[MacDV] Re: DVD Import?

[Robert Schoenburg]

Hi Jim,

The problem is I have nearly 50 tapes to transfer or about 100 hours. I am
afraid it would take all of the hard drives in California to store all that!

Bob
> 
> On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 04:00  PM, Robert Schoenburg wrote:
> 
>> I have a lot of Beta, 8mm and VHS tapes that need to wind up as DVDs
>> using
>> iMovie and or FCE with iDVD.
>> 
>> If I were to transfer the raw video to DVDs using a DVD recorder, I
>> assume
>> that there is no direct way to import the DVDs into iMovie or FCE
>> unless I
>> connect a DVD player through a A to D bridge such as Canopus to capture
>> the
>> video.
>> 
>> I also assume that the quality of the video would degrade by doing this.
>> Yes, I know I could just capture the original tapes one at a time and
>> make a
>> project. But the method above would at least preserve the originals on
>> DVDs.
>> 
>> Comments anyone?
>> 
> 
> You could try capturing the video to iMovie or FCE at the same time as
> you make the raw DVD's.
> Jim
> 
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