Posted by ritpg on 02/01/08 19:00

On Jan 31, 5:01 pm, Spex <No.s...@ta.com> wrote:
> ritpgwrote:
> > On Dec 22 2007, 2:05 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
> >> "ritpg" <ri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:a75a5673-5ddb-4738-b457-a8f3a1b93dbe@r60g2000hsc.googlegroups.com....
> >> On Dec 20, 2:02 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
>
> >>> "ritpg" <ri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:63bbb2b3-ebea-4083-8562-79d51ecd11cc@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com....
> >>>> On Dec 7, 9:54 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
> >>>>> "ritpg" <ri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:52923c1c-db54-460e-9ba9-b0a36b55b1b0@e1g2000hsh.googlegroups.com....
> >>>>>> On Dec 7, 4:45 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
> >>>>>>> "ritpg" <ri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>news:10e27cfc-fb50-4d36-9909-05b531824cb4@f3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> >>>>>>>> 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 -
> >>>>> - Show quoted text -
> >>>> 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 -
> >>> - Show quoted text -
> >> Have you ever used it for pass-through?  Did the TBC controls work?
>
> >> no.. they only work on playback from the deck I believe..- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > 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.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Thanks, Spex. At what point would the drives be striped and is it
done automatically when XP senses the new drive? I suspect I'm going
to live with the 2 500 gig HDs for now.

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