DV Editing Without Re-Encoding

[Dubinvero]

I recently had my Super 8 film home movies professionally transferred to mini-DV. I would like to edit these mini-DV's and output back to tape to create an edited mini-DV master. What software package will best handle this task with either no or minimal re-encoding.

Derek

[thecoalman]

Media Studio Pro is one. All the high end editors will have the print to tape option, or should. Not aware of a cheaper app that does that.

[Dubinvero]

Does Vegas Movie Studio re-encode when it prints an edited DV file to tape?

Derek

[guns1inger]

It will only reencode new footage. Straight cuts do not constitute new footage. Cross fades, adding a text overlay, changing colour, saturation, brightness etc will all cause a reencode OF THE AFFECTED FOOTAGE only. This goes for any DV editor worth it's salt - Premiere Pro, Media Studio Pro, Vegas and Vegas Movie Studio.

If it is only simple cuts, Windows Movie Maker might even be enough - it's free too.

[holistic]

Virtual Dub , Direct Stream Copy
Simple , effective , free
http://www.virtualdub.org/docs_processing

EDIT : Missed the "print to tape" on the question as i only 'cut' DV back to harddrive storage. No print to tape with Virtual-D.
Perhaps a trial of the above mentioned (app's) may work for the transfer back.

[Dmitry Vergeles]

Use SolveigMM AVI trimmer. It is especially efficient for DV type1 and type2. It's free, has very simple GUI, very fast, since doesn't use any decoding/encoding techniques.

http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&p=AVITrimmer

[tmh]

It's not an editer, but WinDV can write to your mini DV tape. So you'd have to edit with another program, save as a DV-AVI then use WinDV to send to your tape. I sometimes use this method to make sure my editing software isn't reducing the quality of the un-edited footage. There could well be another free/inexpensive program to do both editing and send to tape, but I don't do it often so i haven't looked at other methods.

[Rondo]

I believe that Ulead Videostudio 8 will also do what you require, again only re-encoding if you create effects or transitions or the like.

Regards

[Dubinvero]

Thank you all for your input.

Derek

[edDV]

Keep in mund that if you apply filter to the whole clip (e.g. levels or color correction) then the entire clip will reencode.