Can I make a copy of a Master DV tape using ULead??

FUVideos · Post by **FUVideos** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:06 pm

Trying to figure out how to use ULEAD, its very confusing. I have some content of mine on Sony DVCAM master tapes and I want to be able to make a copy of it onto a mini DV tape. First of all, is this possible using VideoStudio9 to make copies from my Sony DVCAM master to a mini DV tape? and secondly, how do I do this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Adrian

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:54 pm

Sure it can handle it. First you would have to 'capture' the content of your DVCAM tape via firewire into VS9/your computer, then with that content on your timeline you can either edit it, or simply click Share > DV Recording, and use that to export it back to an ordinary DV cassette in your camera.

But if you are not doing any editing, wouldn't it be just as easy to borrow a friend's DV camera and connect it to yours via a firewire cable (4 pin to 4 pin) and simply transfer the DVCAM content on one camera to a blank normal DV cassette in the other?

Either way, though, you shouldn't lose any quality (except that inherent in moving from what is claimed to be a virtually error-free medium to a normal DV tape), since it would all remain in DV format which is high quality and not lossy.

gordon_fan_24 · Post by **gordon_fan_24** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:35 am

going from DVCAM to miniDV direct through firewire to another camera through my experience will not work, although the reverse is possible (MiniDv to DVCAM) I tried this once and the audio was horribly distorted, and garbled. this is the difference from DVCAM to miniDV, thte audio is recorded differently, this is also why a 60 minute miniDV tape will only record 40 minutes of DVCAM material, the audio takes up alot more than a regular mini DV tape. (lost yet?) You will need to go through a NLE to transfer from DVCAM to miniDV.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:40 am

My first question would be - do you actually have something which plays the DVCam tapes - what is the output from that device - if it is firewire then why can you not just connect the player to your PC and capture it and edit it and then export it to a blank tape in a digital camcorder just as you would with any other video from a digital camcorder. If the DVCam tape player does not have firewire output then put whatever output it has through a converter and capture it - or simply capture as analogue - either way what you want to do is pretty standard stuff and is all covered by the manual.

Also once you have it within Ulead VideoStudio you can burn as many DVDs as you want - again pretty standard stuff.

joosuna · Post by **joosuna** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:35 pm

I am not familiar with the DVCam...but you may want to capture the video thru to your TV capture card...I use the TV card to capture my video tapes from my VCR when i have VHS tapes to edit into a project...