[MacDV] copying from TV with Vidcam?

[nquinn]

The best way to capture them would be from a PC with a video output. Record
them through the video input of the camera. Trying to capture them with a
the camera will produce very poor quality video

Nabb Quinn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Hinkle" <donhinkle at att.net>
To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: [MacDV] copying from TV with Vidcam?


There are some webcasts that are only available (from our church, on
spirituality.com) that last over an hour, play only in Windows Media or
Real Player, and as streaming video are uncapturable; in other words,
they can't be saved to HD, as many QT movies can.

So, since we need to show some excerpts, I'm thinking of using my Canon
vidcam to record portions of the webcast off the monitor, and edit in
iMovie.

I'm unsure how to get maximum available quality out of this. Would LCD
be better/clearer/sharper, or a CRT monitor?
Any other advice would be welcome. thanks,


-don hinkle

for help and comfort and solutions—http://www.spirituality.com

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