On 4/8/05 6:00 AM, "parvardi***@yahoo.com" <parvardi***@yahoo.com> wrote:

> My quest is to play from the UVW 1200 player into the EVO Hi 8 9720
> duplicator to create a Hi 8 copy of the BetaSP. Information is scarce
> on my topic. For those who use these machines regularly it's fairly
> uncomplicated to setup and get started.
>
> I inherited a task from the church group to copy their collection of
> BetaSPs. They let me use this UVW 1200. It was just returned from the
> VTR repair shop. Working as new.
>
> What I intended to do was run the s video out + xlr > rca from the UVW
> 1200 into the Canopus ADVC100 into the video card for Adobe Premiere
> Pro, and Capture. I would than run the AVI back from Premiere into the
> Sony Analog Camera to create a Hi8 copy. That's one method to create
> an archive backup Hi8 copy. With the avi on the computer I' could also
> author and create a DVD documentary. I've been running the church
> groups Hi8 inventory through the ADVC 100 to DV capture, edit and
> author. However, it's the BetaSP player, and the BetaSP media
> inventory.
>
> We need to create archive copies. That would be BetaSP to Hi8. Here's
> where I may find salvation. I have the UVW 1200... and a EVO 9720 Hi 8
> tape duplicator. I've used the EVO 9720 Hi8 duplicator to copy Hi 8 to
> Hi8. Is it possible to hook up UVW 1200 s video out + xlr > rca out to
> the EVO 9720? For an experiment I ran the s video out from the UVW into
> S video in on the EVO. With everything powered up the view on the
> monitor was the usual empty screen.  I than played the video. A few
> gray bands appeared. I must be doing something wrong, and that can be
> corrected. I should be able to setup the UVW 1200 as a player and the
> EVO 9720 as a Recorder? It seems I'm on the right track. All I need is
> to figure out the flow of audio/video cables, menu options, and correct
> button configuration. Any thought on this topic will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Chuck M
>

> On 5/8/05 12:12 AM, "parvardi***@yahoo.com" <parvardi***@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > To create an edited, authored DVD
> > Documentary our intent is to create Hi8 working copies. It's with these
> > working copies that we'll import into the computer. With these avi
> > documentaries we'll edit in Premiere, fix the sound in Audition, Create
> > Menus in Photoshop, finalize the project in Encore.
>
> Why not capture direct from BetaSP? Going through Hi8 is going to cramp your
> quality somewhat. Depending on how much footage we're talking about, you may
> be able to get the dub place to either put it on hard drive or DV tape,
> which will be nearly lossless from BetaSP (especially since you're going to
> MPEG-2 anyway)
>
> My guess is that you only have a D-8 or Hi8 deck with analogue capture. If
> it's the former, I strongly suggest you find some way to get DV capture
> working. If its the latter, use a Beta deck directly to analogue capture -
> you've already made your archival copies so the original Beta stock should
> be usable, no?
>
> Cail

> I ran s video out from the UVW through Canopus and captured DV to the
> harddrive. That works. I'll option that method. What I don't understand
> is the Audio out Ch 1 Ch 2. Do I run a XLR cable from CH 1 with dual
> RCA connectors (red/white)into the DV capture device? The manual I have
> indicates no information on CH 1 Ch 2 expect that there audio ports.
>
> Thanks
> Chuck M
>
> Cail Young wrote:
>
>>On 5/8/05 12:12 AM, "parvardi***@yahoo.com" <parvardi***@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>To create an edited, authored DVD
>>>Documentary our intent is to create Hi8 working copies. It's with these
>>>working copies that we'll import into the computer. With these avi
>>>documentaries we'll edit in Premiere, fix the sound in Audition, Create
>>>Menus in Photoshop, finalize the project in Encore.
>>
>>Why not capture direct from BetaSP? Going through Hi8 is going to cramp your
>>quality somewhat. Depending on how much footage we're talking about, you may
>>be able to get the dub place to either put it on hard drive or DV tape,
>>which will be nearly lossless from BetaSP (especially since you're going to
>>MPEG-2 anyway)
>>
>>My guess is that you only have a D-8 or Hi8 deck with analogue capture. If
>>it's the former, I strongly suggest you find some way to get DV capture
>>working. If its the latter, use a Beta deck directly to analogue capture -
>>you've already made your archival copies so the original Beta stock should
>>be usable, no?
>>
>>Cail
>
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