recommend dvd recorder for analog sources

[robfilms]

please recommend a dvd recorder for analog sources.

in putting together this doc, my clients has various analog sources: minidv/hi8/vhs.

can someone recommend a dvd stand-alone recorder?

i didn't want to tie up my mac pro inputting hours of this footage.

anyone care to share?

thanks in advance

be well

rob
smalltalk productions

 

[Alex H.]

For one, miniDV is not an analog source.

Second, what is the purpose of this transfer? I assume this footage is eventually to be edited into your documentary? So why on earth would you want to convert it to DVD first? You'd be converting it to a highly-compressed codec that is a pain to edit, and looks rather bad once re-converted into an editing codec.

Seems to me the best thing to do is to take the Hi8 and VHS sources and convert them to DV or DVCAM, using a camcorder or deck. Then, you have viable, digital masters of the analog footage that you can always go back to whenever you need.

By the way, in which format (or with which codec) are you editing this doc?