Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Points for tech help (easy) Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Prince o palities Posted at 12:11 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 I'm at work and my boss needs to convert a MiniDV to DVD. He is looking for a product that looks like a VHS, but is actually a MiniDV carriage. You put the MiniDV into the VHS looking holder, but the holder into a VCR and use that to copy it to a DVD. (EDIT) It would be like this http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-PV-P1-Vhs-C-Adaptor/dp/B00006JPWT only for MiniDV instead of VHS-C. If you can link me to that, I'd appreciate it with points.

Replies Spuddlesworth Posted at 12:42 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 I'm sorry but there's no way you can possibly play the MiniDV tape with anything other than a MiniDV camcorder.  No such device exists which will play the tape with audio-visual outputs.  No matter what route you decide to go down, you need a MiniDV camcorder to play the tape and then plug something into that in an attempt to put the whole tape onto DVD. But yeah, your best options are to FireWire it into a computer (if your computer doesn't have a FireWire port you can get an adapter for $9.99 here which may or may not include a cable, but they usually do) and then use a software package to receive the footage and burn it to a DVD. Unless you happen to have a DVD Recorder which sits under a TV.  You could use that. Spuddlesworth Posted at 12:29 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 I really don't think the VHS route would work at all! Video recorded to MiniDV is digitally encoded whereas video recorded to VHS is analogue. They're completely different data storage methods and are completely incompatible with each other. Come to think of it, I've done this before (transferred MiniDV footage to a DVD). My way of going about it would be to play the MiniDV tape in any compatible camcorder which has a FireWire link to a computer. Sony call this "i-link" I think. You can use this method to transfer the raw video files to your computer and then use something like Windows DVD Maker (Vista) to burn it to a DVD (or Windows Movie Maker and a third party DVD burning solution for XP). Alternatively if you can get hold of a DVD recorder, connect the camcorder to it using the component cables (red, white and yellow) and record the camcorder's output feed straight onto a DVD. I hope this helps. I strongly believe that MiniDV is completely incompatible with a VHS-based VCR. J BiGGZ Posted at 12:27 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 http://www.indowebstore.com/image/mini-dv-video-adapter-1.jpg qi Posted at 12:21 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/503449 J BiGGZ Posted at 12:21 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 http://media.photobucket.com/image/minidv/evsarte/others/DSC00098.jpg?o=16 qi Posted at 12:20 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7594_102-0.html?forumID=59&messageID=1705107&threadID=153279 All 6 previous replies displayed.