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Posted by ritpg on 01/31/08 17:21
On Dec 22 2007, 2:05 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
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> On Dec 20, 2:02 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
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> > > On Dec 7, 9:54 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
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> > >> > On Dec 7, 4:45 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
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> > >> >> > On Dec 7, 11:48 am, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote:
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> > >> >> >> > Thanks, The cable that came with the camcorder has
> > >> >> >> > USB (mini or micro) on one end and firewire on the other.
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> > >> >> >> It is unlikely that you (or anyone else) has a cable with
> > >> >> >> USB on one end and Firewire on the other end. Since
> > >> >> >> Firewire and USB are very different kinds of interfaces,
> > >> >> >> it is not possible to connect one to the other using a
> > >> >> >> simple cable.
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> > >> >> >> You likely have a cable that has "regular" USB on one
> > >> >> >> end, and a special miniature USB on the other end.
> > >> >> >> Many cameras (both video and still) come with special
> > >> >> >> USB cables because they use "unconventional" USB
> > >> >> >> connectors on the camera side.
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> > >> >> > You're right. And so is Steve. It is not USB and firewire. It is
> > >> >> > firewire on both ends of course (dumb me) - 4 pin and 6 pin. It's
> > >> >> > been a while since I bought it. I forgot what it was.
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> > >> >> so.. should you suspect the other cable you have- Hide quoted text -
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> > >> > I supose it could be the firewire cable between the DAC-100 and the
> > >> > PC
> > >> > but my money is on the DAC-100 itself. I was never all that impressed
> > >> > with it.
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> > > I just replaced the consumer (Sharpe) VCR with a Panasonic AG-7750
> > > connecting it to the DAC-100 via s-video instead of RCA and the
> > > improvement is significant. So it could have been the Sharpe VCR or
> > > the RCA cables or the RCA connectors on the DAC-100. Now I need to
> > > figure out how to work with the EP and LP VHS tapes I have which are
> > > not handled properly by the AG-7750 which runs strictly in SP mode.
> > > My next step will be to connect another VCR I have (Panasonic VCR/DVD
> > > combo) to the AG-7750 via s-video. I'll lose all the tape control
> > > features of the AG-7750 but should still have the TBC capabilities.
> > > It just gets more involved, doesn't it.
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> > I have an old 7750 here. Nice deck TBC is worth it. Been probably 5 years
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> Have you ever used it for pass-through? Did the TBC controls work?
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Nappy, I finally got the whole system configured. I had to wait for
some adaptors to come in. I now have my Panasonic DVD/VHS combo unit
connected via RCA to the AG-7750 which is connected via RCA to a Canon
camcorder which is connected via firewire to the PC. The great news
is that the TBC controls on the AG-7750 do work on the audio/video
passing thru. I am able to lighten video from 24 year old VHS tapes
that was virtually unviewable before. It isn't perfect but it is a
vast improvement. And finally, I have a stable environment. I'm not
dropping any frames. I dumped the DAC-100 A/D converter because, for
some reason, I couldn't get it to stay on digital input. It would
randomly switch back and forth between digital and analog input at
which point I would lose the video and audio. I can now load a VHS
tape into the combo unit, play a little video to set the AG-7750 to
optimize the video and audio, rewind the tape and then play on the
combo unit and record on the PC (Premier Elements software) and walk
away until the tape completes. My current plan is to digitize all 60+
VHS tapes, segment the video and then catalog the segments (birthdays,
weddings, holidays, sports, etc.). I just ordered a second 500 gig
SATA HD to add to the PC which supports RAID. The ideal configuration
would be 4 500 gig HDs in a RAID 10 level configuration so I could
stripe for performance and mirror for backup. But not on my current
budget. I'm in the process of reading up on what I need to do to add
the 2nd 500 gig HD in a RAID 0 level configuration. I'm mainly
wondering how the striping will work. Obviously, with only one HD in
the PC up till now, nothing is striped (at least not across two HDs).
Do I need to do something to force striping across both HDs or will it
be done automatically when XP senses the new HD? Or will I end up
with a hybrid arrangement with only newly saved data being striped?
If anyone knows, please share your insights. I still haven't figure
out what to do about backup with a RAID 0 arrangement. I have some
external drives but they are nowhere near large enough. For now, I'm
thinking of using the external HDs to back up all data but the video.
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