[Cialug] OT: camcorder

[Claus]

On 6/29/2007 4:51 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> Does the mini DV format allow for digital transfer (USB/Firewire) in a
> faster-than-realtime mode?  Sounds appealing.
> 
> -Nate

No, not that I'm aware of.  You are playing it off the camcorder but you 
can control the camcorder via the computer's software.
Start recording; go do something else; come back, edit and burn. 
Encoding takes a while as well so you get another time period to clean 
the house. ;)

   Claus