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How to Get 8mm, super 8 Films to Smart devices?
It’s easy, and this is one of those things that we are NOT going to do by ourselves.
There are three main steps to get old films to smart devices, such as iPads, or iPhones.
Step 1. Films to DVD.
Step 2. DVD to movie files.
Step 3. Upload to YouTubes, or directly to smart devices.
Let’s talk about how we can achieve each step easily.
Step 1. Films to DVD.
Today, most common choice is to put old films on DVDs. And since it’s a common choice, it actually is easy to find places where the job can be done for a reasonable price. Pull the yellow page out, and find any video production relative service in your area, and chances are they often offer this type of service. However, if it happens there is nothing near by, you actually can get this old films to DVD services in the Walgreen and the Wal-Mart. Surely, not all of their locations carry this service, but ask around and you will find it easier than you imagine.
Do the DVD, because there is no need to put old films on the blu-ray. If you recall how blurry those films look like, it is not hard to understand there is no high quality needed to be preserved on blu-ray. In plain English, let’s save the money for a better use.
In some places, you may find stores that can also convert old films to USB, old film movie files on USB drives. If this is the case, and if the price is reasonable, the best way is to get both DVDs and USB. Thus, you can skip the step 2 for good.
Step 2. DVD to movie files.
Once you get the old films on DVD, now, we are going to convert movies from DVD to a computer movie files. This step normally is called ripping a DVD, and when you search for DVD ripper or DVD ripping tools, you will be surprised to find tons of them out there and most of them are free.
For this step, we recommend calling for a tech-helper. They should help you to get the job done in a while, because it does take a computer some time to convert files.
What you need to do on this step is decide WHERE you are going to store those movie files. And the location does affect what type of movie files they get converted. Often, I recommend students to upload old films on the YouTube. And why YouTube, because it’s free and it’s easy to access. We can upload our old films, now as movies files to YouTube under “unlisted”. Unlisted means you can share your YouTube videos with others, but others can’t search YouTube to find your videos, unless they know the web address. It’s like we don’t list our phone numbers on the yellow page, but people who know our numbers can still call us by dialing our numbers on the phone. By unlisting the videos, it gives us the privacy to know others can’t just fish out our life by googling our names, but at the same time we have the ability to share videos with people we want.
YouTube accepts many video formats. The most common one is mp4 or many ripper tools simply listed as output to YouTube. This step may take some time, and meanwhile you can get familiar with video upload in YouTube.
Step 3. Upload to YouTube, or directly to smart devices.
Anyone who has a Gmail account can open a YouTube account. After the login, the upload button is on the upper right hand corner. It’s easy to upload videos in YouTube, and if you are new at this, get a book, attend a class or simply ask someone to show you; it’s easy. How long it takes YouTube to upload a video will depend on the speed of the internet, and the length of the video. You can upload 2 or 3 movie files a day and the job will be done before you notice.
We choose to store old film movies on YouTubes, for some good reasons; however, the downside with it is that we need to get online to watch those movies. For users who use iPad / smart devices mostly at home or who can get on line most of the time, this will not be an issue, but for some who like to show off those good old days anytime, this would post some inconveniences. If you like to carry some of those old films and show them off anywhere anytime, make sure you notice your tech-helper on the step 2 to be on the spot, for the reason those old film movies will need to be converted into different formats depending on what smart devices you use. And you can put those movies right on your smart devices, and it will be available anywhere and anytime.
As for most seniors, like my parents, they are happy to just see those good old time relive on YouTube, since they can post them on Facebook, share links with friends, and most of all, they love to watch them on the iPad at home or show them during family gatherings.
Here is an 8mm home movie from YouTube:
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There are three main steps to get old films to smart devices, such as iPads, or iPhones.
Step 1. Films to DVD.
Step 2. DVD to movie files.
Step 3. Upload to YouTubes, or directly to smart devices.
Let’s talk about how we can achieve each step easily.
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| photo by Blake Patterson, Bev Sykes, Jussi |
Step 1. Films to DVD.
Today, most common choice is to put old films on DVDs. And since it’s a common choice, it actually is easy to find places where the job can be done for a reasonable price. Pull the yellow page out, and find any video production relative service in your area, and chances are they often offer this type of service. However, if it happens there is nothing near by, you actually can get this old films to DVD services in the Walgreen and the Wal-Mart. Surely, not all of their locations carry this service, but ask around and you will find it easier than you imagine.
Do the DVD, because there is no need to put old films on the blu-ray. If you recall how blurry those films look like, it is not hard to understand there is no high quality needed to be preserved on blu-ray. In plain English, let’s save the money for a better use.
In some places, you may find stores that can also convert old films to USB, old film movie files on USB drives. If this is the case, and if the price is reasonable, the best way is to get both DVDs and USB. Thus, you can skip the step 2 for good.
Step 2. DVD to movie files.
Once you get the old films on DVD, now, we are going to convert movies from DVD to a computer movie files. This step normally is called ripping a DVD, and when you search for DVD ripper or DVD ripping tools, you will be surprised to find tons of them out there and most of them are free.
For this step, we recommend calling for a tech-helper. They should help you to get the job done in a while, because it does take a computer some time to convert files.
What you need to do on this step is decide WHERE you are going to store those movie files. And the location does affect what type of movie files they get converted. Often, I recommend students to upload old films on the YouTube. And why YouTube, because it’s free and it’s easy to access. We can upload our old films, now as movies files to YouTube under “unlisted”. Unlisted means you can share your YouTube videos with others, but others can’t search YouTube to find your videos, unless they know the web address. It’s like we don’t list our phone numbers on the yellow page, but people who know our numbers can still call us by dialing our numbers on the phone. By unlisting the videos, it gives us the privacy to know others can’t just fish out our life by googling our names, but at the same time we have the ability to share videos with people we want.
YouTube accepts many video formats. The most common one is mp4 or many ripper tools simply listed as output to YouTube. This step may take some time, and meanwhile you can get familiar with video upload in YouTube.
Step 3. Upload to YouTube, or directly to smart devices.
Anyone who has a Gmail account can open a YouTube account. After the login, the upload button is on the upper right hand corner. It’s easy to upload videos in YouTube, and if you are new at this, get a book, attend a class or simply ask someone to show you; it’s easy. How long it takes YouTube to upload a video will depend on the speed of the internet, and the length of the video. You can upload 2 or 3 movie files a day and the job will be done before you notice.
As for most seniors, like my parents, they are happy to just see those good old time relive on YouTube, since they can post them on Facebook, share links with friends, and most of all, they love to watch them on the iPad at home or show them during family gatherings.
Here is an 8mm home movie from YouTube:
Read related article: Yes, It’s Time To Have A Tech-Helper.
Read related article: A Better Way To Share Photos, And To Save More Than A Nickel.
Read related article: How To Pick A Right Cell Phone?
Now, you can either read the related articles, or share this page. Then get up and enjoy your life.
How Can I Use Those Free Instant Messaging (IM)?
There is one very basic requirement to use those free internet messaging (IM), such as Hangout, Line, iMessage, Whatsapp, or Facebook Messenger. There get to be enough friends on the services for you to have good reason to use it daily.
Some could face the situation like my Dad’s, that he would love to do those free IM services, but all his friends are still on landlines. There is really no good reason for him to use it daily. Once he doesn’t use it often, he forgets how to do it soon.
As we talked about in How to Choose the Right Social Media to Use, it's almost the same process in trying IM. First, figure out what type of IM services those people you like to have conversations with are using. It would be fun only if there are more than handful of people in the circle. If you can’t find enough people, take some classes and you will not only gain new friends, but also learn useful skills, and slow down aging process.
For the technical part, you will need to have internet service at home, and smart devices, iPad, or those HTC, and Samsung Pad. You could use smart phones, but make sure you are comfortable to read and type on those small screens. Surely an old-fashioned computer or Chromebook will do with some IM services, but just you may not feel the POWER of 21st century by using them.
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Read related article: Why Should We All Need A Cell Phone?
Now, you can either read the related articles, or share this page. Then get up and enjoy your life.
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| photo by Dan McKay |
Some could face the situation like my Dad’s, that he would love to do those free IM services, but all his friends are still on landlines. There is really no good reason for him to use it daily. Once he doesn’t use it often, he forgets how to do it soon.
As we talked about in How to Choose the Right Social Media to Use, it's almost the same process in trying IM. First, figure out what type of IM services those people you like to have conversations with are using. It would be fun only if there are more than handful of people in the circle. If you can’t find enough people, take some classes and you will not only gain new friends, but also learn useful skills, and slow down aging process.
For the technical part, you will need to have internet service at home, and smart devices, iPad, or those HTC, and Samsung Pad. You could use smart phones, but make sure you are comfortable to read and type on those small screens. Surely an old-fashioned computer or Chromebook will do with some IM services, but just you may not feel the POWER of 21st century by using them.
Read related article: How To Get On the Internet For A Reasonable Price ?
Read related article: Why Should All (Old) Men/Women Blog?
Read related article: Why Should We All Need A Cell Phone?
Now, you can either read the related articles, or share this page. Then get up and enjoy your life.
What Is the Difference Between Emails, And Free Instant Messaging, Such As Whatsapp, Messenger, or iMessage ?
There are many free internet instant messaging services today. Some popular ones are Whatsapp, Hangout, iMessage, Line, Facebook Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Telegram, and even Skype counts as one, too.
Since smart devices have become a necessity of our daily life, those services have grown widely. Most users are using two or more instant messaging services at once, not because we have a lot of friends, but because our friends might use different type of smartphones or live in different countries.
Some instant messaging services are only available under selected smart devices, such as iMessage are excursive for Apple iPhone, iPad. Also in few counties, some instant messaging services are blocked by local officials, and a good example is currently Line are unavailable in China.
E-mail is like letters, and internet instant messaging services are close to text messages, or conversations over phones.
One main difference between emails and instant messaging is that we would know if the recipient reads the messages or not. We know the email is on its way, because we hear the flying-away sound. However, there is no way for us to know if the recipient reads the email or not. With the instant messaging, we can know when the recipient reads the message. Of course, one shouldn’t use instant messaging for everything, because that would be very annoying. The guideline is for things that you want to call, but not in such hurry to get a reply. You can consider using instant messaging for the job. What my mom does is that for any small things she wants to know, but not right away, such as, “ what’s the dinner for next Sat?” she will drop me an iMessage, and whenever I get time, I can reply.
Another issue needs to take notice is that, while we always have copies of all sent emails, instant messaging services don’t keep all your conversation history. For things you need the I-send-it proof in the future, send it with emails. And you could always follow up with an instant messaging to the recipient to inform him/her that the email is on its way. Almost like in the old days, we called our friends to watch out for coming posts or packages.
Those instant messaging services are just another way to get people closer, and if use them wisely, the 21st century will be the time when the family can finally stay close despite the physical distance between them.
Read related article: Which “Device” Should I Get ?
Read related article: What Is “App” ?
Read related article: How To Can I Use Those Free Internet Messages?
Now, you can either read the related articles, or share this page. Then get up and enjoy your life.
Since smart devices have become a necessity of our daily life, those services have grown widely. Most users are using two or more instant messaging services at once, not because we have a lot of friends, but because our friends might use different type of smartphones or live in different countries.
Some instant messaging services are only available under selected smart devices, such as iMessage are excursive for Apple iPhone, iPad. Also in few counties, some instant messaging services are blocked by local officials, and a good example is currently Line are unavailable in China.
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| photo by Álvaro Ibáñez |
E-mail is like letters, and internet instant messaging services are close to text messages, or conversations over phones.
One main difference between emails and instant messaging is that we would know if the recipient reads the messages or not. We know the email is on its way, because we hear the flying-away sound. However, there is no way for us to know if the recipient reads the email or not. With the instant messaging, we can know when the recipient reads the message. Of course, one shouldn’t use instant messaging for everything, because that would be very annoying. The guideline is for things that you want to call, but not in such hurry to get a reply. You can consider using instant messaging for the job. What my mom does is that for any small things she wants to know, but not right away, such as, “ what’s the dinner for next Sat?” she will drop me an iMessage, and whenever I get time, I can reply.
Another issue needs to take notice is that, while we always have copies of all sent emails, instant messaging services don’t keep all your conversation history. For things you need the I-send-it proof in the future, send it with emails. And you could always follow up with an instant messaging to the recipient to inform him/her that the email is on its way. Almost like in the old days, we called our friends to watch out for coming posts or packages.
Those instant messaging services are just another way to get people closer, and if use them wisely, the 21st century will be the time when the family can finally stay close despite the physical distance between them.
Read related article: Which “Device” Should I Get ?
Read related article: What Is “App” ?
Read related article: How To Can I Use Those Free Internet Messages?
Now, you can either read the related articles, or share this page. Then get up and enjoy your life.
