HDV playback on HVX?

[Landroval]

A colleague of mine has a half dozen MiniDV tapes of HD footage that he shot with his Sony HD Handycam.

Is there a way for the HVX200 to down-convert this footage through the MiniDV deck? I'm unable to playback the video normally and am wondering if there is a setting I need to change of if its impossible to do in the first place. Thanks in advance for your help!

-L

[ozduc]

The HVX will not play back HDV tapes. In fact most HDV tapes have to be played back on the same manufacturers tape deck. i.e. tapes recorded on a sony camera need to be played back on a sony HDV tape deck.

[Jason Ramsey]

As per a post by Barry in another recent thread. It is referencing dv cam's but same answer, I think:



You cannot capture HD footage from a DV camcorder. Just because the tape fits in the camera doesn't mean it can play it. It's like putting a Macintosh floppy into a PC drive -- just 'cause it fits doesn't mean it'll work.

You must have a Canon HDV camcorder in order to play back a Canon 24F/25F/30F HDV tape. You'd need a Canon or Sony HDV camcorder (or deck) to play back Canon 1080/50i or 1080/60i HDV tapes. Nothing else will work.


Jason