Capture analogue to DV Tape realtime - Possible?

I already capture my TV tuner to HD with a software DV codec and then export to tape. I was wondering if it were possible to go one step further and go directly to tape from the tuner in DV format? Kinda like a DV VCR setup? How would such a graph be constructed? Edit: maybe this should be in the capture forum...

You can directly connect your VCR's output to your camcorder, provided that your camcorder has analogue in. You wouldn't even need to use your PC to get your video on the DV tape. You are trying something different, if I understand correctly: - Capture the video through your PC's TV tuner card using a DV codec - On-the-fly upload through firewire to your camcorder I must admit that I know neither if such a setup is possible with existing software nor how powerful the hardware has to be for such an approach. Maybe someone else has a clue? bb

Yes, you guessed, my camcorder has no analogue input. I figured since my system can encode DV realtime (which it can easily) it could just shunt it out the firewire port without writing to the hard drive at all. I thought it could be a case of connecting the right components in graphedit but it's a little daunting. I should just play around a bit. Just wondering if anyone had tried it.

I guess what snw wanted to tell you is that you can activate analogue-in and dv-in by camcorder modification. If your camcorder doesn't have any analogue plug, then this won't help you. The cable described is for modifying the camcorder's firmware (you'll loose warranty, so beware), not for transmitting the video signal. bb

yes thats what i meant... sorry if i was unclear...

No problem. I thought that might've been the case! There is no analogue in. Anyone else?

Perhaps the Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge can help? I use this to capture from an analog source (VCR) to a DV AVI file on my HD. I can't see any reason why this could go straight to a camcorder via Firewire in, but I've never tried it.

My point was being able to do it with the hardware I already have. I should be able to go from my BT878 card, compress DV realtime with a software codec (this I already do) and send it out my firewire card all in realtime. Buying extra hardware negates my whole point of enquiry but I know you mean well. Thanks anyway.

The answer to your question is no. You can't capture and export DV at the same time. However, I am not sure but I believe that the Canopus ADVC-100 would allow you to export the DV directly to your camcorder.

@chaumurky, what software DV codec are you using for capture and how is the result compared to codecs like Picvideo MJPEG@18/19 or HuffYUV?