[MacDV] Re: DVD Import?

[Robert Schoenburg]

Thanks for the comments. It does seem like a waste of time and effort to
archive old tapes on DVDs unedited.

Which JVC deck do you have?

> I have  JVC dual miniDV & S-VHS Video Deck with Firewire. It has
> additional RCA analogue & S-Video inputs for attaching external
> decks/camera's. I have imported directly into iMovie, FCE & FCP from
> the VHS analogue side or through the inputs directly into those
> programs. You don't have to copy to the miniDV side first, you
> transfer directly from the analogue side by capturing directly. It
> has to capture in real time into iMovie, FCE or FCP but once in you
> export to Quicktime to burn your respective DVD. Your comments about
> 100 hours won't matter 'cause you can only burn one DVD at a time.
> Once it has burned/archived on DVD, reformat the capture HD or
> partion and do another. So you only need enough HD space for one DVD.
> The good news, since you have now imported it into an editing
> program, you will be able to cull that 100 hours down... down...
> down... to only the best and truly worth while. I am assuming that it
> didn't get edited before this.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Rod
> 
>> I have a lot of Beta, 8mm and VHS tapes that need to wind up as DVDs using
>> iMovie and or FCE with iDVD.
>> 
>> If I were to transfer the raw video to DVDs using a DVD recorder, I assume
>> that there is no direct way to import the DVDs into iMovie or FCE unless I
>> connect a DVD player through a A to D bridge such as Canopus to capture the
>> video.
>> 
>> I also assume that the quality of the video would degrade by doing this.
>> Yes, I know I could just capture the original tapes one at a time and make a
>> project. But the method above would at least preserve the originals on DVDs.
>> 
>> Comments anyone?
>> 
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