Posted by Gene on 04/10/07 17:37

Thanks.

My gut feeling is that the Panasonic ES46V is
resetting the Sony digital camcorders to standard
8mm, or HI-8 mode, then they play garbage because
the tape is digital. But that's just a guess...

BTW: this Panasonic ES46V (same as ES45) is REALLY
great at dubbing VHS to DVD. The quality of the resulting
DVD-R is AWESOME! Much better than using a stand-alone
VCR connected to a DVD recorder or PC. I think it creates ~ 500
line resolution from the old 250 line stuff. Whatever it does,
it does a GREAT job. I find that using the 1hr mode for the
DVD-Rs out is worth the effort. The 2hr mode does not quite
get the job done, that is, the 1 hr mode for the DVD-Rs out makes
a slight difference - and worth it to me.

Gene




"Steve King" <steveSPAMBLOCK@stevekingSPAMBLOCK.net> wrote in message
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> <davesvideo@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> On Apr 9, 12:40 pm, "Gene" <g...@wildblue.net> wrote:
>>> The Sony
>>> brand camcorders of either Digital-8, or miniDV will
>>> crash when trying to copy via the firewire to a Panasonic
>>> ES20 or ES46V player/recorder box.
>>
>> I find this very puzzeling. As far as I know the recorder boxes are
>> input only, so with no return signal, how does the Sony know that
>> there is even anything hooked up to the other end of the firewire. I
>> can see that there could be a reason that it might not copy correctly,
>> but to cause the Sony to crash is very strange. Can anyone suggest a
>> scenario how this could happen?
>>
>> Dave
>
> Can't help with the crash. But, don't many DVD Recorders have the
> capability to send deck commands TO the camera? Certainly software
> capture programs do. Could the implementation of that be involved?
>
> Steve King
>

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