Hi All-- Since it seems that y'all are always looking for cheap video archival, I thought I would announce that Andy Kromkamp has released version 1.0 of DVTools for Windows. Basically, this wraps a file (much like Wrapster) into a suitable format to be stored on a DV camcorder. The reason why this is so interesting is that archival costs are astoundingly low, about a factor of 10 less than current hard-drive solutions. On a $3-$4 LP tape, I have been told that you can fit about *20 GB* of data, enough for a full-length HD 1080i movie and I'm guessing many hours of DVB material. Further, these camcorders are reasonably priced, some under $500. Right now, the three tools are command-line Windows, so I bet that they would work fine in a suitable emulator. Andy has released v 1.0 as freeware, and has expressed his hope of cleaning up the code and making it open source. I don't know what the other caveats and details are for Linux (especially moving the .avi file to and from the camcorder), but I'm sure that Andy would want to hear user reports and has said he would recompile under Linux, if there is sufficient interest. The tools can be downloaded from: http://members.home.net/andy.kromkanp/DVtools.zip The related AVS Forum discussion thread is: http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/010654.html Regards-- Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
