Backup of a DV tape on CD?

[dido]

Hello guys,
this is my first post, really newbie, so I hope in the correct area.
I both a Digital camera and a DV capture card with Ulead Studio software.
In addition to try creating my VCDs (as soon as I have time...) I would like to know if there is an easy way to save the content of the DV tape on a CD so that I can have a backup copy without any quality loss of the tape, and eventually reuse the tape.
In such a case, can I use the backup CD as source for creating my VCDs?
Thanks a lot for any hint. Regards,
Dido

[Bodman]

You will loose quality if your intended format is VCD....do you have a dvd writer if so youll get a lot better quality converting to that...if not are you intending to play these disks on a stand alone DVD player.....if so you'll have to go to vcd or SVCD....some players now play DIVX...but not many. Any ways breifly this is how I transfer from dv.

Capture DV raw footage from camcorder using Premier.
edit to final resulting video in Premier and export as RAW AVI
extract audio stream from AVI to WAV using virtual dub
next convert WAV to MPEG (MP2 48Khz if using DVD) using Besweet
Encode AVI to Mpeg using CCE encoder (or TMpeg).
multiplex audio and video either using tmpeg or a DVD authouring package...if your going to DVD.

This is a Breif overview of how I do it....if you need more help/Steps drop me a line and ill try to help you out....

//Bodman

[dido]

Hello.
Thanks , Bodman for your reply, anyway my goal is also to create a raw copy of the DV tape on a CD, i.e. an image of the DV tape to be stored on a CD, which in my mind should be different than a video capture. I would like to know if anyone did it , if it is possible and which possibilities I have afterwords to use the content of the CD to create VCDs.
Thanks a alot, regards,
Dido

[kitty]

Raw video in DV format is something like 4GB for 18 minutes - way to large to archive onto CD-R or probably even DVD-R. BlueRay or whatever the next technology is will probably be the ticket (years off).

If you want to archive exactly keep the tapes. Buy bulk to save a dollar or three.

The best quality backup with some loss would be DVD as the resolution is close. But the colorspace and bitrate losses will not make it a 100% copy fer sure.

You can make VCD or SVCD but it will definitely be a loss of information. If you just want to distribute smaller clips to relatives/friends this is a good medium if they have a DVD or VCD player (and the player plays this format - all don't - see the DVD players section).

[Bodman]

Yup as Kitty says...raw DV is huge...I capture and convert to dvd......with nice menus and background music makes the final product very nice.....as DVD recorders are now under £200 (UKP) they make a viable and not too expensive option

//Bodman

[energy80s]

DVD recorders are now under £200 (UKP) they make a viable and not too expensive option

//Bodman

Where is this??

I have never seen them for less than £400.

[Bodman]

go to www.falconcomputers.co.uk they are shut until the 6th of January...or try SG Computers 0191 3858006

//Bodman

[Mohadiib]

Hi!
Newbie here... Just got into the game and thought maybe someone here can help me. I transfered DV footage from the Sony DCR-PC101 Via firewire thru Hollywood Bridge and rip it as a dv file onto the harddrive using Pinnacle Studio 7. After ripping in DV, I converted it to Mpeg and svcd formats (2 Seperate times)> I then used Ulead's Movie Factory 1.0 to author my DVD. It works about 90% good. When I watch it on my stand alone Pioneer DVD player it works great but toward the 50 minute mark the movie pixelates and stops. I am using a Pioneer A05 DVD Burner and a TDK Rewriteable burning at 1x. The dv footage appears to be fine when played back in Pinnacle Studio. Is it a bad burn, bad media, bad dvd player, bad everything???

A friend transfered some of my laserdiscs to dvd using a standalone panasonic burner and it does the same thing. It seems as if the more you burn onto a dvd the likely you'll get pixelation. He burned 2 movies in 2 hr mode on 1 dvd and a few 1 movie in 1 hr mode on a single dvd but it didn't matter my Star Wars was all messed up towards the middle of the movie.

Any advice and or help would be greatly appreciated as I have transferred 2 of 17 DV tapes to my computer each about 1 hr 30 minutes worth and all it took was uhhhh 72 hours (transferring and Converting) and I have yet to enjoy the fruitation of my labor.

Thanks

[kitty]

Mohadiib - check the disc(s) in another player - yours may have a problem with long discs instead of the discs being bad.