Analog conversion using Canopus

[Bill Mecca]

Got a similar question.

I have copied form hi-8 to mini dv and captured and have both the crawl at the bottom and a black border on the left side of the frame. I get the same results when going thru an Ads Pyro AVlink.

I havent tried another hi-8 camcorder as the feed deck yet(it's in the hands of a friend at the moment) but the tape is being played back on the VX3 that taped it.

is this standard for analog to DV conversion or is something else amiss?

[John Miller]

Originally Posted by Bill Mecca

is this standard for analog to DV conversion or is something else amiss?

It's standard.

[Bill Mecca]

Thanks John,

At work I have a Laird Dvora that I used with SVHS before we went digital, and I remember the crawl on the bottom of the screen, but not the black bar on the left.

Unfortunately since our pro SVHS deck died and was replaced with a consumer model I cannot get the Dvora to recognize it, so I just dump to mini DV first, added benefit is it gives me TC.

My personal system is also Avid, but still using my VX3.

[Are Knudsen]

Hello again:

Just want to thank all who suggested I use a Sony Digital8 camcorder to convert my old Video8 tapes -- using a borrowed Digital8 camcorder attached via Firewire/i-link to my HC1 the process was smooth with excellent results - no flicker - no nothing really except a perfect digital version of the original Video8 recording! With canopus conversion you could not achieve this plus I now have new DV tapes as digital backup and can import to PC the material I will want to use. Now a new problem though -- import in AVI format downgrades the original yes?? Can "native DV" editing be done -- and what format is "native" for a DV anyway??

Best,

- Are

[Alessandro Machi]

It sounds like you made a digital copy from the original HI-8 material. So now just treat what you do as if it's a digital original. How do you normally proceed when you work with mini-dv camera tapes?