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Former user wrote on 2/17/2004, 11:13 AM
Go to TOOLS and choose PRINT TO TAPE and follow the prompts.

Dave T2
JackW wrote on 2/17/2004, 11:17 AM
Go to "Tools" on the Tool Bar at top of screen. Select "Print to Tape" (PTT is how you'll see it abbreviated here on the Bulletin Board) and follow the prompts. The check box in the lower left hand corner lets you choose between a region or the entire project. Be sure the device you're using to record is set to "DV In/Out" or something equivalent to that.

Jack
Maxter wrote on 2/17/2004, 11:32 AM
Thanks

Is it lossless when going to DV?
Former user wrote on 2/17/2004, 11:36 AM
Yes, it is a file transfer, so the only loss (if any) will be the effects that are rendered. That is normal though and is usually not noticed.

Dave T2
johnmeyer wrote on 2/17/2004, 2:40 PM
Is it lossless when going to DV?

If it was captured in DV, and you do cuts-only editing, then it is lossless. Any rendering that needs to be done (for titles, dissolves, etc.) will, of course, always involve some "loss."

The actual transfer of the video over the Firewire to the DV tape will not introduce any loss.
TVCmike wrote on 2/17/2004, 10:12 PM
Just to add to your statements John...

The DV25 CODEC was designed from the ground up to have minimal generational loss. This page has a good picture of generational loss. Some folks deride DV claiming that it's bad for chroma keying and titles and heavy compositing, and that it tends to give "mosquito" type artifacts. I believe (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong) that most of these problems are inherent in the the fact that effects are inserted in the same 4:1:1 color sampling space and not supersampled to higher values (e.g. 4:4:4) when inserting these effects. In fact, chroma keying is something that Vegas has an excellent reputation for while other applications are not-so-good. There are also differences between individual DV CODECs, and I won't get into that here. There's lots of information if you go search Google for it.

In short, if you've got the right editing application and you're not doing heavy-duty special effects, DV is an excellent editing and distribution format. Just be careful of storing footage long-term on DV tapes because, like all tapes, they do have a finite age. Until we get the next-generation DVD format, storing and maintaining DV footage will in my opinion be a perennial pain.