[MacDV] Re:

[Ken Poppers]

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made in the PRC.

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On Jan 27, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Claire Hart wrote:

> An addendum to the post I just sent:  I know I can record these to 
> VHS, and possibly, in the same way, buy a DVD burner at Wal-Mart that 
> connects to the t.v. and copy that way (???maybe???).  (Aren't those 
> burners around $500!?!?!)  I'm just wanting to play with it on the 
> iMac!     - - Thanks again, Claire
>
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2004, at 1:11 PM, Claire Hart wrote:
>
>> Besides a post I made the first day I was on this list, I've been 
>> mostly just reading and learning from your posts.  I have:
>> - a Sony MiniDV HandyCam, TRV27
>> - an iMac DV 400 with 10GB HD, 1GB RAM, Panther added to 9.2.2
>> - an external FireWire 120 GB Acom Data external HD.
>>
>> I already have a stack of recorded MiniDV cassettes.  I would like to 
>> begin burning those to DVD just so they are easy to watch, and also 
>> to share with family, the kids' basketball team mates, etc.  (The 
>> coach sometimes asks, "Did you record that game?")
>>
>> I am confused as to whether I can use an external DVD burner.  Is G4 
>> required for DVD burning?  My sons have Windows computers, so it 
>> would be even better if the burner would work on both operating 
>> systems (as many peripherals seem to do nowadays.)  If my G3 will 
>> work, what DVD burners have you had success with?  If you had my 
>> set-up, how would you go about backing up these MiniDV cassettes to 
>> viewable DVD's?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Claire
>>
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