transfer back to tape

[Guest]

I've started the transfer back to tape and appears I followed all the directions in MM2, but the counter on my camera's not moving. I made sure it was in play/vcr mode not camera mode. MM2 says recording back to camera. Does it save all the file to my hard drive first and then put it on tape or what?

 

[Cari MS-MVP]

It should just 'send' it straight back to the camcorder.

If you're in Europe, most camcorders are not DV-in enabled. You'd have to
check with the manufacturer.

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[PapaJohn]

MM2 first renders the project to a temporary DV-AVI file and then copies the
file to the camcorder. The rendering usually takes longer than real time,
and the transfer to tape has to be in real time.

If you have problems, it might pay to save the DV-AVI file to your hard
drive first, and then use the WinDV utility (link on the Camcorders...
Introduction page) to copy it to the camcorder.
--
PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

I've started the transfer back to tape and appears I followed all the

directions in MM2, but the counter on my camera's not moving. I made sure
it was in play/vcr mode not camera mode. MM2 says recording back to camera.
Does it save all the file to my hard drive first and then put it on tape or
what?

 

[Aloke Prasad]

So, if I save the original edited version on my PC as a DV-AVI file (to burn
DVD's or whatever), then use MM2 to copy it to a DV tape (for archival), MM2
will end up rendering it again?

Won't that reduce the quality just a bit?

WinDV seems to be a better way of copying the DV-AVI back to tape.

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

You shouldn't lose anything if you use MM2 to do it, but I agree that WinDV
is the better when you already have a DV-AVI file.

PapaJohn

So, if I save the original edited version on my PC as a DV-AVI file (to burn
DVD's or whatever), then use MM2 to copy it to a DV tape (for archival), MM2
will end up rendering it again?

Won't that reduce the quality just a bit?

WinDV seems to be a better way of copying the DV-AVI back to tape.