On 2 Nov 1998 23:25:23 -0500, skye@lightlink.com wrote:

>Does anyone know what is required to dub from a Hi8 camera to a Canon ZR
>MiniDV Digital Camcorder?
>
>Obviously the DV camera is not equipped with RCA or even S-Video inputs,
>so what I want to know is what kind of interface is needed to transfer Hi8
>analog video to a DV camera via the IEEE 1394 Digital Video Input
>terminal?
>
>Presumably a computer w/ video card would be required as a "go-between".
>Or is there a simpler solution?
>
>I do not need to store video on a hard drive; I merely want to make a dub
>from a Hi8 to a Mini-DV camcorder.

No cheap solution yet (Sony TRV-9 and 900 camcorders, and
DV VCR's have the analogue input, as do some expensive A-D
computer capture cards), but I've heard Sony is about to
introduce a relatively inexpensive A-D/D-A video converter...

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