[MacDV] Re: DVD Import?

[Rod Duncan]

>Thanks for the comments. It does seem like a waste of time and effort to
>archive old tapes on DVDs unedited.
>
>Which JVC deck do you have?

I have the original model JVC brought out a couple of years ago. 
HR-DVS1U. They have a more recent model with some slightly added 
features but this deck has been great. It has been problem-free.

Rod


>
>>  I have  JVC dual miniDV & S-VHS Video Deck with Firewire. It has
>>  additional RCA analogue & S-Video inputs for attaching external
>>  decks/camera's. I have imported directly into iMovie, FCE & FCP from
>>  the VHS analogue side or through the inputs directly into those
>>  programs. You don't have to copy to the miniDV side first, you
>>  transfer directly from the analogue side by capturing directly. It
>>  has to capture in real time into iMovie, FCE or FCP but once in you
>>  export to Quicktime to burn your respective DVD. Your comments about
>>  100 hours won't matter 'cause you can only burn one DVD at a time.
>>  Once it has burned/archived on DVD, reformat the capture HD or
>>  partion and do another. So you only need enough HD space for one DVD.
>>  The good news, since you have now imported it into an editing
>>  program, you will be able to cull that 100 hours down... down...
>>  down... to only the best and truly worth while. I am assuming that it
>>  didn't get edited before this.
>>
>>  Hope this helps.
>>
>>  Rod
>>
>>>  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?
>>>
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