On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:44:51 -0700, "Ambir Jicera" wrote:

>It's obvious that I could used this machine to record analog
>video to tape and then play it back through the i.link to
>my computer. This gives me a DV compressed output
>for my analog video source - wow !
>
>But it's not explained in the manual whether I can skip the
>process to record on tape. That is, does the DV compressed
>output occur on the i.link simply by inputting an analog video
>signal or do I have to record it first ?

It needs to be recorded on tape first (though a camera
signal will go "live" into the computer, so you can shoot
"footage" straight into the computer without tape using the
DV camcorder and FireWire cable and card).