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farss wrote on 8/8/2003, 9:30 PM
Just a thougt,
for a bit more money why not buy a D8 camera?

It'll do all that you want and hey it even takes video!

One downside though, unlike the ADVC100 it will only handle PAL OR NTSC.

For that reason I'll probably have to buy the ADVC100 myself, that and the fact that my camera is being used more and more for other things.
donp wrote on 8/8/2003, 10:04 PM
I used to have a Hi-8 camera but have moved up to a digital 8 (Sony DVR-350) I still use the Canopus ADVC-1394. I used to capture analog video with the Canopus card and now use it for DV-in and DV-out, which is all it will output. If you don't have a firewire card already the ACEDVio wouldn't be a bad way to go. If you have a firewire capture card in your machine the ADVC-100 would fit your needs. Any card or box with video and audio out should take care of the external monitor issue.
kentwolf wrote on 8/9/2003, 1:20 AM
I have used the Canopus ADVC-100 for some time now.

Works perfectly every time, all the time. Not one problem ever.

The internal ADVC-1394 card, however, has issues...

The ADVC-100 is a first-rate device.
Begbie wrote on 8/9/2003, 6:10 AM
I also considered the acedvio because its bundled with vegas 4.0 - But really its a lot of money ($1000 here in Oz with VV4 or $700 without) when i could buy a D8 cam 2nd hand and this solves my ability to capture D8 media as well.

For now i am going to continue to use my minidv cam for in/out of analogue and DV, i have a sony video 8 connected to my VCR which is connected via by minidv, so its hard to justify the expense on he canopus products - i will either buy a D8 cam or wait till VV supports hardware rednering and get a card for that.
treborvdrummer wrote on 8/9/2003, 9:18 AM
Hi All! Thanks for the feedback...

Hmmm...

I have been primarily shooting with a Sony PC110 MiniDV. So I dont know much about D8 Cameras etc. Can someone elaborate on D8? Is it the next gen of Hi 8?

farss wrote on 8/9/2003, 5:13 PM
D8 cameras basically record DV onto 8mm tape, Sony recommend using specific tape formulations but in general you can use any high quality 8mm tape. Great thing is the cameras will play all the 8mm formats. Unfortunately no one has seen fit to push the format by building a high end camera for it, if they did I'd be buying one.

Its got a few pluses over miniDV in my opinion, 90 minute record time per tape and a tape that doesn't feel like its going to break. Call me ham fisted but I really don't like those twitchy little 6mm cassettes.
Jsnkc wrote on 8/9/2003, 8:45 PM
Go with the ACEDVio, I traded in my ADVC-100 for it and I love it!
donp wrote on 8/9/2003, 9:11 PM
The ADVC-1394 card has issues? Not mine, I have XP Pro running without SP1 so absolutely no issues for me. Canopus has a fix for the SP1 thing too. The ACEDVio card didn't come out until many months after I bought the ADVC-1394 and it came bundled with VV3 lite. I liked that so much I moved from Pennicle to Vegas. The analog output thing never had much need for me since all my output is to DVD and SCVD. Going back to tape, DV or otherwise was never an issue either. I however didn't have a 1394 card at the time and ADVC-1394 was the best thing going in my book then, especially with the front bay which I have too.
aleycon wrote on 8/11/2003, 3:53 AM
I've got ACEDVio card and it works with Vegas 4 very good. Canopus also bundle it with Vegas 4.
I can preview clips from the timeline directly on the TV. Even if I use video FX I see the result on the TV without render (loss quality).
Analog capture works good as well. The ACEDVio have small program (for windows only) for analog input configuration (brightness, hue, saturation, sharpness). This utility isn't available for ADVC 100.
Both devices have reputedly identical chipset for AD and DA conversion.
Now I've got problem with DV capture. When I use scenedetection - see my previous question labeled about 'scenedetection problem'