vhs to minidv via the pdx10? at DVinfo.net

Michael Gibbons · August 10th, 2005, 01:09 PM

I'm away from my gear right now, otherwise I would just experiment. unfourtunately, though I need to answer a question for a "client". I need to move some vhs stuff into my nle. Can I link the PDX10 to a vcr with the RCA cables and record (MINidv) onto the pdx10?

TIA

Stephen Finton · August 10th, 2005, 01:49 PM

If the tape is not copyrighted material, yes.

If it is copyrighted, then "maybe". The PDX10 is professional enough to have DVCAM capabilities. Maybe it is professional enough for SONY to have excluded the necessary copyright protection circuitry. Many professional decks and cameras waive Macrovision because they feel you will be professional enough to call for permission to use copyrighted material.

Michael Gibbons · August 10th, 2005, 01:54 PM

No copyright issues, it is not quite home video, but close.

Chris Thiele · August 10th, 2005, 06:15 PM

Michael,
I copy tapes I did in the past in that manner. Works fine.

Sean McHenry · October 28th, 2005, 09:09 AM

Related...

This past few weeks I was laying some DVD footage into my Avid via DVD analog into my DSR-11 and out 1394 into the Avid. Captured everything just fine but on the final output back to tape, the output back to the DSR-11 would die while I wasn't watching it play out. It's 1 hr 45 minutes of old scary movie clips, etc set to Halloween music. Before anyone asks, all my own DVDs and music, for a family function only...

So I started the output to tape and was walking away as it was so long. It kept dying at the same point each time. So the next time I watched as it rolled over that spot. It seems the Avid will not let me lay back to tape things with certain copy protections. The clip that killed it you ask? Believe it or not, it was the "House of 1000 Corpses" trailer. NOT the clips from the actual DVD film mind you, just the trailer.

Very odd. Cut that from the tape version but it rendered out fine as a QT Ref file and went to DVD without further issues.

Sean

August 10th, 2005, 01:09 PM	#1
Michael Gibbons Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Loveland, Colorado, USA Posts: 292	vhs to minidv via the pdx10? I'm away from my gear right now, otherwise I would just experiment. unfourtunately, though I need to answer a question for a "client". I need to move some vhs stuff into my nle. Can I link the PDX10 to a vcr with the RCA cables and record (MINidv) onto the pdx10? TIA __________________ " When some wild-eyed, eight foot tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head against a bar room wall, and looks you crooked in the eye, and he asks you if you've payed your dues, well, you just stare that big suker right back in the eye, and you remember what old Jack Burton always says at a time like that, 'Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail."

August 10th, 2005, 01:54 PM	#3
Michael Gibbons Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Loveland, Colorado, USA Posts: 292	Thanks No copyright issues, it is not quite home video, but close. __________________ " When some wild-eyed, eight foot tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head against a bar room wall, and looks you crooked in the eye, and he asks you if you've payed your dues, well, you just stare that big suker right back in the eye, and you remember what old Jack Burton always says at a time like that, 'Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail."

October 28th, 2005, 09:09 AM	#5
Sean McHenry Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,193	Related... This past few weeks I was laying some DVD footage into my Avid via DVD analog into my DSR-11 and out 1394 into the Avid. Captured everything just fine but on the final output back to tape, the output back to the DSR-11 would die while I wasn't watching it play out. It's 1 hr 45 minutes of old scary movie clips, etc set to Halloween music. Before anyone asks, all my own DVDs and music, for a family function only... So I started the output to tape and was walking away as it was so long. It kept dying at the same point each time. So the next time I watched as it rolled over that spot. It seems the Avid will not let me lay back to tape things with certain copy protections. The clip that killed it you ask? Believe it or not, it was the "House of 1000 Corpses" trailer. NOT the clips from the actual DVD film mind you, just the trailer. Very odd. Cut that from the tape version but it rendered out fine as a QT Ref file and went to DVD without further issues. Sean __________________ ‘I don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m shooting on D.V.’ - my hero - David Lynch http://www.DeepBlueEdit.com

August 10th, 2005, 01:49 PM	#2
Stephen Finton Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 344	If the tape is not copyrighted material, yes. If it is copyrighted, then "maybe". The PDX10 is professional enough to have DVCAM capabilities. Maybe it is professional enough for SONY to have excluded the necessary copyright protection circuitry. Many professional decks and cameras waive Macrovision because they feel you will be professional enough to call for permission to use copyrighted material.

August 10th, 2005, 06:15 PM	#4
Chris Thiele Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Posts: 59	Michael, I copy tapes I did in the past in that manner. Works fine.