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DV Backup

DV Backup

Use your digital camcorder to back up data.

Version:  1.4.4

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Wow, Great App, needs better manual and FAQ

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Contributed by: Cocteau Thursday, July 24 2003 @ 06:01 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: One Day

Recommend Product: YES

I just purchased this yesterday after reading about it on Macintouch. Wow, great innovative idea. A few troubleshooting comments thus far. I am using a Canon Elura camera which passed the camera test except for the eject feature. No problem there although I think the manual should more clearly state that with such cameras that do not pass the eject test be sure and always click the Update TOC(table of contents) button after finishing a session. The more serious issue I have experienced is with the software loosing track of exactly where files are on a tape. With a new tape, it seems the data code counter on the camera will reset itself to 0 if it senses a blank space on the tape. This seems to confuse the DV backup sofware and when it starts recording another session on the tape, thinks it is back at 0 instead of where the last session left off. Consequently, these subsequent files will not be found. I think one solution may be to record once over a blank tape so the camera does not sense a blank space and automatically reset its data counter to 0. Still testing though and if this is the case, it surely should be mentioned in the manual and FAQ.   
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Wow, Great App, needs better manual and FAQ - rkaneko_dotmac

Any time you are working with a DV tape, it is a good idea to "stripe" it first. Put the blank tape in your camera, hit record and go have a cup of coffee. This will lay down timecode across the entire tape and eliminate "gap" problems. This is true when working with DV backup, or with any DV video editing app. In fact, one of Final Cut Express 2's new features was supposed to be the ability to import DV footage and ignore any potential "gaps," but from what I've read it still doesn't handle things properly.

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Monday, April 12 2004 @ 11:46 PM PDT