Posted by Steve King on 08/20/07 14:39

"peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>A local TV station videotaped a show using several DVCAM and DVCPRO
>cameras.
>
> They have promised to share the video, but since I can only read miniDV
> format, and since the show is 3 hours long, I prefer to get the copy on a
> hard disk in dv avi file.
>
> Is this something easy for them to do? Are they more likely to capture
> their tapes with macintosh format or PC? Should I bring them an external
> 1394 drive, eSATA drive, internal SATA drive?
>
> I'm clueless about workflow in broadcast industry. I only use miniDV
> camera and premiere on PC.

Well, picking up a phone and calling the station seems like a good idea to
me. They have the answers. The people who post here will only be able to
speculate on what this particular station is capable of doing and is willing
to do.

Steve King

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