Recent content by UKinUSA

The films have no sound...I just slapped some other noise on the video, using AVI maker free editing software stuff :D

Thanks! My movies are from the 70s & 80s, mostly, and I have some that go back to the 30s, bought at yard sales & thrift stores...treasured memories for a buck a reel! P.S. & thanks for pointing me to the stepper motor control ...I've slept through a lesson or two in VB, and have Excel w/VB...

I'm scanning 8mm home movies with a high-res flatbed transparancy scanner. I pulled out a sprocket wheel from a dead movie projector, and have it rotate one time (9 sprocket holes, or 1/2 second movie time), more or less, pulling the film across the scanner. Then I have this macro to run...

OK, all I want to do is turn on and off a 9-volt DC switch (to control a small motor) with my computer. I think there are at least 2 methods: 1) using a sound-activated switch attached to the line out on the soundcard. The PC goes BEEP, the switch gets flipped. But these vox switches are...