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Nov 7, 2005 | 2:58 pm

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BruceWG

Join Date: May 2003

Location: Springfield, OR USA

Programs: Marriott LT Titanium Elite, United LT 1M Gold

Posts: 578

Quote:

Originally Posted by RogersPark

Can you play a hi8 tape with a digital 8 camcorder, using it as the hardware device you refer to?

I think so based on this info from the support web site:

Analog tapes and Digital8 camcorders:

SmartCapture requires DV timecode. Analog tapes (Hi8 and 8mm) do not have DV timecode even when played in a Digital8 camcorder. As a result, it is not possible to use SmartCapture with analog tapes played in a Digital8 camcorder. To use your analog tapes with Studio, either capture them at full quality, or copy them to DV tape.

"Smart Capture" is a feature of the program, and while it cannot be used with Hi8 tapes, the answer would imply that you can still do a full quality capture, just using the digital camcorder. However I've not tried to do this so I'm not completely sure.

Bruce

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