Hello

Commonly, would it be possible to transfer a recorded material from a miniDV
camcorders to my Pioneer DVR-645H-S wich is equipped with hard drive?
And if yes, would there be any quality compromises, since I would transfer
from
a tape onto a hard drive?

This recorder has a DV terminal IEEE1394.

Thank you

"P." wrote in message ...
Hello

Commonly, would it be possible to transfer a recorded material from a
miniDV
camcorders to my Pioneer DVR-645H-S wich is equipped with hard drive?
And if yes, would there be any quality compromises, since I would transfer
from
a tape onto a hard drive?

This recorder has a DV terminal IEEE1394.

Thank you

Methinks it will record as MPEG so some lose from the compression

"P." wrote in message ...
Commonly, would it be possible to transfer a recorded material from a
miniDV
camcorders to my Pioneer DVR-645H-S wich is equipped with hard drive?
This recorder has a DV terminal IEEE1394.

The Pioneer should happily accept DV format material via the DV-in terminal.
You'll need the relevant cable to connect camcorder to the Pioneer unit. [
'Firewire' / IEEE1394 / 'i-Link' ]

And if yes, would there be any quality compromises, since I would transfer
from a tape onto a hard drive?

As I understand it, the Pioneer unit will transcode the standard-definition
DV video to MPEG-2 (the same format as used on DVD-Video) _even_ if you're
only recording to the hard disc. This will inevitably mean a small drop in
quality for a couple of reasons:
- There is an inherent quality drop when transcoding involves one or more
'lossy' formats;
- The transcoding is performed in real-time which - even with the best
hardware video encoders - is still only a single-pass process, meaning there
is no 'second chance' for the encoder to go back and encode the picture more
accurately or efficiently.

Hope this helps.

Ed Fielden
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www.fielden.tv

"Ed Fielden" wrote in message

The Pioneer should happily accept DV format material via the DV-in terminal.
You'll need the relevant cable to connect camcorder to the Pioneer unit.
[ 'Firewire' / IEEE1394 / 'i-Link' ]


Thank you for the help. I decided to probably buy Sony DCR-HC96 camcorder.
This camcorder should also be able to be conected to Pioneer for video
transfer?
I haven't managet to find this out on my own...

Best regards

"P." wrote in message ...

"Ed Fielden" wrote in message

The Pioneer should happily accept DV format material via the DV-in
terminal.
You'll need the relevant cable to connect camcorder to the Pioneer unit.
[ 'Firewire' / IEEE1394 / 'i-Link' ]

Thank you for the help. I decided to probably buy Sony DCR-HC96 camcorder.
This camcorder should also be able to be conected to Pioneer for video
transfer?
I haven't managet to find this out on my own...

The specs for the DCR-HC96 do include DV-out via 'i-Link' (Sony's name for
the IEEE1394 interface) so should link up just fine with any other
DV-capable device. You just need to make sure to buy a cable to connect
them!
For the devices in question you will most likely need a 4-pin to 4-pin
Firewire/IEEE1394 cable (best to double-check after you get the stuff).

If in need of help to identify the connectors/sockets, there are a few
pictures (and some background to the FireWire interface system) at Wikipedia
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire ).

Ed Fielden
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www.fielden.tv