[MacDV] Canopus

[Thubten Kunga]

I just spent the past day over at the Mac Audio Workstation list on 
this topic. I am not going to write a long post on this subject. Bottom 
line. Canopus is the best analog to DV and vice versa box on the 
market. Forget the 50. You want the 100 for $269 at ecost and harmony. 
They have a toll free number to answer all your questions directly. 
888.899-EDIT    Sales
<http://www.canopus.com/US/canopus/canopus_aboutcanopus.asp>

<http://www.canopus.com/US/products/advc-100/pm_advc-100.asp> press the 
all specifications button.

Why?
1. Locked Audio
2. Superior Codec
3. complete analog to DV and DV to analog solution.

I own a Sony and I am buying a Canopus because my Sony is just not good 
enough and I have to have the best. This is my only post on the subject 
because I have already written 20 on the subject today and last night.

k

On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 07:58  PM, Simon Briggs wrote:

> Anyone using Canopus DV converters?
> I am thinking of either an ADVC50 or 100 (the 50 might be cool stuffed 
> in the front of a MDD?
>
>
> How well do they work? any glitches. I am awaiting a reply from them 
> in which I posed the following:-
>
> 1) Will either of these devices work with my machine and OS?
Forget the 50. You want the 100.

> 2) Does the 50 when mounted in the PCI slot need to be connected to 
> the firewire port on the motherboard?
Forgetaboutit.

> 3) Am I correct in assuming that the 50 only converts to digital and 
> Does NOT allow output of an analogue signal(s)
Duh! It is brain dead

> 4) Does the 100 'bridge' both ways? ie can I hit "export to camera" in 
> iMovie and have a movie recorded to VCR
Yes
> 5) Do they BOTH work in PAL and NTSC
Yes
> 6) Is there a software component or are they entirely hardware based?
Hardware. No moving parts. OS X sees it just like any camera with a 
superior codec.

> 7) Am I correct in assuming that the units behave as if they were a DV 
> camera connected to my machine?
Yes.
> 8) How do they switch from NTSC and PAL?
What you feed it it will spit out.
>
> any one have any input?
I am sick of the subject. Canopus is the only transcoder to buy today. 
Anyone else thinks otherwise doesn't understand the Canopus. Call the 
toll free number Monday.
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon Briggs
> G4/400 Sawtooth
> OS10.2/Superdrive/CDRW/DVD-RW/ 704Mb Ram
> Canopus DV converter?(TBD):-) Absolutely

ADVC-100