[MacDV] Re: MacDV Digest, Vol 43, Issue 2

[Josh Renaud]

On 2/16/08 6:44 AM, "macdv-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com"
<macdv-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> wrote:

> I am thinking the same, to revert the video to analog and then if you
> ever need to revive these archives may bring future problems as you
> have taken the archives technically further back in time than
> necessary.  I would suggest you back them up to mini DV or digital 8,
> either tape format will not compress the iMovie data, if possible I
> would choose the mini DV plus the same file on a hard drive.

I should have clarified that I am using Hi-8/Digital-8 tapes. I am archiving
in digital-8 format, so there is no conversion back to analog.

In any event, the problem remains that my camera is giving me this copyright
warning, even though I suspect neither of the videos is actually
copy-protected (otherwise, iMovie wouldn't have let me import them, right?)

--Josh