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   frybo30 Master Sergeant

   I want to transfer video from my plenty-old, cassette tape-type camcorder to DVD. It uses 8 mm cassette tapes. How many hours of camcorder video can I get on a DVD? I'm sure there are such things as compression, quality of recording, etc. involved. The tapes hold two hours of recording. Thanks.

    

   frybo30, Jul 16, 2009

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   DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

   Hi
   
   Kinda depends on the quality/compression rate but would be looking at 2hrs give or take on a 4.7GB DVD, more on a 8.5GB Dual layer, which most retail DVDs tend to be.
   
   Grab yourself a few DVDRWs and try out converting the camcorder tapes and various compression rates to see quality vs compression rate of the results (why DVDRW, well you can erase and try again on the DVD, saves wasting DVDs)

    

   DavidGP, Jul 16, 2009

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   frybo30 Master Sergeant

   Sounds logical. Good idea about using RWs. Thanks.

    

   frybo30, Jul 16, 2009

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