8mm or Hi8 or Digital8 to DVD Transfer Procedure

(Buttons) are displayed in parenthesis and "Menu Items" are displayed in quotations Note: If you press (Content Menu) and a blank screen appears, simply press the button again

Steps:

  1. Hookup Hi8 Camera (referred to as Hi8) to HDD / DVD Video Recorder (referred to as EDIT) via 3.5mm to RCA Cable
  2. Ensure that tape write protection is on (red tab at bottom of cassette is closed)
  3. Insert tape into Hi8 camera
  4. Rewind tape to start
  5. Press (HDD) on EDIT's front panel
  6. Set Data rate on HDD - need to add more to this
  7. Press (record) on EDIT and press (play) on Hi8
  8. Estimate the play time on the Hi8 and check back when it might be done
  9. When the recording is complete, press (stop) on EDIT and (stop) on Hi8
  10. Check to make sure that the rest of Hi8 source is really empty, then rewind tape and eject
  11. Put a transfer number sticker on the tape
  12. On EDIT's remote control do the following to create a chapter without gross start and end (essentially trim the start and end of the clip):
    1. Press (Content Menu) then press (Quick Menu) and select "Chapter Function"->"Chapter Editing"
    2. Press (play) to seek to the beginning of the tape recording past any glitchy or gross spots
    3. To make fine adjustments, use the (Frame/Adjust) directional buttons to scrub back and forth
    4. Make sure the on-screen cursor has "Divide" selected and press (Enter) to create a chapter division
    5. Use the (main directional keys) to skip to the end of the recording and then press (play) to find the end of the recording just before the gross tape ending
    6. To jump in smaller increments, use the (Pciture Search) directional buttons to scrub slower than the (main directional keys)
    7. To make fine adjustments, use the (Frame/Adjust) directional buttons to scrub back and forth
    8. Make sure the on-screen cursor has "Divide" selected and press (Enter) to create a chapter division
  13. On EDIT's remote control do the following to create a play-list to dub the non-gross section to DVD:
    1. Press (Content Menu) then press (Quick Menu) and select "Edit Function"->"Playlist Editing"
    2. Move cursor to the Original title that was recorded on EDIT and had chapter divisions inserted
    3. Press the (Green Button with the Star above it) to switch to chapter selection mode of that Original title
    4. Select the middle scene, the good stuff, and press (Enter)
    5. A red cursor will appear in the bottom part of the screen - press (Enter) again to insert the scene there
  14. Insert a Blank Printable DVD-R into Toshiba recorder
  15. Create chapter marks at specific intervals
    1. Press (Content Menu) then press (Quick Menu) and select "Chapter Function"
    2. Select "Auto Chapter create" from the menu
    3. Select the chapter interval (suggest 5 min)
  16. On EDIT's remote control do the following to dub the Playlist onto the DVD:
    1. Press (Content Menu) then press (Quick Menu) and select "High Speed Dubing"
    2. Select "Copy" from the menu to copy the playlist to DVD
  17. Press (DVD) on EDIT's front panel
  18. On EDIT's remote control do the following to finalize the DVD:
    1. Flip open the lower panel and press (Edit Menu)
    2. Select "Finalize DVD"
    3. add options settings here
    4. explain how to enter dvd name here, press save to return
    5. detail last buttons to press in order to get the dvd finalized
  19. Put the disc on the printing tray and insert it into the Epson Stylus R260 printer
  20. Go to any computer capable of running Adobe Illustrator CS4
  21. Open the file 'E:\TMM\Templates\Labels\Disc Surface\DVD Surface Template V2.2' or newer version
  22. Design Five is the template for Transfers - Change the following Text: 'Transfer #??' , 'Project Title' (Usually last name + year of transfer) , 'Type of transfer' (ex: Hi8 to DVD transfer) , 'Length'
  23. In Illustrator, click "File"->"Export" , choose file type "jpeg" , checkmark "Use Artboards" , enter a range of '5' and change save location to a place easily accessed over the network if you are not printing from the same computer, then click "Save"
  24. In the next dialogue, make sure "Quality" is set to '10', "Color Model" is set to 'RGB', "Resolution" is set to 'High', "Anti-Alias" is checked, and "Embed ICC Profile" is checked, then click "OK"
  25. If you see a dialogue that informs you that you are about to replace a file, click "Replace"
  26. Go to any computer capable of printing to the Epson Stylus R260 from Epson Print CD
  27. Open Epson Print CD
  28. Assuming you are using Ritek discs, set your inner diameter to '20' and outer diameter to '117'
  29. Drag the exported jpg from Illustrator onto the disc shape in Epson Print CD
  30. If you get a dialogue asking to save changes to 'Untitled' click "No"
  31. Click "File"->"Print" or click on the blue printer icon
  32. Ensure that the Epson Stylus R260 on Sam is selected
  33. Click "Print"
  34. When a dialogue warns that the inner print diameter is too small, click "OK"