[MacDV] 8MM to DVD transfer

[James Asherman]

On Apr 21, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Dennis Fazio wrote:

>> One thing, if you don't remember anything else, DO NOT let them put 
>> the
>> video on DVD. Have them put it on MiniDV tape, then you capture it 
>> yourself
>> and make your own DVD's.
>
> Taking into account the mediocre resolution of most 8mm consumer movie 
> camera lenses and the resolution of 8mm film itself, does it matter 
> that much whether it comes from MiniDV tape or a compressed DVD 
> version? Isn't the resolution "loss" from compression greater than the 
> resolution limits of the source material anyway? I don't have the 
> numbers on this, so I have no idea myself.
>

regardless, Mpeg2 back to Dv back to Mpeg2 will fuzz.