[MacDV] Re: capturing VHS to iMovie

[R B Williams]

Sometimes a tape with less than perfect quality will cause the computer to quit
capturing (because of frames being dropped). I have had good luck recording the footage
first to DV or D8 tape, then capturing from that source. No difference in the picture-
it just becomes digital a step sooner in the chain. The Mac is much happier to have
constant timecode regardless of the video quality.

R.B.

"E. Bond Francisco" wrote:

> Ray,
>
> No, I don't think so. This is a tape that a neighbor of mine made of a
> sermon at a local church. How would I know if a tape was copy
> protected, other than the large FBI warning at the beginning?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bond
>
> -=-=-
> On May 16, 2004, at 3:21 PM, Ray Statham wrote:
>
> > It may be that your VHS tape is copy protected.
> >
> > R
> >
> > On 16-May-04, at 3:17 PM, E. Bond Francisco wrote:
> >
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> Nearing our wits end! We're trying to capture from a VHS tape into
> >> iMovie.  Here's the setup:
>
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