AutoSplit & Hi8

[ZEN99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/16/04 11:06:52 AM, MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com 
writes:

<< When I plug the Hi8 camera into the miniDV camera via analog cables  (S-VHS

video and red/whit audio cables) The Hi8 tapes are copied to miniDV, but

from the miniDV standpoint this is just one long clip without breaks. When I

then import from the miniDV to the Mac via firewire, the Mac iMovie software

doesn't automatically break up the clip into scenes  (which it does with

originals recorded directly on MiniDV)


If I found a Hi8 camera with firewire, would I be able to import into the

miniDV or directly to the Mac and preserve scene breaks?  >>

No.  You need to have recorded digitally to record camera start/stops which 
then allow shots to be broken up automatically.  Analogue recordings cannot be 
read for auto-split.
John