Re: DV Backup?

[Andreas B. <and...@mu...>]

On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 07:40:20AM +0200, Olivier LAHAYE wrote:
>     Hello,
> 
> Would it be possible to use a camcorder (that has dv-in) as a backup device
> by encapsulating backup datas in the video sequences in a faked DV format?
> 
> If I understand well the camcorder behaviour, in dv-in mode, it only
> store the DV datas on the tape. right?

From what I know, the DV data is always sent over isochronous streams,
which might lose data since they are broadcast and there is no
acknowledge from the receiving end.  Acceptable for video data, but
certainly not for your backups.

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