Kinda OT: Firewire card + Digital Video Camera = Computer Backup??

OzoneJunkies

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Hey all - sorry about the OT, but thought the knowledge in this forum might yield positivie result for me, so please bare with:

Does anyone know if it is possible to use a digital video camer (I have a Sony PC-1) with a firewire card such that the camera stores regular computer files (non-audio/video). Maybe there's a utility out there? I have a video capture utility from Sonic Foundry that let's you control the camera from the computer via my firewire card, as well as write a/v data to the camera. I'm thinking that this must be possible - it's kinda similar to using a DAT tape machine as a backup device, no?
 

codehack2

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In short no.. moving video to a firewire camera involves more than just simply copying files.. When you move a DV video up to your camera, the camera is actually using an onboard codec to "encode" the video.

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