Output to DV Camera

[ILUVAWNINGS]

I have a completed Videowave project that is 1 hour, 32 minutes long. I want to output it to my Sony Digital 8 Camera.

 

Past experience has shown me (unless I'm missing something) that every time you output to DV Camera, you are prompted to create a DV AVI file of the project, even if one already exists! I haven't discovered another way to do this. My DV AVI file for this project is 18 GB.

 

A Digital 8 tape is only 1 hour long, so I wasn't sure what was going to happen when I got to the one hour point and had to switch tapes. Well, when I did, I clicked Stop Capture, thinking I could just restart it and continue the output where I left off. Uh-uh. When I restarted, it started creating another DV AVI 18 GB file! And I'm running out of hard drive space.

 

How can I work around this problem? There must be some way. I need to get my 1 hour, 32 minute production on to 2 Digital 8 tapes. And, if there's a way, I'd like to know how to do this DV Camera output without having to create a new DV AVI file every time.

[ILUVAWNINGS]

Thanks for the prompt suggestions. I appreciate it. I'm in a time crunch, so my plan is to split my production into two parts, as much as I hate wasting time doing this.

 

I wouldn't want to use the LP mode, even if my camera has it, because my goal is to keep the highest quality video possible in a format that does not live permanently on my hard drive or on consumer blank DVDs. Okay, I know it won't live permantnly on a Digi-8 tape, either, but as long as it does live there, I want it to be in SP, not LP. Thanks for the suggestion, though. It does make sense.

 

As to suggestion number 3 -- not clicking Stop Capture, I just don't have the patience to wait three hours for rendering again, and then make sure I'm in front of the computer at the exact moment the tape stops to make the switch.

[ggrussell]

I wouldn't want to use the LP mode, even if my camera has it, because my goal is to keep the highest quality video possible in a format that does not live permanently on my hard drive or on consumer blank DVDs. Okay, I know it won't live permantnly on a Digi-8 tape, either, but as long as it does live there, I want it to be in SP, not LP. Thanks for the suggestion, though. It does make sense.

There is no difference other than speed. Since the bits are digtial, there is no degradation in the quality of the video. Totally different than recording analog to tape. As long as you plan on playing the tape back on the same camcorder, there is no issue. The LP mode is non-standard between makers so a tape recorded on Sony may not play back on a camcorder. This also applies to miniDV tape camcorders.

 

A bit is a bit - tape speed makes no difference in the digital world.

[grandpabruce]

I have a completed Videowave project that is 1 hour, 32 minutes long. I want to output it to my Sony Digital 8 Camera.

 

Past experience has shown me (unless I'm missing something) that every time you output to DV Camera, you are prompted to create a DV AVI file of the project, even if one already exists! I haven't discovered another way to do this. My DV AVI file for this project is 18 GB.

 

A Digital 8 tape is only 1 hour long, so I wasn't sure what was going to happen when I got to the one hour point and had to switch tapes. Well, when I did, I clicked Stop Capture, thinking I could just restart it and continue the output where I left off. Uh-uh. When I restarted, it started creating another DV AVI 18 GB file! And I'm running out of hard drive space.

 

How can I work around this problem? There must be some way. I need to get my 1 hour, 32 minute production on to 2 Digital 8 tapes. And, if there's a way, I'd like to know how to do this DV Camera output without having to create a new DV AVI file every time.

 

You need to split your VideoWave project into 2 projects, then output each one separtately, to your miniDV tapes.

[ggrussell]

My Sony TRV740 Digital 8 has two speed modes: SP and LP. I think the LP mode records up to 90 min. May want to check your camcorder, too.

[james_hardin]

Never had any reason to do this, but I'll throw out a 3rd guess…

 

Why stop it? If the software is transferring to the camera, I suspect it will stop on its' own and wait for you to change tape.

 

Now you have 3 ways to try it. Tell us which one works!!!