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bonaparte_o_looneasa · 15th May 2006, 06:21

I have an archive of 8mm and Hi8 tapes that I wish to digitise for storage and editing on disk.

I can do this via analogue capture or by using a Sony Digital8 camera.

The large number of tapes makes the Digital8 method attractive since it captures in one step. However I get an AVI file using the DV codec, at the usual 13GB per hour. I assume that this is wasting space, since analogue tapes do not contain as much data as miniDV.

Q: Is there another approach that will capture the analogue tapes at a lower GB/hour rate without loss of quality ? Since this is an archive I would prefer only mainstream (ie likely to be supported in the long term) solutions.

TIA.

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bonaparte_o_looneasa Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1	Efficient capture of 8mm & Hi8 via Digital8 I have an archive of 8mm and Hi8 tapes that I wish to digitise for storage and editing on disk. I can do this via analogue capture or by using a Sony Digital8 camera. The large number of tapes makes the Digital8 method attractive since it captures in one step. However I get an AVI file using the DV codec, at the usual 13GB per hour. I assume that this is wasting space, since analogue tapes do not contain as much data as miniDV. Q: Is there another approach that will capture the analogue tapes at a lower GB/hour rate without loss of quality ? Since this is an archive I would prefer only mainstream (ie likely to be supported in the long term) solutions. TIA.