Idvd 5 lets you record straight to disk from mini dv via firewire, so
there's no messing around in editing applications.
If you want to palm him off completely though, there are a couple of options.
1. Get a dvd hard drive recorder. This lets you send mini dv to the
(standalone) hard drive recorder, which you can then burn to disc, or
you can burn straight to disc as you record.
I've got a Toshiba HDD &DVD RD-XS32 which works pretty well, although
it can get tetchy about brightness and think things are copyright
protected at times. There are new models coming on the market all the
time.
2. Go to someone like Procopy at Morley and ask them for a price to
do the lot. This is simpler but probably just as expensive as buying
the dvd recorder and means his future tapes would need to be paid for
as well.
3. Get a mac mini and teach him how to use iDVD. :)
4. Get a new camcorder.
Remember that dvds are not completely future proof. As someone (I
forget who) said recently - 'Digital media lasts forever. Or five
years. Whichever comes first.'
My son, who lives in a non-Mac, non video editing environment, has
some 40 mini DV tapes which he normally plays back to TV direct from
the camera. The camera shows signs of dying and he would like to
preserve the tapes on DVD discs.
can someone recommend a copying service and give an idea of the
cost. I am not prepared to spend three weeks day and night doing it
on my Mac via iMovie, etc!
Severin Crisp
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