[shadybirdstan]

Extremely beginner question, so please forgive me .

I'm working on a project where I need to combine a few videos into one larger video. Easy enough, I thought until I received one of the videos on a minDV tape from France. Now obviously it won't play in my camera (its a NTSC, since I'm in NYC) but is there anyway that I can import the video without asking them to convert it to a digital format and send?

Your help would be appreciated as the more options I have, the better.

Thanks!

[Uncle Skeleton]

Originally Posted by shadybirdstan

Now obviously it won't play in my camera (its a NTSC, since I'm in NYC)

I don't find that obvious, but I'll believe you if you say it's true. Did you actually try it (over firewire)?

Obviously you'll need a device to play the tape with. If your question is what to do with it after digitizing there are a number of options. Is that what you need?

[k_munic]

Originally Posted by shadybirdstan

Extremely beginner question, so please forgive me .

I'm working on a project where I need to combine a few videos into one larger video. Easy enough, I thought until I received one of the videos on a minDV tape from France. Now obviously it won't play in my camera (its a NTSC, since I'm in NYC) but is there anyway that I can import the video without asking them to convert it to a digital format and send?
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Hi shady,
that is not a beginner Q, that is hightech.. ;-)

a PAL tape can only be playback with a designated PAL-camcorder; there are some multi-norm players on the market, but that is pro-stuff = $$$$

but, hey NYNY! you should be able to find some company, which is able to "convert" that tape... onto a NTSCtape or DVD!
ok, miniDVD>>DVD>>editing is not best practise, some loss of quality, but you#re working with NTSC anyhow.... (<<that's a silly joke from PAL-country)
the video-standard of the DVD doesn't matter, you're able to convert it with free tools as "Deinterlacer", found here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html#DEI

Plan B):
I've seen many PALcamcorders in shops in NYNY - "rent" one, import tape into Mac, convert with tools mentioned above......

[shadybirdstan]

Cool thanks, k_munic some good ideas for sure.

Uncle, yes it doesn't . . . that's the first thing I tried :-).

[SSharon]

Page 76 of the march macworld has some potentially useful info on this. If you pass buy a place that sells them it's worth a minute to read just that article.