again, all in the title. I have a digital camcorder, Canon MV450i, attached to the Mac with firewire. Surely it would be possible to use it to create backups?
To backup what? Video or actual data? I suppose it would be possible to encode data into a video stream, but I would certainly not trust the integrity of a regular video cam tape.
sorry, should have been clear. Yes, to backup data.
Why wouldn't you trust the integity of a camcorder? Surely the reliability of recording (or file transfer?) should be enough for backing up photos, documents and spreadsheets? or am I missing something?
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To backup what? Video or actual data? I suppose it would be possible to encode data into a video stream, but I would certainly not trust the integrity of a regular video cam tape.
Why wouldn't you trust the integity of a camcorder? Surely the reliability of recording (or file transfer?) should be enough for backing up photos, documents and spreadsheets? or am I missing something?
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David
It worked well, and data integrity was pretty good.
I'll do a google search, but it was AGES ago that i read about this. Macosxhints.com might have it too.
low-fi
there is a working group that is trying to standardize a proceedure for backing up data to mini-DV tapes.
i'll look again on my othere machine later.
i would be more than happy to have that functionality.
you would think that the camera manufacturers would be doing something about it to try and sell the device as a removeable storage device.