Mini DVD Camcorders The Worst Format Ever Invented - Why Hardly Any Company Touches Them !!
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2023
- Mini DVD camcorder format was produced from the early 2000s manufactures such as Sony Hitachi, Panasonic, Sanyo, canon and more, jumped on the bandwagon and manufactured and marketed them to capture movies fast forward 15 years later many millions of desks at the hardly anyone is finalize them which needs to be done in the original camcorder which most people have thrown away and can’t remember what format the camera was and even if they do remember that doesn’t always solve the problem, because many manufactures have different versions of software and firmware within the cameras they are incompatible. Trying to digitize them owning a transfer company is an absolute pain in the rear because more than half of the disks I get in I’m not finalized and people don’t remember what format they had used so I have to try and figure that out myself and go through all these different stops and even sometimes finding the correct brand of camera the disks are not readable or will not finalize so it’s a fun time sarcastically, but if you would like to get your mini DVDs, transferred go to Gotmemories.com
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Nice eye-opening video. Love you delivery and knowledge sharing.
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I still like the dvd camcorder, i think its cool that it records to dvd.
I still think the MiniDV cassette are more simple and easier to work with over dvd having - or + writing styles.
The dvd+r/rw will play without finalizing on bluray players.
The dvd-r/rw do need to be finalized to play on dvd players.
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Inserting an Un-Finalised disk with Files from a Sony DCR DVD 505 into a Canon Vixia HR10 and connecting to a PC with USB Mini will allow you to transfer files via USB cable to the PC and delete those files off that disk still in camera without Finalising that Disk..
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@@gotmemories Hi.. I already knew we could transfer and delete files from un-finalised disk when the HR10 is connected to a PC via USB so I was inspired yesterday when watching your video to try inserting an Un-Finalised disk from the Sony into the HR10 and see if that works the same way.. It did work with file transfer using the mouse in Explorer via USB cable and appeared to allow deletion too, however when I re-inserted that disk into the Sony the files were still there... I do hope that helps you going forward if you manage to find a HR10 ( Cheap off eBay..) though I bet there will be fewer and fewer people bringing in disks to you.. Good luck with all you are doing..
Thanks and best of luck with your project.
i still think they're cool to play around with hardware wise, just like the tiny little Gamecube DVDs
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I still prefer my VHS-C and Video8 tapes instead. I use a 1996 PCI Card on a PC either with VirtualDub or DScaler (which is higher res so I use it more commonly)
Mini-DVD camcorders I heard were annoying to use and similar to the infamous MicroMV camcorders (which only Sony produced in a short-lived manner)
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The issue is that they came out with dvd+ which just threw a wrench in the dvd recording world. WHY they did that beats me. I was told that the + eliminated the need for finalizing to be played back but only on bluray players, standard dvd players need to be finalized and will only accept the - format.
Bluray will take both.
The - will work on all dvd players and bluray.
The + will only work on bluray and dvd players after ~2004 ish.
So if you are going to record onto dvd from your camcorder, you have to decide + or -
I have heard all this as well, but one's person experience does not make a product bad. To be honest, I have never had any problems with them. I have a Canon DC100 that was not one of the full featured DVD camcorders, but is one of my favorites. It maybe have the best zoom I have ever used on any camcorder. I can watch the videos on TV with just an AV cable, and capture recordings without finalizing the disc. It is one of the better old camcorders I have used. I would put it on the level of basic MiniDV camcorders in terms of video quality, but I would put it above them in terms of ease of use. A lot of older DVD players require 2GB of data to be able to play a DVD, so some older DVD player will not play MiniDVD discs. But again, with a capture device I can just capture the videos. I have also never had the problem of DVD players not playing MiniDVDs, although I do know that some very old DVD players do require at least a 2GB minimum to play a disc. I have never came across any of these DVD players. Most the DVD players I have used simply recognize any disc with less than 2GB of data as a MiniDVD. I can put VCD disc, SVCD disc or even DVD disc with less than 2GB of data, and every single one gives an onscreen popup that says MiniDVD. I honestly think most of the problems are the people using them. Of course not using a good disc, not being careful with disc etc are gonna give you problems. Just like in this video, the disc are scratched. What do you expect to get from a damaged disc? i have found that basically if your DVD player plays VCD and SVCD disc, it will also play MiniDVD discs. I think when they started making DVD players capable of reading disc less than 2GB so that people could play VCD and SVCD disc, then it allowed DVD players to play MiniDVDs as well. I like tape and discs, and have no problem using either. I have never used one, but supposedly the best DVD camcorder ever made was the Sony DVD403. The DVD403 is the one I always seen reviewers comparing all the other DVD camcorders to back in the day. You can even find articles from CNET and PCMAG from 2008 and 2009 and they were still comparing all the DVD camcorders to the DVD403, and it came out in 2005.