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why should i buy anything other than mini dv
Posted: 11 Oct 2008 06:32 AM |
my panosonic nv-gs30 mini dv is away for repairs, it is old but the picture quality is
imo first class.
however i am thinking of buying a new one.
i started by looking at hard drive / sd models
i selected the short list and downloaded the user manuals
and i noticed that all these hi tech super duper recorders
had this to say.
● Mosaic-like interference may be generated on playback screens in the
following circumstances:
• Complicated pictures in background
• The unit is moved greatly or quickly
• Recording is of a rapidly moving object (particularly if recording mode is set
my 5 year old cam does not do this.
does this show on the finnished clip
is this problem due to the recording format or low recording bit rate ?
seems to me camera technology has taken a backward step.
also i read on this forum (very helpful forum it is)
that h/drive / sd is a pain in the backside to edit.
so, why should i buy anything other than mini dv.
be gentle with me, i'm new here. |
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Re: why should i buy anything other than mini dv
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 11:08 PM |
i just went through this move to hd myself.
yes it's a pain to edit, but so was minidv back in the day... i remember when computers couldn't play dv files back from the hard drive, you had to download a special software player to decode the video file... nothing new under the sun.
i can't remember if your panny is widescreen capable? that's where the future is.
once you use one of these hd camcorders, you'll be sold on the video quality... i made the step up to a cheap canon hf11, from a canon xl1s that cost me $3600 four years ago, i'm impressed with the hf11. |
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mamun01
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Re: why should i buy anything other than mini dv
Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:44 AM |
Hello. I have a problem with audio playback on a few avi files captured from some of my mini dv tapes. I had a Sony TRV22 camcorder that broke. I bought a Canon ZR950 to replace it. I had recorded and captured several tapes using the Sony before it broke and the avi files play fine. However, I had a few tapes left that I recorded on the Sony that did not get captured to my PC before the Sony camcorder broke. The problem I have is that the audio is very choppy on the avi files captured from tapes recorded on the Sony and subsequently captured using the Canon (skips/blanks out every couple seconds or so). The strange thing is that the audio from the Sony recorded tapes plays fine when listed to through the Canon camcorder - it's only choppy when played through the PC during and after capture (or even when playing through Roxio EMC 10 Suite without any capture at all). Audio on the avi files from tapes recorded on the Canon and captured on the Canon are fine.
I contacted Canon and they were not much help. They claim the camera is fine and it's a tape issue. I don't disagree the camera is fine. I'm not so sure I agree the tapes are bad, especially since I successfully captured so many of them before the Sony broke, plus they play fine through the Canon camera. Roxio has me going down a PC driver/hardware path, but given that I've captured tapes ok before and still can so long as I record and capture them on the Canon, I don't think that's it. Do any of you have any thoughts as to what might be causing this - is there such a thing as mini dv tape camcorder compatibility issues that would cause a previously recorded mini dv tape to play ok in another camera but not capture properly to a PC? I'm going to try to find a Sony camcorder to borrow and try capturing the sony recorded tapes using another sony camcorder to see if that helps. I only have 4 of them and once I get them captured I won't have to worry about it any more.
One other strange thing. The stuttering/choppy audio happens when I play the captured avi files through the Roxio EMC 10 Suite software or Windows Vista Media Player, but it's fine when I play it through the free version of Quicktime??? I have also tried capturing using Video Import in Vista and still end up with the same problem.
Thank you for any help and assistance you might be able to provide! |
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Re: why should i buy anything other than mini dv
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:44 AM |
This probably should have been in its own thread. (In the future click the 'New Thread' button in the upper left.)
Anyway, I have heard of incompatiblities between different camcorders, even those all slated to handle mini-DV. From what I have gathered, there can be slight differences in how a camcorder records and plays back the DV-AVI. If a camcorder is slightly "misaligned" in how it writes the video data to the tape, it may still be able to read it in that misaligned camcorder, but not in another.
Another thing might be the difference between 12-bit and 16-bit audio. I've seen cases where 12-bit audio plays fine on different camcorders, but 16-bit does not. |
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