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Depends on what kind of tape you used. If it is a digital tape such as miniDV you can easily import it onto your computer using a firewire cable. However, it it is an analog tape you need a special video capture card to convert the signal to digital.

I recommend using a video transfer service like StashSpace.Com It costs $6.95 a tape to have them transfer it to a digital file.

You should have recorded yourself directly onto the computer. Best thing to do right now is to get the tape onto the computer. So; Plug the headphone out jack (or line out) of the tape player to the audio line in of the computer. You may need a special cable for this, but you can buy it at Radio Shack. Use Windows media recorder (it's part of your audio rack) to record the tape as you play it into the computer.