Oh Verdi, grand poobah of video, where were you Saturday night? ;-) I have been having on-going problems with my system, including it not reading the firewire drive. In a Wile E. Coyote ah-ha moment it comes to me to get a DVD recorder with an FW & Analog connection.
Three hours of research I bring my prize home. Two more hours to hook and unhook then re-hook it up and then I discover I need a 4/4 pin FW cable and I only have 4/6 pin. But I have analog connectors! I can connect it that way. I copy from the camcorder to the disk. It works. I'm feeling good until I bring it over to the computer and it's recorded as MPEG-2, I had the choice of MPEG-1 but the point is that it is in .VOB format. Like my patron saint (re: Coyote) I fall off the cliff of joy into temporary dispair. I will get the software because I am too damn dumb to quit at this point. But if you don't have to I'd bypass this step. Spending money like I have a teenager in the house, Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only thing I could add to this is to try to avoid getting it transfered > to DVD or using hardware that encodes it to mpeg1 or mpeg2. Using those > formats will mean you'll have to take an additional step of converting the > new video to DV so you can edit it. I'd stick with something that gave you > DV video. I have an old Sony Digital 8 camera with analog imputs. I used it > to "digitize" about 25 hours of VHS tape back when I bought it in '99. It > still comes in handy every once in a while. > -Verdi > > > On 1/24/06, Ms. Kitka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've used a Dazzle... it does the trick. I'm thinking of vlogging a > > few old personal videos at some point, I just need my own personal > > vlog seperate from Kitkast... > > > > Good luck, > > Kitka > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Riaz A Hakeem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > What is the best way to convert some old but 'great' video from > > Analog to > > > Digital format? Is there software that does that? There is the standard > > > equipment that converts VHS tapes to DVD, not sure if that would do the > > > trick or not. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Riaz/Texas - > Me: http://michaelverdi.com > R&D: http://evilvlog.com > Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org > Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
