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Product Description:
DV Backup lets you use a digital camcorder (DV or Digital8, PAL or NTSC) to backup hard disk files. Capacity is up to 10GB per hour of tape, or 15GB if LP mode is used.
What's new in this version:
- now a universal binary
- now compatible with Leopard, MacOS 10.5
- after inserting a blank tape, after a few seconds of searching for the TOC DV Backup will display a dialog (while the search continues) to allow the user to have the tape formatted immediately rather than waiting for the search to complete and fail, since it will be clear that no TOC will be found due to the tape being blank.
- the name of the backup (as defined in the backup's 'comments' field) is now displayed while it is being backed up, restored and verified.
- the problem affecting certain installations of Tiger, where the log "RegisterProcess failed (error = -15)" appeared and no tape operations were possible, has been fixed.
- the problem affecting certain installations of Tiger, where the log "failed assertion `!(deviceDescriptionPtr->clock == 0)'" appears followed by DV Backup quitting without warning, has been found to be caused by a missing QuickTime component (specifically /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeFirewireDV.component"). A small number of Tiger systems were affected and the reason why this component is not installed on those systems is not understood (for example it is bundled with every Apple QuickTime software update and is always installed from that package when it is run). Tiger users are advised to ensure that this component exists on their system as it is not part of DV Backup and it cannot be distributed with it without Apple's permission. DV Backup now warns if this component is missing when it is started up.
- DV Backup now reports the type of DV device connected (e.g. video camera, VCR/deck etc.) and the type of type (miniDV, standard DV, Video8, Hi8 etc.).
- fix of a problem where DV Backup would crash when loading a tape created with a very old version of the application.
- the tape volume name can now be changed by clicking on it.
- the names of backup sets can now contain non-ASCII characters (e.g. alt-F, Swedish letters etc.).
- fix of a problem where the excluded files in a backup set containing "/" a base folder were not set to be excluded in the backup file list when the set was used.
- many other enhancements and fixes.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
- Mac OS X 10.2
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
- FireWire-equipped Mac
- Digital camcorder supporting DV-in and DV-out
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DV tape vs. DVD-R - Version: 1.4.1, 7/3/2005 11:06AM PST
(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)
SpudNYC2
Keep in mind that most people don't have a DVD writer but many of them do have a DV camcorder. If this solution isn't a good one for you, feel free not to use it.
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- DV tape vs. DVD-R
Upon startup, this program downloads a file called "monitor.txt" from http://web.onetel.com/*******/monitor.txt. That file is now gone, but at the time of the original review being written the file contained the following entries:
w***@m***.com 0 -
d***@aol.com 1 -
r***@aol.com 0 -
b***@yahoo.com 0 -
f***@mac.com 0 -
m***@gmail.com 1 -
m***@c***.net 0 -
o***@m***.com 0 -
c***@a***.com.br 2 http://web.onetel.com/*****/find.sh
a***@tin.it 1 -
k***@h***.com 0 -
g***@triad.rr.com 0 -
b***@silly.com 0 -
s***@t***.com 0 -
What is interesting is that for certain users, the vendor can execute arbitrary scripts on their machines. For example, if we check the contents of find.sh as shown above, we see the following:
#! /bin/tcsh
find "/Volumes/MacOS 9.2.2" -name \*DVBackup\* -print > /dev/console
This script searches a users machine for the vendor's product. He could conceivably execute or install any type of software.
My final comment is about the interaction I've had with the developer. I have purchased a license of this software and to this day I cannot run the software in a licensed manner. Additionally, because of my desire to publish this review the vendor will no longer respond to emails.