Posted by Spex on 01/31/08 22:01

ritpg wrote:
> On Dec 22 2007, 2:05 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
>> "ritpg" <ri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On Dec 20, 2:02 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
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>>> "ritpg" <ri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>> On Dec 7, 9:54 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
>>>>> "ritpg" <ri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>> On Dec 7, 4:45 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
>>>>>>> "ritpg" <ri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> On Dec 7, 11:48 am, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "ritpg" wrote ...
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, The cable that came with the camcorder has
>>>>>>>>>> USB (mini or micro) on one end and firewire on the other.
>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>> Mine's on the cable!- Hide quoted text -
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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.
>>> I have an old 7750 here. Nice deck TBC is worth it. Been probably 5 years
>>> since I have turned it on.- Hide quoted text -
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>> Have you ever used it for pass-through? Did the TBC controls work?
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>> no.. they only work on playback from the deck I believe..- Hide quoted text -
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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.

Dude forget the RAID 10 add another drive and go RAID 5. RAID 5 is the
preferred level for video with redundancy.

You will have to stripe the drives with XPs drive manager.

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