#Flyer as digital VCR
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Fred,
I have several customers who use a TBC when duping tapes. They feel that
the TBC strengthens the signal and makes a better dupe.
Hank
Videology, Inc. Where you get P.O.M.P. under
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Hank,
I agree that the TBC can give you a stronger video signal, but my point was
that anything you put inbetween one recorder and another will give you some
kind of loss somewhere.
AV/Video ran some articles a few years ago about this. I'll try and see if I
can find them.
We not talking big time loss or even something that you could see. But, I think
the point of the article was that all devices put in line will give you
somekind of loss and therefor use them sparingly.
It is probably a trade off. The TBC helps the signal more than it the slight
amount of noise that it may be adding to the signal.
Noise, that was what the article was about. Anything you put on line will add
just a slight amount of noise. I knew it would come to me if I thought about it
long enough. The article was written by Peter Utz.
Fred
Fred,
If you and the other Flyers here keep feeding me video info, I'll have to
become a videographer – thanks for the input.
Hank
Videology, Inc. Where you get P.O.M.P. under
all circumstances
Most of the loss in dubbing I believe comes from the recording of the
information onto the tape and the getting the information back off of the tape.
Running through a device like a flyer won't save this generational loss in
analog dubbing.
I do agree with the response about the tbc. TBC's can let you tweak footage in
a way that maximizes the signal before it is recorded. Maybe the flyer will
allow you to do this as well, if it has certain tbc type settings within it.
Where the flyer obviously helps is in mastering tape, where you don't lose as
much going from the source footage to the edited master, as you would in analog
editing. But then again, I guess this depends on just how much you lose in
digitizing.
Just my two cents.
One of my customers has hooked the Toaster's output to a DA and does all
his duplication directly. This provides him with several first generation
masters for his client and one for his files. He could run this process
several times and never wear out the Toaster master.
Hank
Videology, Inc. Where you get P.O.M.P. under
all circumstances
Hank, you mean that his master is coming off of a hard drive working in
conjunction with the Flyer, so that he's going from digital to analog. If this
is the case, then sounds like a neat way to get first generation analog dubs to
be.
–David
David –
That's right. Directing the Toaster/Flyer output to a D/A for multiple
dupping, produces first generation copies for your files and the client's.
Everyone wins –
Hank
Videology, Inc. Where you get P.O.M.P. under
all circumstances