Canon HV20 HDV footage recorded on miniDV tapes

[iViking]

Hi, I am selling my Canon HV20 and am looking for the easiest way to dump 16 tapes, (16 hours), of footage onto DVDs, one at a time, using imovie. It will take forever to import the whole tape, drag to the edit line, and export to idvd.

iMovie 6 used to have a magic movie feature, but they removed the free download of that older version.

To be clear, I do not need to edit the footage. I need only to get them off of miniDV tape and onto DVD.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[jayeskreezy]

unrelated but how much are you selling the hv20 for?

[MrLatte23]

probably the fastest way. Sony makes a decent one with Firewire in for about $100. Not sure if it handles HDV, if you shot it that way.

[iViking]

probably the fastest way. Sony makes a decent one with Firewire in for about $100. Not sure if it handles HDV, if you shot it that way.

Hey, thanks for the head's up.

Do you have a link for that item? I would gladly pay that to get this footage transferred. It should be able to down convert in camera to standard DV.

[MrLatte23]

Do you have a link for that item? I would gladly pay that to get this footage transferred. It should be able to down convert in camera to standard DV.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/487187-REG/Sony_RDR_GX355_RDR_GX355_DVD_Recorder.html

B&H has a decent customer service, they might be able to confirm that the two devices play nicely together.