On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:31:49 +0100 "Terje J. Hanssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I plan to "refresh" or backup my Analog S-video footages after DV > conversion to hard disk and from there record back to camcorder DV > tapes. Especially as I have footages on several 90 minutes Hi8 tapes, > I wonder if I can use 60 minutes Premium DV tapes and record in LP > mode to fit the same content? I expect it is no idea to go up to a > higher quality DV tape in LP mode in comparison with the price for > dual Premium DV tapes in SP mode. Hi! I was faced with a similar problem - preserving ~100hrs of my mother's Hi8 material and dilemma how to preserve it properly. After some consideration, I gave up idea on using DV tapes since the DV camcorders are going to disappear soon and you still lose quality when storing/restoring to/from DV tapes. I ended up buying a LTO-2 tape drive (yes, they're expensive, but the old material is precious one), but may I suggest you to take a look at eg. HP StorageWorks DAT 160 USB Tape Drive (http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/dat160usb/index.html) enabling you to store 80GB uncompressed (~6hrs) on one DAT cartridge. Drives come in both internal & external versions and you can are sure you can restore the tapes in the future as well, besides having to fiddle with lesser number of cartridges. Sincerely, Gour _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
