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Posted by Gene on 02/19/07 21:58
THANKS!
LOL - I was mistakenly thinking that the "Format = DV" referred to
the input, and after changing the driver to DSW MPEG, it was obvious
that it was the output.
I just selected DVD & let her rip, using mostly default options.
It was "very" easy to burn a DVD+RW video DVD that
plays just fine. I only did a couple of 5 minute tape runs
from the Sony PC100 (MiniDV) and the Sony 460 (Digital-8)
but both worked flawlessly.
I will now do some real-world testing to see how long it takes
to do a ~1.5hr MiniDV, and the same length is a Digital-8 tape.
I'm a little bit concerned that the buffer could grow a lot with the
1.5hr run & add some time to the overall operation - but will just
have to do the runs & see. Same for quality, will just have
to burn & learn. A > 2GHz P4 would definitely help.
So far, I'm surprised & pleased with it - not bad. And there are a lot of
options that may allow me to tweak it for a ~ 96 minute tape. If it works
out, it would be pretty easy to use a keyboard / mouse macro generator
and automate it from a single click, to two video DVDs burned
and finalized with zero operator intervention. That is, I could go to sleep
and wake up to a finalized master & backup copy :-)
Thanks,
Gene
<jerry@jonesgroup.net> wrote in message
news:1171914832.570212.248640@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Gene,
>
> This feature works as explained.
>
> You don't need a "special" capture card of any kind.
>
> Any OHCI compliant Firewire port will work.
>
> What you *do* need is a MiniDV camcorder.
>
> 1. Connect the four-pin end of a Firewire cable to the camcorder;
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> 2. Connect the other end of the Firewire cable to your computer's
> Firewire port.
>
> 3. Power your camcorder "on."
>
> 4. Choose the correct capture driver within the Ulead software and
> then capture directly to the MPEG file format.
>
> That's all there is to it.
>
> I've done it many times.
>
> A cheap IEEE 1394 card will work if your computer doesn't already have
> a built-in Firewire port.
>
> Jerry Jones
> http://www.jonesgroup.net
>
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