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HPV wrote on 6/3/2002, 9:35 PM
You'll need to make three DV cam tapes for your masters. I don't see a way to do this via Print-to-DVtape (timeline print). Render project in files menu. Close Vegas. Load VidCap program via Windows start/Run/Browse/C:Program files/SonicFoundry (Show all files). vidcap30.exe
In VidCap, Print to Tape tab, load rendered file from Vegas Project. Select "preview on device". Now you can start the and stop the camera manually. You could also make your VHS dub at the same time. Loop the signal from your cam to your vhs deck. Start VidCap, camera rec. and vcr rec. When tape stops in cam, change out with tape three. Wait 15 min.
Start camera. Stop cam and vcr at end.
Go back and start VidCap playing, start rec. on tape #2 at the 38 min. mark. Roll for 20 min. Done. Make more vhs dubs as needed. You won't be able to make dubs from these masters, but you can dump them back into Vegas, stitch the three event together, and make dubs straight from Vegas timeline printing/ manual setup/ cam to vhs (or render and use VidCap again. It won't really be a render, just file transfers to a new avi file. I get 15MBsec. transfers between HDs for this. That's about 4x RT. 10MBsec. read/write same HD).
Dubs from HD is just plain cool, kicks SVHS ass all over the place. I use a tbc for realtime black level lift and chroma reduction on to vhs dubs from cam or computer. Saves some rendering in prodcutions. Also lets me have full signal on my masters.
Digital 8 can give you 90 min. now.
Craig H.
SonyEPM wrote on 6/4/2002, 8:42 AM
Can you loop through the DVCam device (1394 in, analog out) without recording to DVCAM tape?
bakerja wrote on 6/4/2002, 9:12 AM
Just remember to turn off device control so that your DV cam doesn't go into record.
aw2m8 wrote on 6/4/2002, 9:30 AM
This is a great example of how Digital 8 comes in handy. You can get 90mins out of a D8 tape.
BD wrote on 6/5/2002, 11:45 AM
Yes, I use a Sony Digital8 VCR to make perfect 90-minute DV masters, on extra long (180-minute) Hi8 tapes.

(I also tried using the Digital8 VCR's "LP" speed on 120-minute Hi8 tapes, which also yielded 90-minute DV tapes -- but this caused artifacts in fast-motion scenes.)
HPV wrote on 6/5/2002, 5:45 PM
Yes, I use a Sony Digital8 VCR to make perfect 90-minute DV masters, on extra long (180-minute) Hi8 tapes.
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Sony Makes an SP90 Digital 8 tape now. $20.00 for 2 at BestBuy. I run reg 8 MP sony tapes for everything under an hour. Zero dropouts with close to 200 tapes now.
Good stuff.

Craig H.
asafb wrote on 6/5/2002, 6:47 PM
Okay, so the best thing you recommend is to render my entire project into a SINGLE .avi file, then print-to-tape, and hit preview on device, right? But when it renders to avi, won't I lose some quality, i mean doesn't it have to re-compress? I have some crossfades, fade ins/outs... just wondering, and also, the size of that damn avi as wel
Jessariah67 wrote on 6/5/2002, 7:13 PM
I believe that since avi is digital, there is no loss of quality (I may be wrong). I always render my projects to avi, then choose them in the print to tape program...I figure "waiting" for the render once is better tahn several times.

Don't they make 60min miniDV tapes that will go 90 min if you set to LP?
HPV wrote on 6/5/2002, 9:23 PM
, i mean doesn't it have to re-compress? I have some crossfades, fade ins/outs... just wondering, and also, the size of that damn avi
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Yes you will have to render a new AVI file. 13GB per HR for DV. It won't be all rendered, anything that wouldn't render on timeline printing will just be a file transfer to the new AVI file, IE: no recompression of staight DV clips.
About 4x faster than RT here going from one 7200/ata100 HD to another on my P4 system. About 3x RT reading and writing to the same HD.

Craig H.
mfh wrote on 6/6/2002, 12:06 AM
I beleive Panasonic make a sp120 min tape - Panasonic DVM123ME - this might cure everything