John Miller
February 2nd, 2008, 05:05 PM
If you have legacy DV equipment lying around - such as a DSR-11 - and you are now solely HDV, there is still something you can do with it.
I've just finished messing around with an HDV tape in my DSR-11 and found something interesting.
Obviously, you can't get the HDV signal from it but you can use it as a rather glorified winder to save wear-and-tear on the camcorder. But - and this is the bonus - it displays the timecode. Only when in winding mode, though. So you can use the deck to wind an HDV tape to the approximate location you need.
What's more - DV applications (on a Windows machine at least) also get the timecode via FireWire - again only in wind mode. e.g., one of our programs designed for DV sees and displays the timecode *and* the deck controls work, too. i.e., you can control the DV deck containing an HDV tape from the PC.
I've just finished messing around with an HDV tape in my DSR-11 and found something interesting.
Obviously, you can't get the HDV signal from it but you can use it as a rather glorified winder to save wear-and-tear on the camcorder. But - and this is the bonus - it displays the timecode. Only when in winding mode, though. So you can use the deck to wind an HDV tape to the approximate location you need.
What's more - DV applications (on a Windows machine at least) also get the timecode via FireWire - again only in wind mode. e.g., one of our programs designed for DV sees and displays the timecode *and* the deck controls work, too. i.e., you can control the DV deck containing an HDV tape from the PC.