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vhsc conversion to mini DV

by chromeoo Jul 23, 2007 10:41AM PDT

Can anyone offer any advice on how I can record the contents of a vhsc tape onto mini DV format?

Heres the situation -

Because I have no other way of capturing vhsc footage onto my computer I thought I should be able to record the contents of the vhsc tape onto Mini DV so I can then capture the tape through firewire from the mini DV onto my G5.

Only problem is the DV tape (although displays the footage in the finder when I connect the two) wont record the vhsc footage

I gathered this was beacuse of the analog vs. digital signals but since I could see the vhsc footage on my DV camera I figured there must be a way

Im tring to avoid copying to vhs tape because of the quality

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated !!

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Digital pass-through

by sheilakmcd Jul 23, 2007 10:34PM PDT

What make and model is your camera? It may support digital pass-through, where you can capture straight to the computer, without actually recording it to a DV tape first.

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