[MacDV] copying from TV with Vidcam?

[Richard Dalziel Sharpe]

Don
Use an LCD screen unless you have the equipment to synchronise  a CRT 
monitor with your camera.
Without synching you will get rolling black bars on the video when you 
show it.
focus as accurately on the screen as possible, use a good tripod and 
dont let anyone touch anything once you start recording. Position the 
screen that you are recording from in such a way that there are no 
reflections. Set the camera at the same height as the monitor that you 
are recording from. Do not use the cameras external mike to record the 
sound, find a way to feed the sound direct to the camera else you will 
record whats going on around the camera rather than what is associated 
with the video.
I have done this with reasonable success, producing watchable results 
that are a not as good as VHS, but this will vary with the original 
material, good sound helps.
I strongly reccommend that you experiment a bit. Camera placement and 
focus are important. Another thought, if your camera has autofocus and 
you can switch it off, do so.

On 03/01/2004, at 6:29 AM, Donald Hinkle wrote:

> There are some webcasts that are only available (from our church, on 
> spirituality.com) that last over an hour, play only in Windows Media 
> or Real Player, and as streaming video are uncapturable; in other 
> words, they can't be saved to HD, as many QT movies can.
>
> So, since we need to show some excerpts, I'm thinking of using my 
> Canon vidcam to record portions of the webcast off the monitor, and 
> edit in iMovie.
>
> I'm unsure how to get maximum available quality out of this. Would LCD 
> be better/clearer/sharper, or a CRT monitor?
> Any other advice would be welcome. thanks,
>
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