I have an old Sony Hi-8 camcorder and wanted to transfer the footage on the tapes to my computer in either .avi or .mpg format.<BR><BR>I guess a video capture card and some sort of software to ...

That's what motivated the London, Ont., programmer to start a business digitizing VHS tapes, audio cassettes, square film slides and even Super 8 film reels, an old film format used in movie-making.

VHS Camcorder is available as of writing for iOS devices. Developer Rarevision is charging $3.99 for the opportunity which may be a bit more than some are willing to fork over for a retro camera app.