"bradesp" <bradesp@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:117a3802.0312241132.1b8ce8a9@posting.google.com...

> Probabaly a silly question, but...

>

> I'm planning on using Canopus to convert older VHS and 8MM tapes to

> DV. I then want to put this high quality DV back on tape for archival

> purposes. Can I send this digital back to a MiniDV player, bypassing

> the camera's own DV processing and direct record this digital feed?

> If not, is there another method for getting the PC Domain DV onto tape

> without a conversion process?

>

> Naturally I plan on burning DVD's once in the PC Domain, however I

> want to preserve this DV content and not rely on the Mpeg DVD as my

> long-term archive.

If you are converting the analogue video to D25 (Mini-DV and similar)

to pass on to the computer, that signal is passed back to camera/deck/etc.

for recording on Mini-DV tape unchanged - there is no processing in the

camera, and the quality of the DV is maintained (assuming no dropouts).

BTW, DV (D25, anyway...) is itself compressed 5:1 as it appears on tape

or FireWire connections - but it loses no quality (assuming no dropouts

or other transfer glitches...) with repeated copying/transfering...

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