8mm --> MiniDV (pass-through) Does scene detection work?

[sofakng]

I'm capturing a ton of old 8mm/Hi8 tapes by using MiniDV pass-through (my 8mm camcorder is connected to my MiniDV camcorder and then connected to my PC using fire-wire). I'm using a true-passthrough (eg. I'm NOT recording to a MiniDV tape first and then transferring).

The program I'm using to capture with is Sony Vegas Video 6.0d and it seems to automatically detect scenes and then split them into individual files.

I'm just wondering if this is safe because what I'm doing is setting Vegas to record the tape and then I leave my house for several hours (4+) but Vegas seems to be smart enough to only record "valid" video segments (eg. it won't record the blank playback that happens after it reaches the end of the tape).

[guns1inger]

If it works, it works. It may not be as exact as working with mini-DV itself, but it is easy to test for yourself anyway.

Scenalyser is another option which might have better scene detection for analogue pass through