Nathan D. Lee Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Could someone brefly explain the diferecenes between MiniDV and DvCam. Thanks. Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landon D. Parks Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Well, generally DVcam has larger tapes. And can record longer. And I think that Dvcam records with less compression than MiniDV tape. But someone with more experiance should validate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Allen Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 you can record DVCAM onto either regularly sized DV tapes or miniDV tapes. The DVCAM compression is exactly the same as DV25 codec: 4:1:1. The only differences I'm able to find is the fact that DVCAM tape rate is 1.5 faster than regular mDV and that it records at 15 micron track instead of 10 like mDV. This is probably similar to the DVCpro format that Panasonic developed with an 18 micron track. The real nerds can discuss the differences in greater detail and why one is better than the other. The nice thing is ou don't need any special DV cassettes to record onto either. The faster tape rate of DVCAM turns a 60 minute regular miniDV tape into a 40 minute tape, and the slower tape rate of regular DV turns a 60 minute DVCAM tape into a 90 minute DV tape. I wouldn't recommend mixing recording formats on the same tape though, that sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member drew_town Posted March 21, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 21, 2005 DVCam uses more dv tape to reduce the number of dropouts that might occur. It's just supposed to be a more "reliable" recording format. The quality is the same as DV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchopp Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 DVCAM = Professional Format MiniDV = Consumer Format That's the simple way of looking at it. :-) However, there are professionals that use MiniDV, too. Use what's suited for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Laurent Andrieux Posted March 23, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 23, 2005 DVCam uses more dv tape to reduce the number of dropouts that might occur. It's just supposed to be a more "reliable" recording format. The quality is the same as DV. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, it may reduce the number of drop outs, but it's not the only purpose. As someone said, the track width is 15 microns instead of 10 and the relative speed of the tape to the head is increased by a factor of 1.5... It then increases the band width of the recorded signal, adds strength to it and it then is more adapted to an intense use such as in news gathering and corporates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member drew_town Posted March 24, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 24, 2005 Yes, it may reduce the number of drop outs, but it's not the only purpose. As someone said, the track width is 15 microns instead of 10 and the relative speed of the tape to the head is increased by a factor of 1.5... It then increases the band width of the recorded signal, adds strength to it and it then is more adapted to an intense use such as in news gathering and corporates... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Cool. Didn't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 24, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 24, 2005 Hi, The phrase is "programme interchange", that is, the ability to play tapes from any DVCAM deck on any DVCAM deck without fear that in-spec alignment issues will cause problems. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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