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Sony-TR2000(PAL) recordings to DVD
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I currently have a Sony-TR2000 (Hi8) camcorder and some hours of Hi8 recordings in PAL format. I suppose that Hi8 is about to die :-) and I wish to get these recording on DVD (all raw-materials also). I lost track of the camcorder/editing development sometime in 2000 and I dont know the technology very well. My spec is as follows: 1. I wish to convert my Hi8 from the TR2000 camera to DVD format with a quality "that is worthy the camera quality". [TR2000 was (and is) a fairly good quality camera and it feels silly to have bought this high priced camera to get good recordings just to give it away 7yrs later on a ****ty videocard :-) ] The recording are mostly outdoors, light-rich recordings. 2. Once I have the recordings on DVD format I wish to be able to to editing. My functional requirements a to be able to add title to a video, possibly subtitles. To to do editing in general and also insert editing - insert recorded movie in the middle of an exisiting recording and still keep the (stereo)audio (it used to be tricky in the analog world). All this with a quality "that is worthy the camera quality" :-) My question is; what kind of a minimus configuration am I talking about to achieve this? (Regarding PC and videocard) Which spec-figures are of interest? Frank |
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"Frank" wrote in message...
I currently have a Sony-TR2000 (Hi8) camcorder and some hours of Hi8 recordings in PAL format. My question is; what kind of a minimus configuration am I talking about to achieve this? (Regarding PC and videocard) Which spec-figures are of interest? Gee, this is one of those times when you can crack the same nut any number of different ways., and I guess it ultimately depends how much you want to spend, and what sort of capability (in terms of capture, storage and editing) you want. If all you want to do is capture the video from your camcorder, turn it straight into MPEG2 and burn to recordable DVD, all you need is a cheap capture device (there are plenty of USB based software and hardware capture gadgets around nowadays that will accept an S-Video signal), a DVD recorder and some easy DVD making software (Nero Vision Express etc.), which will give you the ability to do some very basic cutting before burning to disc. If you want more editing capability, the best option is to capture in DV format, but to do so you'll need a fair bit of hard disk space (DV weighs in at around 12MB/min), some good editing/DVD production software (Pinnacle Studio 9 is cheap, powerful and easy to use), a DV capture device, and a DVD recorder. There are again options with the DV capture. You could go for a standalone DV bridge like the ADS Pyro Link (which would need Firewire on the target computer), or a PCI card like the PMS SweetSpot, which is about the most versatile, best quality capture card available at any price. The SweetSpot has the added advantage that you can capture in DV or MPEG2 format, and it can also accept Component (Y/Pr/PB) or RGBS/RGsB video in addition to S-Video and Composite, enabling you to connect set-top digital TV boxes and so-on as capture sources. Another option if you want to capture in DV would be to buy a cheap Digital8 camcorder. Many of these will transcode regular Video 8 and Hi 8 tapes into DV, but this would likely work out more expensive than using a Pyro or SweetSpot. If you do want to edit, a powerful CPU will help speed up rendering of effects and final video, but to a large extent, the qualities of the video card are secondary. If you have a Matrox card of course, you can use the multi-display features to get things like real time previews on a connected TV, depending on which software you use. HTH! -- Richard Hopkins Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (replace .nospam with .com in reply address) The UK's leading technology reseller www.dabs.com Get the most out of your digital photos www.dabsxpose.com |
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Hi!
Thank you for feedback! Frank |
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