Recent content by streetlightprods

I understand the time doesn't necessarily determine the ability here, but after I throw it through compressor with the highest bitrate, it comes out to a file much larger than can be accepted onto a SD DVD. I then lowered the bitrate and got it to fit, but the quality, understandably, has...

Really quick and it may be a very stupid question, but does playing a tape back in the camera deck add hours to the headers?

Three questions for you guys/girls. 1. Does playing back the mini dv tapes in the camera put any wear and tear on the tapes? 2. During shoots, I'll play back the footage for the director, whoever, and then I'll press "End Search" to get to the last frame. When I do this and then bring it in...