Re: [OT]? - Hi8 Video Capture from CamCorder.

[ian.bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi

I use a Sony DV camcorder and its AV in ability. Essentially I play my Hi8
Canon which outputs a TV signal and capture this onto the Sony. This is now
digitized. I then play the Sony into the PC via the normal Firewire link
and Pinnacle Studio 10.5 ready for editing. From there output to whatever
you like e.g. DVD etc.

I have also moved some of my videos to DVD the same way. If longer than an
hour it takes a little editing in Pinnacle to stitch it back together.

I have also got one of the external devices to directly encode to DVD
format but I found this slow to set up and very hardware intensive (Disk
mainly). Very frustrating when it crashes too. Once it was on the PC it was
then sometimes too big for a single layer DVD so it was off to DVD shrink
etc. The quality from both methods was similar.

Ian



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Hiya people,
Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on 'digitisers' ( you know, the
thing you connect your old camcorder to so you can get the footage on
your PC for editing.)

Popped into Jessops today, they seem to champion a Pinnacle box (either
USB or PCI card) - although for no other reason that 'its the one they
sell' rather than its technical merit.

I've got a Cannon Hi8 camcorder that the daughter wants to record some
'thing' for a project she's doing for school - so the finial format will
be (from what I can make out so far) DVD to then be projected on stage.

Feedback and thoughts welcome

Wayne.



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