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January 29th, 2010, 02:15 AM
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Tourist
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Seattle, WA
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Faster-than-realtime MiniDV transfer to PC
I need a way to transfer minidv content to a PC, and I am looking for a way to make this process faster than transfering from a camcoder via FireWire.
Is there a minidv player that will help transfering uncompressed to PC? Something that would fit in a 5.25 drive (like a CD Rom Player)? Or maybe a rack mountable player? Is it even possible to transfer faster-than-realtime minidv content uncompressed to PC? Thanks. <jason:vince/> |
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January 29th, 2010, 02:51 AM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Minnesota (USA)
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I don't know of any MiniDV deck that reads the tapes at a faster speed than the speed they were recorded at.
Not sure what you mean by transferring the content from a MiniDV uncompressed. DV video is compressed video. When you transfer it from MiniDV tape to a computer, you are transferring an exact bit for bit copy of the data, as it was recorded onto the tape by the camera. |
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January 29th, 2010, 03:40 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Whidbey Island
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Jason,
I use the Sony GV-HD700 to transfer video from miniDV to the computer. It's also a recorder, and portable, and has a nice screen. It works good but doesn't read my tapes that were shot with Canon's 24F mode. For a rack-mount unit you'll pay a premium (upwards of $10,000). I doubt there's a way to capture miniDV faster than real-time, which is why many people are migrating over to solid state media. B&H has the GV-HD700 in stock at $1,054. Mark |
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January 29th, 2010, 04:40 AM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Estonia
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Hi
Back good knows when there was sony(not very sure) deck and avid(really dont know for sure). The only fact I remember was it worked 4 times realtime. Anyhow googleing dint help me a bit so I think this is long gone... Just use cheap computers in parallel for on shared storage should give you same effect if you have many tapes. Hope this helps a bit... -Kaspar (Always prefers non linear media) Kallas |
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January 29th, 2010, 09:27 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
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If you're looking for full resolution, complete video capture, the answer is no: there is no way to capture MiniDV footage any faster than real-time.
On the other hand, the shareware tape logging software Scenalyzer will do a fast-forward index of a DV tape, with scene breaks and JPEG screengrabs. You can then use this to create a batch list for capturing just the clips that are of interest. Depending on what you're doing, it can be a great timesaver. |
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