analog to digital

[shagrath]

I am trying to convert from analog to digital and i need to know what is better recording to digital tape and than input that into the computer or using passthrough to the computer from the analog, and also i have sony trv17 with 680.. px and soon i will buy sony dcr-vx2000 which has 3 ccd and a lot more pixels. I want to have the best possible quality, so i can edit that in the computer and than create svcd or in the future create dvd+r.Is there a diffrence in quality between cameras having more pixels when using the analog conversion, thanx for any advice.

[Tommy]

If your getting a 3ccd camera just to passthrough analog video then don't do it. It won't make a differnce when using the pass thought. On the surface it would seem that a ccd with more pixels or with 3ccd would make a vast improvement and it does depending on what you are doing. if your intent is to go out and make professional looking video and you have a lot of cash to burn get a 3ccd.

You have to look at the analog pass though realisticly. It cannot create data where no data exists. say you only have a dv camcorder with 500k pixels and a analog with 310k pixels, you can import the video with the dv camcorder but it won't make the video look any better or create a higher resolution video.

So I guess the answer to you question is no, it will not make a differnce. Of course if you have a analog video source that is higher than your dv camera then it would, but in general no analog source is going to be "better" than your dv camcorder. Hi-8 will come close but.....

I use a sony PC-9

[shagrath]

thanx tommy, that answers my passthrough question, but what about when im recording from anolog unto a digital tape using the digital camera and than i would transfer that into my computer , does that make a diffreance if you have acamera with more pixels, and i am using svideo cable, recording from my v8 tapes and some vhs, using vcr that has an svideo output.

[holistic]

Suggest transferring (recording) ALL - vhs, hi-8 source material to the DV camera . Then export the digital signal through a firewire card to the computer for your editing and burning preasure.

[jtor]

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On 2001-09-10 19:01:10, shagrath wrote:
...but what about when im recording from anolog unto a digital tape using the digital camera and than i would transfer that into my computer , does that make a diffreance if you have acamera with more pixels, and i am using svideo cable, recording from my v8 tapes and some vhs, using vcr that has an svideo output.

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No. To get full advantage of a 3CCD camcorder, recording should be made THROUGH THE LENS, and not through the analog line inputs.

[Tommy]

The same reasoning that apply to the pass though also apply when tranferring from a analog source to dv tape. So no it doesn't make a differnce.

Yes a SVHS cable would make a whole lot of difference for the HI-8 and the super vhs, But I'm not sure if it would make a difference for material recorded on a regular vhs and then played on the super vhs to transfer to dv. I don't see how it would hurt so I would use the svhs cable.