How do you Print to tape from the Sony DVMC-DV2 ?

RobRockTheHouse wrote on 11/8/2001, 10:20 PM
Well, Now that I have the hardware I am ready to send my first project to VHS tape but how? Do I use the Sony Media Converter or can I use my present video card with s-video output. What about rendering? I was told, not sure if tre, but to hit the play button on in Vegas Video and hit the Rec button on my VCR. I know its a dumb question but thought I'd ask! What about rendering? What is the better format to get the highest quality play back? Mpeg? Avi?

Thanks!

Robert

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Chienworks wrote on 11/9/2001, 12:04 AM
If you're going to use the Print To Tape function, you'll have to render
to AVI using one of the DV templates, and probably the NTSC DV
template if you're VCR is NTSC. After the video is rendered, launch the
Video Capture tool and open your AVI file. If it's longer than 19 minutes
it will be broken up into several pieces ending in 000, 001, 002, etc. but
Video Capture will output them seamlessly. Make sure your SONY
converter is connected to your computer's firewire port, and the VCR is
connected to the converter. Start recording on the VCR, then click
"Print to Tape" in the video capture program.

If you'd rather use your video card's output directly, then you should
render to MPEG-II with a very high bitrate, probably 9800 is a good
choice. Include about 5 to 10 seconds of black footage at the beginning
and end of your project. Your video card probably has a limitation of
800x600 or even 640x480 for the maximum resolution it can dislpay
on video out. Set your resolution to that before enabling the video out.
Connect the VCR to your video and sound card outputs. Launch your
favorite media player; i've had good results both with Windows Media
Player 7 and CyberLynk's PowerDVD program. Start the video playing,
pause it immediately (hence the reason for the 5 second black at the
beginning), change the player to full screen mode, start recording on the
VCR, then resume play in the media player.
SonyEPM wrote on 11/9/2001, 9:45 AM
With the DVMC DA2 converter you can just print the rendered DV project from Vidcap. The audio and video got out the 1394 card, to the sony box, and from there you connect to the VHS box.

Forget about MPEG entirely if you have the Sony converter. Renders are faster, picture is better, no wierdness if you stick with DV.