At 6:02 PM -0700 01/27/2004, Richard Starr wrote: >--- You wrote: >If I get a Datavideo DAC-100 Analog to DV Converter and a 1394 Firewire card >this >should let me take the video into my computer ... right? Then I can edit >it and >send it back to the VCR for movies? > >Dan >--- end of quote --- >Sounds good to me! > >Rich
Apparently the analog-to-DV converter or "bridge" that you're talking about is this one for $190 US: http://www.globalmediapro.com/video/products/Datavideo_DAC100_Analog_to_DV_BiDir ectional_Converter--927.html but how about this one for $165? http://www.globalmediapro.com/video/products/Datavideo_DAC100_Analog_to_DV_BiDir ectional_Converter--927.html I have heard good things about the latter. I'd like to get into this video editing myself (my Mac is a G4 733/OS 9.2.2), but like you I'd need one of these converters (since my Canon hi-8 camcorder and all its tapes are analog), and I've been trying to compare their features and prices. Speaking of taking in videotapes from a VCR and editing them in the Mac, and then exporting them back to tape (or burning onto DVD), here's something I was wondering about: Would it be possible to import entire commercial movies, edit out the non-G-rated parts that you don't want your kids to see, and put them back on tape or DVD as G-rated? I was wondering because I have an 11-year old daughter who saw the big Titanic exhibit with us in Chicago, and this was the first she had really heard about the Titanic disaster and didn't know much about it, although it really got her interest up. So, I thought it would be neat to show her the blockbuster Titanic movie that was made a few years ago and was so popular, to give her a sense of the drama of that gigantic luxury ship sinking in the middle of the night with so many people aboard. BUT, there are those sex scenes in the movie that I would NOT want her to see, such as when the lovers ran down into the basement of the ship (that's a nautical term) and started doing X-rated things in the backseat of a car, etc. What if I could buy tape from Amazon.com and then feed it into the Mac, edit out such raunchy stuff, and export it back to tape again or make a DVD? Then she and other kids could watch it without harm. Is that sort of thing possible nowadays? Best wishes, Tom -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
