<p>I am going through my parents boxes and have about 10 rolls of 25 ft plus a couple of rolls of 200 ft of miscellaneous 8mm film, mostly from the 50s.</p>
<p>Has anyone pursued converting this stuff to DVDs? Any advice or hints?</p>
<p>somemom - we had a good experience with Costco film to DVD transfer (16 mm silent home movies). The folks at our local Costco photo processing department were very helpful with figuring out exactly how much film we had, filling out the form, etc. They sent everything offsite to a photo lab, but the turnaround was veyry quick - about a week.</p>
<p>About 20 years ago, my husband (who works in post-production film/video) and I went to his parent’s house when they were out of town and snuck all the 8mm films out of the attic. All were of my FIL from the time he was a very young boy in the 1930’s until his young adult years. We had the film converted to videotape which DH then edited and added music. My FIL’s nickname was “Butchie” when he was little and his sisters still call him that so we titled it “Life’s a Butch”. We gave it to him for Christmas and I have never seen someone weep over a gift as much as he did. Several years ago, DH took the master video that we had saved, added photos and more video and converted it to DVD. He then re-did music for the entire thing. It was one of FIL’s most prized possessions until his death four months ago. MIL asked that the DVD be played during the visitation because it’s what FIL would have wanted. Many family members have since requested a copy. I encourage anyone who has some old film lying around to convert it to DVD.</p>
<p>Thanks, Splash!</p>
<p>My 83 year old Dad is visiting and was just yesterday discussing desire to transfer the old movies to DVD. Can anybody tell us approx cost per movie roll?</p>
<p>I’ll try to post after I take mine to Costco!</p>
<p>Costco has their prices on their website, I belive. We took a rather large piece of old 16 mm film (running time of 15-20 min) that needed to be spliced, and it cost us 60 bucks or so, I believe.</p>
<p>I have about 4000 ft of 16 mm movies dating from 1940 to 1964. I’ve had about 1000 ft converted (an hour’s worth) at a firm called movietransfer dot com. They did an exceptional job of cleaning and splicing the small reels into one large archival reel. I had them make DVDs and a mini DV for storage. They charged $.14/foot. Then, using free conversion software, I transferred the movies into an avi format for posting on Youtube. It’s been wonderful to share these movies with relatives.</p>
<p>This firm can also transfer 8 mm movies, but I haven’t done those yet.</p>
<p>Costco is a bit cheaper - $0.11/ft after first 150 ft/$18, but even a small difference adds up when you have 1000s ft!</p>
<p>[Costco</a> 1-Hour Photo Center - Services & Pricing](<a href=“http://costcodvd.com/services_and_pricing.aspx]Costco”>Service Notice | Home Video & Photo Transfer | Costco Photo Center)</p>
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