[Runner]

Ah, timecode, I hadn’t thought of that! that’s probably the key point.

I was anticipating the firewire to carry DV25.

thanks for your help, folks

[Runner]

Absolute quality & codec concatenation isn’t really the issue here, these are for mood compilations, examples of director/editor approach to problems and so on. The current crop of library material is on DVD, but it will be mixed with previous generations on Beta SP, Umatic or VHS.

The LX1 is way too expensive for my application but does claim batch recording via firewire. There’s an intriguing paragraph on the Pioneer website about their domestic machines (see below) which indicates they can act as a master to control a slave camcorder, but makes no mention of being slaved to an editing system. I’m reluctant to spend unless it’s known to do what I want, and this may be too much of a niche requirement.

[i]”Dubbing from digital sources to the Hard Disk Drive or DVD discs is a simple matter of connecting a camcorder to the DV IN/OUT connector on the front of the DVD recorder. The user-friendly remote