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  VCR with Firewire output?

  Posted by Chuck Manly on March 27, 2008 at 7:49 pm

  Does such an item exist?
  Someone mentioned getting 1 in another forum but gave no makes or models.

  I want to convert VHS to DV for better preservation.
  Then be able to edit or Dub straight to DVD.

  Am I on the right track?

  Neither of my cameras have AV analog pass thru.

  I already use my camera to feed my NTSC preview monitor.

  From what I’ve read I’ll be better off with a Canopus ADVC300.
  That will give me lots of flexibility and a TBC.

  Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

  Rich Kutnick replied 18 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Terry Esslinger

  March 27, 2008 at 9:24 pm

  I have a Mitsubishi HD VHS player/recorder that has firewire but I doubt that anything that was analog only (VHS decks) would have a digital port (firewire). You are probably stuck with and intermediate device such as the Canopus.
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  Leslie Wand

  March 27, 2008 at 10:32 pm

  afaik there’s NO consumer vcr/dvd with firewire OUT. they might have in, but certainly not out. just think, you’d be able to copy hollywood movies cleanly – oh you naughty boy!

  leslie
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  Rich Kutnick

  March 28, 2008 at 6:07 pm

  I own a JVC SR-VS20U that will output via firewire from a VHS/SVHS videocassette. It is a dual-well dubbing machine that was built to transfer VHS/SVHS to mini-DV and vice versa directly, thus bypassing cabling and offering a better transfer. If I set it up to dub from mini-DV to the VHS side and just play back a VHS/SVHS tape, it sends out the signal via firewire as well as via the analog outputs. Now the buttons may need a little massaging to get this signal output function to work via Firewire, but with a little fooling around, if it does not immediatley work it eventually will !!

  Rich Kutnick
  VIDEO IMPRESSIONS

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