On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:03:59 -0400, "L. David Matheny" wrote:
>"Neuman - Ruether" wrote in message
>news:3bb3b1aa.14242969@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:16:19 -0400, "L. David Matheny"
>> wrote:
>
>> >Maybe someday someone will put a DV decoder into a DVD
>> >player, and then we can just copy our precious DV footage
>> >onto disk with no recompressing problems. In the meantime,
>> >copying to disk as data files may be a good way to archive DV
>> >(as backup for the original tapes).

>> Why not just 1:1 copy DV tapes to DV tapes...?

>That would work, too. But archiving on a different medium would
>seem to be safer. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." It seems
>to me that Digital8 would make robust backups because it uses
>wider tracks. Or would other considerations make DV better?

Either should be fine - I keep two masters on tape of
everything important, figuring I could likely recover
the whole thing again, even if both copies were slightly
damaged, by putting both on the computer in synch, cutting
between them for the good parts, and outputting to two
tapes again. This is unlikely to be needed - one copy can
be kept in reserve, and copied if the other (used) copy is
damaged...