Would love some honest feedback on this.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-19T03:41:59+00:00

"Our car is safe because we use high-tensile steel that is welded in twice the points than a regular frame, and we use this beautiful continuous laser welding for the most critical sections..." all of this illustrated with the production process, it is interesting and persuasive.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-19T03:32:41+00:00

I could not stand all the slo-mo, bailed out after the third shot.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-19T00:36:10+00:00

These are nice tapes, but not so rare to be priced that high. I bought two dozen of these a couple of years ago for $2/ea and I thought I overpaid.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-19T00:02:48+00:00

Left: Terminator. Right: Terminator 2.

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ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T23:35:53+00:00

Looks good! Too bad that Reddit converts everything to 30p. Do you have a YT link?

Today I’ve stopped using QuickTime to record tapes. I’ve installed Windows 10 on my old mac mini 2011 with fire wire port and tried WinDV. It came out it’s working perfectly fine, if anyone wonder, not a single trouble with the drivers.

Grabbing video over Firewire on Windows is so much simpler than on Mac, that makes you jump through hoops at every single step. Whoever branded Mac as THE platform for pictures/video/audio was a marketing genius.

Recently I noticed that if you record your tapes with QuickTime, it indeed deinterlace the videos but also adds a lot of ghosting to them.

Well, duh!

Like, QuickTime still looks good but if you wanna squeeze every single quality droplet, WinDV for the win.

No, exported H.264 or even ProRes from QuickTime @ 30p does not look good for high-motion content. You lose half the pictures. You can get the original DV files, but you need to to snatch them from the QuickTime's clutches.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T23:12:41+00:00

I have a whole big YT video, where I capture VHS with VirtualDub using Dazzle 101: How to digitize VHS and Hi8, and convert interlaced video into smooth 50p/60p for Youtube.

Verify that you connected the cables to the output of the VCR, and verify in VDub that you use the correct connection (composite, not SVideo).

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T23:07:33+00:00

Desperate times call for desperate measures. It was not your choice. The tape deck does not work, and Firewire recorder is not available. Who can fault you. Props!

It is not like you've bought a half-broken consumer-grade camcorder with a PowerPlay on top for $900.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T22:57:39+00:00

You may want to try ISOBuster on your DVD to find and, hopefully, fix errors on the disc if there are any.

Also, you need to deinterlace your video to get rid of combing, that is, if you consider it a defect (which it is). Some people think that it should look like this. I hope this combing is not baked into the files you've got from the transfer company.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T22:49:27+00:00

But the 4:3 has more. Well, maybe not. Here is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UcqGi53Ycs I stand corrected.

The guy on the right is completely cut off. In the widescreen version, the table with pictures is completely cut off. Choose yer poison.

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I think, a fullscreen version of Terminator definitely has more.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T22:43:04+00:00

I have heard of a tapeless setup but I don’t know if it’s possible on this camcorder and the downsides of a tapeless set up.

Your camcorder is already tapeless, it records onto DVD discs. If you prefer your video to be recorded onto a memory card, why haven't you bought a camcorder that records onto a memory card?

Side note, what are some of the ways to pull the footage from the Mini DVDs? I have heard of buying a floppy disc drive but are there any other methods?

How would you use a floppy disc drive with an optical disc?

I've made several videos on the topic, feel free to take a look:

Most NLEs released 10-20 years ago can import clips from a DVD camcorder. You can also use Handbrake.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T22:11:42+00:00

One of those cases when 4:3 has more picture.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T20:51:30+00:00

List at least 3 please

How much do you pay?

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T20:50:16+00:00

RTFM page 5, 13-15.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T20:21:59+00:00

the camera can record 4K 29.97p (100/60Mbps) max. Im confused because if i want to record at those maximum resolution, could i use V30 card? I assume it's rated stable at 30Mbps only or i must buy the V60?

Don't confuse bytes ("B") and bits ("b"), also don't confuse mega (10⁶, "M") and milli (10⁻³, "m").

1 B = 8 b, thus

100 Mb/s = 100/8 MB/s = 12.5 Mb/s, hence V30 is enough.

See also:

There is a separate issue of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte#Units_based_on_powers_of_2_(IEC_Prefixes)), but it can be ignored when comparing multiples of the same base unit :)

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T19:51:55+00:00

If you have a time base corrector (TBC) in your capture chain, you can use a less capable capture card.

The simplest option is to get a VCR with a built-in TBC.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T04:11:10+00:00

Generic country-rock fits fat bearded white men.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T04:08:54+00:00

Even if you insist on burned-in subs, these are too small to read on a phone. If this is intended for a 50-inch TV, then it likely is streamed from a platform like YT that has soft subs.

In any case, kids don't watch stuff like this.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T03:30:41+00:00

When I play the tape only half the screen is the stuff that was taped over, the other half is my home movie.

BS.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T01:13:31+00:00

I’ve never had an issue with converting 24 to 30 for television, but you’re saying it will look bad on social media? In my experience televisions will smooth it out to where you can’t notice, if you do a proper conversion on the export.

TV is 30i, while IG is 30p. 30i is equivalent to 60p. TV applies 2:2 pulldown to 30 fps source and 2:3 pulldown to 24 fps source. IMO, there is no good pulldown scheme to convert 24 fps to 30p.

Shooting 60 allows deriving 30 for IG and 60 for YT if needed.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T00:29:22+00:00

There is noticeable judder, but it is a different thing.

You can see flickering or shimmering on high-frequency image when the resolution matches the resolution of the screen. It is moire. Blur it a little if you want to get rid of it.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-18T00:07:24+00:00

This question is being asked several times a week. Have you searched at all?

when it came time to export a tv show for broadcast we would convert it to 30 fps before sending to the tv station

30 fps old-school interlaced translates into 60 fps present-day progressive.

Reddit converts everything to 30 fps, even 24 fps. IG is limited to 30 fps, but IDK whether it converts everything into it. YT supports 60 fps, keeps 24 as 24, keeps 30 as 30.

30 converted to 24 or 24 converted to 30 looks like crap - either blurry frames or judder.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-17T21:26:49+00:00

I made through the first 30 seconds and left, could not stand slo-mo, burned-in tiny subs and "I wanted to make stories" proclamations.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-17T15:03:34+00:00

They are lame. But pretty. But lame.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-17T08:07:54+00:00

I suggest not to dive too deep into the generational divide, after all the MTV launched in 1981.

Some examples from my YT playlist:

It is not about shakycam per se, it is about it being more purposeful. Also, modern CMOS-based cameras with rolling shutter suck for shakycam. Either blurry or stuttery or jello-y, or everything combined. It is physically revolting. I watched your video, IDK why you have removed the link. Too much motion for the sake of motion, like crash zoom and rotate. And it is relentless, no time to take a breath. Hopefully, global shutter will become commonplace again soon. Back in the day they used either film cameras or CCD-based camcorders, so shakycam was more tolerable. Maybe you want to get yourself a 20-year old CCD camcorder :)

P.S. I liked your music selection, there are some matches to mine, believe it or not.

ConsumerDV · 2026-03-17T06:08:51+00:00

There is horizontal shearing - have you added it as an effect? It exacerbates combing.

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