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I have 21 Hi8 analog tapes (SONY Hi8 cam), 5 D8 (SONY D8 cam) tapes and 15
VHS tapes that are not backed up in anyway. I cannot attribute a value in
dollars to express how important they are - so they need to backed up
immediately.
There are a lot of options that I have explored but I am down to these
three:
1) Connect my Sony DCR-TRV460 and begin the process of capturing video via
firewire to my PC and systematically burning it to DVD+R discs. WHY ITS
GOOD - because I have a digital capture that is not compressed anymore than
the (D25? 5:1) that is transferred to the computer. WHY IT IS BAD - At
approx 12-13GB per hour of video this means that I will have to consume
three DVD+R's for each hour of video. That is costly!
1A) Can a good argument be made to use NERO and compress this captured video
to DVD in MPEG2 or MPEG4? Which one? What compression variables should be
used or avoided for video recorded on one chip consumer cameras?
2) Connect my Sony DCR-TRV460 via S-video to my JVC S-VHS recorder. Plug in
the tapes and start making back ups. WHY ITS GOOD - Easy, fast and
economical (plus I can create a log of the content). WHY ITS BAD - I will
continue to have some tapes nearing eleven years old continue to decay until
I can get them stored digitally.
3) Connect my Sony DCR-TRV460 via firewire to my relatives Canon D8
camcorder. Begin transferring data and recording them to another set of
8mm/hi8/d8 tapes.
I would appreciate your experiences, recommendations or lessons learned. I
have done a lot of 35mm film archiving/ scanning and the value of these
discussion groups helped tremendously in that regard. Thank you.
I have 21 Hi8 analog tapes (SONY Hi8 cam), 5 D8 (SONY D8 cam) tapes and 15
VHS tapes that are not backed up in anyway. I cannot attribute a value in
dollars to express how important they are - so they need to backed up
immediately.
There are a lot of options that I have explored but I am down to these
three:
1) Connect my Sony DCR-TRV460 and begin the process of capturing video via
firewire to my PC and systematically burning it to DVD+R discs. WHY ITS
GOOD - because I have a digital capture that is not compressed anymore than
the (D25? 5:1) that is transferred to the computer. WHY IT IS BAD - At
approx 12-13GB per hour of video this means that I will have to consume
three DVD+R's for each hour of video. That is costly!
1A) Can a good argument be made to use NERO and compress this captured video
to DVD in MPEG2 or MPEG4? Which one? What compression variables should be
used or avoided for video recorded on one chip consumer cameras?
2) Connect my Sony DCR-TRV460 via S-video to my JVC S-VHS recorder. Plug in
the tapes and start making back ups. WHY ITS GOOD - Easy, fast and
economical (plus I can create a log of the content). WHY ITS BAD - I will
continue to have some tapes nearing eleven years old continue to decay until
I can get them stored digitally.
3) Connect my Sony DCR-TRV460 via firewire to my relatives Canon D8
camcorder. Begin transferring data and recording them to another set of
8mm/hi8/d8 tapes.
I would appreciate your experiences, recommendations or lessons learned. I
have done a lot of 35mm film archiving/ scanning and the value of these
discussion groups helped tremendously in that regard. Thank you.