#Mini dv backup computer drive how to

The only other thing I'm considering is Blu-Ray media (50GB/disc) for a backup that's a little easier to mail off somewhere for offsite storage, but the media and the burners are still a little expensive. Powered off, a hard drive will last pretty much forever, and even if the head fails the drive media is still easy to recover data from. A slight twist on that is that you could get an external enclosure for laptop (2.5') hard drives if you wanted something a little easier to store. It seems like it would be somewhat more reliable than backups toĭVD or CD and you can get up to 20 gigs per tape.įor that amount of storage, it seems to me I would not bother - get an external case you can swap drives out of easily, and back up things to a HD that you then keep powered off, or offsite (or a number of different drives for redundancy). mini-dv tapes are cheap anyway.Īnyone have experience with Firestreamer-DV for doing backup to a Or at least use HDs later on but use tape as a redundant storage. I am very interested myself as I want a more secure storage. I just don't know if anybody has tried this. So is restoring to HD! But I can live with that I guess if the data is intact. The drawback is that to back up 8gb will also take 60 min.

#Mini dv backup computer drive how to

This is very good.Ĩgb per 60min tape is ok. How to Transfer MiniDV to Computer without a Camcorder To transfer MiniDV footage to a computer, you would need the following. But this software apparently will allow one to use the dv or mini-dv tape and your camcorder as a data storage device. And DV is limited and will not store ordinary data. If it senses a standard FireWire storage signal it moves into FireWire Storage mode and mounts on.

Unfortunately, the DV or mini-dv tapes carry only video. either from your DV camera or from its own Record button. But tape is a proven medium that as long as kept properly will last decades. HDs are getting better of course, but a moving platter is tricky and can fail eventually.

I was wondering who had this because I am not comfortable even with HDs. It is interesting that somebody did this. Tape is a better archival medium compared to dvd, cdrs or even HD.