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  1. I don't necessarily want to capture it...I want to copy it...bit by bit. I know there are tools out there to use it as a tape backup, and since everything is stored digitally, shouldn't I be able to simply "copy" the data from the tape to my HD , producing a file I could then convert to an .avi? I'm thinking this would negate the loss of quality inherent w/capturing.

    Does this sound reasonable, or am I totally off here?
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  2. If you capture it, it IS a copy. There is no changing of the data in a straight DV capture.
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  3. I'm comparing it to something along these lines: http://dvbackup.sourceforge.net/

    So capturing to a lossless format would produce the same results as copying it from the tape in digital form (bit by bit), then converting that to a lossless video format?
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    DV is a compressed format. So saving it uncompressed would only waste space.
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    Hi Airjrdn,

    Use something like WinDV or DVIO or VirtualDub to copy (transfer) from your DV cam to DV AVI.
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