8mm Videotape Camcorder Acting Strange (Sample Included

[nazopo]

Hello, I am trying to transfer my old 8mm videotapes with my camcorder through the composite output on the camcorder and the quality is terrible. Here are some samples:
This is a sample of one of the tapes http://www.mediafire.com/?3h6eue22kv89cg4


This one is a live capture that I hooked up directly to my computer: http://www.mediafire.com/?02eux19ey456oxv

[aedipuss]

if it has s-video out you might try that.

[nazopo]

No it doesn't have one.

[nazopo]

What do you think is wrong with it?

[edDV]

Could be dirty or worn heads. Does the video play properly to a TV?

What hardware and software are you using to capture the video?

[Megahurts]

Is this a Hi8 tape blayed back on a standard 8 camcorder?

[nazopo]

The video looks the same on the TV and it cant be bad heads because I recorded that one thing live. And I use a hauppauge HVR-1600 capture card with wintv. And it is a sanyo standard 8 camcorder made in 1994.

[edDV]

If it plays that way to a TV it is a camcorder issue not a capture issue.

[nazopo]

Yeah I'm thinking about buying a digital8 camcorder to digitize my tapes.