I need to record over some Hi8 tapes; 5 tapes, ~2½ hours each. I can feed in audio directly but not video. What should I put on there? - asklemmy - kbin.social

I'm getting rid of an old Hi8 camcorder and figured I'd throw in the tapes with it, but I want to wipe the contents of the tapes before I do. I don't have a huge magnet or anything I can use to quickly erase the tapes, so the only option is to record over them using the camcorder. Instead of being boring and just muting it and...