on sending them all at once though. Also, eventually send a bunch of VHS as well ( another time).

Hey I went to your site and don't meet the criteria for your minimum (2 mini DV tapes) who would you recommend for just 2 tapes?

Hi there! I am using an legato capture card to transfer video 8 footage to my computer. When I play the footage on the camera, it looks fine, but when I see the playback on the computer, the video flashes a lot and are overexposed. I’ve tried a few different cords and same result. Do you know what the issue could be?

Nice video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, you have massive patience doing what your doing.

A great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and showing what you do.

Once you digitalization them, can we take those files, and edit them ourselves?

I saved the VHS C Sharp camcorder and Tapes my father used for a while starting in 1986. I hoped I’d be able to use the camcorder to view them and record to a computer. I pulled the camcorder out yesterday and it’s not working, just happily flashing its lights red. I am afraid to try the VHS adapter units because I remember having problems and a couple tapes damaged back then. My plan is to purchase a working camcorder that supports video playback to watch/record the tapes. I’d appreciate any tips or suggestions you might have to share with me? You have set up an impressive workshop. It’s nice meeting people who transform a skill into something much more.

Thanks for helping

Very nice, do you have cleaner for u-matic taps or betacam?

THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THERE SEVES

I have a Hitachi DZBX35A and it doesn’t read any disc i insert and they’re Maxwell 1.4GB 30 mins, could the discs I have be the issue?

Wow, very impressive.

Question would a alcohol dip destroy the tape or information on the video tape then spin dry

thanks mate for this

i just ran across a tape that was hi8 and digital 8 mixed throughout - not just first half / second half. Customer is lucky I've seen some things (though never this particular issue).

These videos are so appreciated!

I did a batch of vhs tapes with a new SVHS player I picked up from ebay. Auto tracking, really nice machine. I noticed, there was a sort of uneven black border just in from the right side, like a thin, slanting border that's just there the whole time. Not huge, but it's there, but only on the right side, not the left. And it showed up on a lot of the tapes. And it isn't snow, which would indicate a dirty VCR. So I'm worried maybe something in the VCR is slanted or off somehow. But then I have an old copy of the Lion King on VHS and I popped that in to test it and the black border type thing wasn't there. So should I take that to mean the problem is with the degraded state of the tapes and not the vcr? If my "test tape" looks fine?

I want to say a massive THANK YOU for this video which has given me years of mini discs of family videos from 15 years ago. I bought a Pansonic DMR-EZ48V which plays the mini disc but ONLY if they are finalised. I also bought a power cable for my old (but it still works perfectly) Sony Handycam DVD 202. None of the above would have worked with the finalisation. I’d watch lots of other videos but yours was succinct, clear, detailed and easy. Big thanks again!

I feel like we're in a bit of a similar world. As a hobby, I archive vintage computer software that has never been uploaded online, and part of that is sometimes having to cleaning floppy disks (you'd be surprised though how many of them read just fine). People have come up with 3D-printed tools for doing this, but I wish there was something a little more automated like your VHS machine from Brazil!

It’s called a CENTRONG,works GREAT.

I have that VHS CLEANER AND A BETA CLEANER BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

They're already digital, duh.

This is an amazing channel! Thank you for all the great tips and knowledge sharing!

I used the Sony head cleaning tape, still no picture, used Alcohol and chamois stick and still no picture, only blue screen, please advise. Thanks

Had legacy transfer about 20 vhs tapes and every single one is terrible. Not even watchable. Took them forever too. Huge waste of money!

This is a great exposing the hypocrisy of the big BOX companies video. Keep up the great work.

But where do you buy the replacement pads after they get too dirty after use for the Geneva tape cleaner ?