Writing files back to Sony HDV cameras at DVinfo.net

Graham Hickling · March 8th, 2006, 08:11 PM

Just wondering ... other than Cineform's HDLink, has anyone written a small standalone utility that will write transport streams back to the Sony cameras (HC1, A1, FX1 etc)?

Something equivalent to what WrtDVHS provides for the JVCs?

Kevin Shaw · March 8th, 2006, 10:34 PM

Canopus Edius comes with a utility called MPEG-TS Writer (or something like that) which does a capable job of writing back to the camera.

Graham Hickling · March 8th, 2006, 11:19 PM

Thanks - I just checked and yes that's the correct name.

I'm kinda hoping there's a small app that's NLE-independent, so I just chuck it on a laptop or whatever if I suddenly needed to get material off archival DVDs and onto tape.

(I'm assuming here that one needs to do a full install of Edius to get MPEG TS Writer itself installed...right?)

David Tyler · March 9th, 2006, 01:42 PM

I was looking for the same thing for ages, mainly so that I could choose free or low cost basic editing software to just make a few changes before writing back to tape. I never found one, but there's a more fundamental problem, which is that a lot of those cheap editors (like Womble) break the GOP structure so that the final HDV can't be written back to tape anyway.

At least that's my understanding.
David

March 8th, 2006, 08:11 PM	#1
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Writing files back to Sony HDV cameras Just wondering ... other than Cineform's HDLink, has anyone written a small standalone utility that will write transport streams back to the Sony cameras (HC1, A1, FX1 etc)? Something equivalent to what WrtDVHS provides for the JVCs?

March 8th, 2006, 10:34 PM	#2
Kevin Shaw Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,488	Canopus Edius comes with a utility called MPEG-TS Writer (or something like that) which does a capable job of writing back to the camera.

March 8th, 2006, 11:19 PM	#3
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Thanks - I just checked and yes that's the correct name. I'm kinda hoping there's a small app that's NLE-independent, so I just chuck it on a laptop or whatever if I suddenly needed to get material off archival DVDs and onto tape. (I'm assuming here that one needs to do a full install of Edius to get MPEG TS Writer itself installed...right?)

March 9th, 2006, 01:42 PM	#4
David Tyler Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 34	I was looking for the same thing for ages, mainly so that I could choose free or low cost basic editing software to just make a few changes before writing back to tape. I never found one, but there's a more fundamental problem, which is that a lot of those cheap editors (like Womble) break the GOP structure so that the final HDV can't be written back to tape anyway. At least that's my understanding. David