Whats the best way to dub from one DVCAM tape to another DVCAM tape?
There are a few different methods to achieve a DVCAM to DVCAM dub. Sony PDV-34N $14.92The easiest method would require two DVCAM decks such as the Sony DSR-25 or the Sony DSR-1500A. You can link the two decks together using a FireWire cable, play your tape back on one machine and record on the other. You can also achieve this method using a DVCAM camera as your playback machine and record using one of the above mentioned decks. (Theoretically you could use two cameras, one for playback and one for recording, assuming they support an input signal via FireWire.) The second, and more time-consuming way to make a dub would involve dumping your footage into a computer with video editing software and then play the video back from the computer into an attached DVCAM deck or camera. This will take twice as long since you have to play the video back two separate times. Unfortunately, we’re not aware of an all-in-one solution in the form of a single deck with two VTRs.
