"misterroy" wrote in message
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what a prat I have been, the camera in question does use a tape, so
the video can be digitally edited on pc.
The camera at work does indeed have an output, but it is analogue, so
a card needed and the quality will go down a generation.
sorry for wasting time.
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No, it won't go down a generation, that old chestnut was due to
copying to another analogue recording (the generation was the analogue
recording process), so as long as a decent analogue capture card or
analogue to digital converter is used the quality should not suffer -
it will stay at the same quality as the play-out.