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Mawrick 
Best option for backing up old Hi8 tapes on Amiga ?
Posted on 6-Oct-2015 9:26:19
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What equipment would I need for an A4000 to use it for backing up/capturing video from older video camera (Video 8/Hi8) (or newer for that matter).

Will the captured video be "RAW" ? (highest possible quality)?

Any info on this subject would be appreciated :)


My 4000 is a stock 030

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Re: Best option for backing up old Hi8 tapes on Amiga ?
Posted on 6-Oct-2015 10:09:10
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@Mawrick

You need a digitizer; video toaster is NTSC so that is not so useful.

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Re: Best option for backing up old Hi8 tapes on Amiga ?
Posted on 6-Oct-2015 10:14:37
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@Mawrick

Hi8 is tricky as its an early digital standard but the playback is NSTC.

But, I'm not sure a toaster wouldn't be adequate.

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Re: Best option for backing up old Hi8 tapes on Amiga ?
Posted on 6-Oct-2015 12:22:16
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@Mawrick

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What equipment would I need for an A4000 to use it for backing up/capturing video from older video camera (Video 8/Hi8) (or newer for that matter).


Sounds like 2 different goals here.

If backup is one goal, why not simply master to DVD?

Regarding capture, what is it you want to do? The recommendations might vary depending on whether you are interested in still frame captures, editing, post processing of a/v, etc.

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Re: Best option for backing up old Hi8 tapes on Amiga ?
Posted on 6-Oct-2015 14:46:53
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@Mawrick

I was going to say Video Backup. But never mind time for bed.

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Re: Best option for backing up old Hi8 tapes on Amiga ?
Posted on 6-Oct-2015 15:49:52
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@iggy

HI8 is analogic ...

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Re: Best option for backing up old Hi8 tapes on Amiga ?
Posted on 6-Oct-2015 15:54:09
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@Mawrick

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Mawrick wrote:
What equipment would I need for an A4000 to use it for backing up/capturing video from older video camera (Video 8/Hi8) (or newer for that matter).

Will the captured video be "RAW" ? (highest possible quality)?

Any info on this subject would be appreciated :)


My 4000 is a stock 030


sorry to disappoint you but, nothing worth the effort with a bare A4000/030 in PAL.

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Mawrick 
Re: Best option for backing up old Hi8 tapes on Amiga ?
Posted on 6-Oct-2015 18:10:13
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hehe, ok - I'l go down the pc route then.....:)

Wasn't aware the toaster was NTSC only, but out of curiosity, what are these TBC cards that sometimes shows up with the toasters ?.

And would a Toaster be enough if it was NTSC?

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Posted on 6-Oct-2015 18:46:03
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@Mawrick

Send tapes to a company which copies tapes to DVD.

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Framiga 
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Posted on 6-Oct-2015 18:56:20
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@Mawrick

TBC stand for Time Base Corrector, a device very helpful to remove dropout (small garbage on tape) and to synchronize tape based multiple sources.

If we had a PAL Toaster, would have been "perfect" for the task.


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