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Just recently purchased a new Hitachi DVDCam. Specifically, the model DZ-MV580A(NTSC). I bought it for work to record about 5 minute long recordings of our products in a digital format. It does that fine and I can easily transfer those recordings to one of our servers. After the purchase, I decided that I wanted to transfer some 200 VHS recordings to a digital format for the same purposes. I was going to buy a video capture device to capture the analog output from a VCR and convert that to digital, but the $450.00 price tag caused me to look for alternatives. I found that the Hitachi DVD-Cam has a supplied cable for a "line in" function. I studied the owner's manual and it specifically said that the line in is for the purpose of capturing still images only, not video. I tried capturing video anyways and it works but not flawlessly. This is what happens: I start the VCR and then hit the Record button on the DVD-Cam as soon as a video image appears in the LCD, swing-out screen on the CAM. It records fine for about 4 or 5 minutes and then the Record (Red Light) indicator disappears from the Cam and the Cam begins acting "goofy". It won't shut off and won't respond in general. Eventually it gives a message on the LCD screen that there has been an error and please shut off and back on the Cam. It then says an error occurred in the file do I want to repair. I indicate yes, and it does it's thing for about 5 minutes and then it returns to Normal functioning. Given that it says "not for video" and all am I risking damaging the camera by doing this? Can I burn out the CCDs or something? I believe that what's happening is that the Cam doesn't have any Cache for video input through the "line in" function and it eventually "bogs down" and the error occurs. Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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Just recently purchased a new Hitachi DVDCam. Specifically, the model DZ-MV580A(NTSC). I bought it for work to record about 5 minute long recordings of our products in a digital format. It does that fine and I can easily transfer those recordings to one of our servers. After the purchase, I decided that I wanted to transfer some 200 VHS recordings to a digital format for the same purposes. I was going to buy a video capture device to capture the analog output from a VCR and convert that to digital, but the $450.00 price tag caused me to look for alternatives. I found that the Hitachi DVD-Cam has a supplied cable for a "line in" function. I studied the owner's manual and it specifically said that the line in is for the purpose of capturing still images only, not video. I tried capturing video anyways and it works but not flawlessly. This is what happens: I start the VCR and then hit the Record button on the DVD-Cam as soon as a video image appears in the LCD, swing-out screen on the CAM. It records fine for about 4 or 5 minutes and then the Record (Red Light) indicator disappears from the Cam and the Cam begins acting "goofy". It won't shut off and won't respond in general. Eventually it gives a message on the LCD screen that there has been an error and please shut off and back on the Cam. It then says an error occurred in the file do I want to repair. I indicate yes, and it does it's thing for about 5 minutes and then it returns to Normal functioning. Given that it says "not for video" and all am I risking damaging the camera by doing this? Can I burn out the CCDs or something? I believe that what's happening is that the Cam doesn't have any Cache for video input through the "line in" function and it eventually "bogs down" and the error occurs. Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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