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converting high eight
I have 60hrs of high eight vidio shot in Nepal and Tibet in the early 1990s. I need help archiving this material in a usable manner. Tools at my disposal are: Canon ZR45mc digital camorder (also a digital converter) with USB port. Mac G4, 512 RAM, Final cut pro 3, 300gb external HD firewire. I am willing to update…some. Not sure what to do? Should I convert the High eight to DVtape (if possible) or through the camera/converter to my external HD? In the end I would like to be able to find and retrieve clips spread through out the 60hrs of material. For example, the 60hrs of material comprises 10 trips to Nepal and Tibet. On each trip I might have filmed kids playing games. How can I find all these damn kids playing games in 60hrs of high eight? I am a novice with Final cut Pro, but have time desire to learn more.
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I think that dubbing to DV is the best choice at this point. It is the cheapest way to archive. As you transfer your footage, log it. I put marker points on the DV tape as I run each reel and type a excel of timecodes.
Hope this helps-
Matthew
Quad 2.5 G5
OSX 10.4.X
Ram 4GB
FCP 5.1/AE 6.5/DVDSP4
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