On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 07:36 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: > Can you do a whole 2 hour vhs tape this way? Or are you limited by the > camera's storage? Does the resolution capability of the camera > determine > the quality of the data going to iMovie/DVD? I really am a greenie at > this > so any advice would be appreciated.
I've never done a whole two-hour tape this way, but, if there's enough disk space available, it could probably be done. (What's the limit on iMovie input here? There's surely some HFS file size problem you'll eventually hit. Jerry?) Nothing need ever be stored on the camera, so the storage of the camera does not affect anything. You can store it on the camera, if you want, and I often do it this way so I don't have to lug the VCR down to the computer. The resolution seems to be as good as the VHS it started with. Remember that VHS resolution is pretty bad compared to digital video, so the results aren't nearly as good as the footage shot with the digital camera. You don't really realize how bad VHS is until you start editing it in a program like iMovie where you can mix real digital stuff with the VHS stuff. -- Lee Larson, Mathematics Department, University of Louisville Phone: 502-852-6826 FAX: 502-852-7132 The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
