[MacDV] Import quality

[Gerhard Kuhn]

If the DVD is a video DVD then it is compressed to be a mpeg 2 file, 
even in best case scenario it will have been compressed to 1/3 the size 
of the mini DV video.  Every time you compress and decompress the video 
you will  lose quality.  If as you say there is  no compression then 
you have a data DVD with DV files.  You can fit almost 20 minutes worth 
of DV files on a DVD.
If I was you I would borrow a Mini DV camera from a 
friend/colleague/family member and import the DV tape.

Gerhard Kuhn
suspice at hay.net
On Jan 16, 2004, at 9:28 PM, Paul Williams wrote:

> Would i be sacrificing any quality if i did it this way? When i had 
> the transfer place do the DVD i had them do it without any compression 
> for the best possible playback.
>