I purchased a D8 camera to do the capturing. It is able to read video 8 tapes and send it via firewire. I've been archiving the tapes on disk as DV files.
I'll edit the files together one day and burn them onto DVD. Mark On 07/09/2006, at 9:38 PM, Andrea Giuliano wrote: > Hi, > > I hope this is not a trivial question, but since I have a lot of > Video8 > tapes to save before they cannot be played anymore, I would like to > save > them digitally the best way. > > I made some experiments with VCD and XviD, using a DC30+ card, but > there > are so many parameters to tune, so I would like to have at least a > rough > idea of what output format to choose (or even to avoid). > > I just guess that DVD is to avoid, since there is nothing to gain. > > Also, I guess VCD should not be bad at all, and it fits well with my > tapes (all are one hour long). > > Finally, I would avoid XviD because some people that asked me for a > copy > of a tape don't have a DivX player (nor Video8 camcorder). > > Any hint will be very appreciated. > > Best regards. > > PS > Yes, I have read several time the MJPEG-HOWTO and the man pages. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Mjpeg-users mailing list > Mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list Mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
