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Today's Topics:

1. Re: DV Scene Detection (Peter Hemmings)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:14:01 +0100
From: Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] DV Scene Detection
Message-ID: <5252A589.3010500@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
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On 07/10/13 12:31, Katie Dumont wrote:
> Sony did digital8 cameras with firewire and usb (the usb may have just
> been for the record to memory stick option, which was a bit silly, I
> seem to remember getting a few seconds on a 128mb card)
>
> The digital8 was backwards compatible with the high8, my mum only
> recently got the digital8 tapes for hers.
>
> You might be able to get one of these cheap from eBay these days.

OK

>
> Else you use a video capture unit to take the video off?

I have one of them.


The problem is that the tapes are about 45 minutes long and it would
take quite a time sorting all the clips. If they can be recorded
separately it would be much easier.

> My mum has been recording the video from her tapes to the HDD recorder
> and then taking the files from that.

Yep that may be my best option as my recorder is set to 5 minute
chapters, which would be a bit faster than sorting it from the camera!

Maplins used to sell video capture
> devices.
>
> Katie
>

--
Peter H




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