Can I use my old JVC DVCam to transfer DVX video?

[Neil Goodwin]

Hi guys...newbie to the board, thanks for all of your help in my other topic of "why does my rendered footage looks like crap?"

Here's a simple question:

1) Should I use my DVX100 to playback my footage and capture it via firewire in my computer (knowing this puts hours on the heads, etc.)

or


2) Should I use an old cheap JVC DVL505U Mini-DV Camera (cost about $600) to put my nice Panasonic DVM63MQ tapes in and transfer the tapes via firewire to my computer that way

I guess I don't want to "ruin" or dirty the nice MQ tapes by putting them in my JVC camera, but perhaps I'm just paranoid.

So use the DVX100 or an old JVC Mini-DV cam for the transfer?

Thoughts? Pros/Cons to either?

Thanks!

[Stephen van Vuuren]

Run a head cleaning tape through the JVC then record and capture a full hour of anythying on the JVC using the MQ tape to be sure tape mechanism is in good working order and you should be fine.

[Gints Klimanis]

Stephen offered good advice.

If you're like some moral support, I've been doing my vx2000 footage Firewire transfers and playback with my old JVC miniDV
camcorder. I only use my vx2000 for recording.