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> Digitizing a MiniDV cassette is therefore a misnomer. We should rather talk about data transfer. Yeah, I was about to say it’s kind of strange to refer to th
by codetrotter 5y ago
> Digitizing a MiniDV cassette is therefore a misnomer. We should rather talk about data transfer.
Yeah, I was about to say it’s kind of strange to refer to this as digitization, since MiniDV holds digital data on it already.
I think transferring MiniDV tapes with Linux would be a better title. But I kind of get what they mean I guess.
- aidenn0 5y agoA while back I posted a picture to social media of the CDs I was listening to while cleaning. A friend responded "Don't you think it's time you digitize your music?" to which I could only say "...but CDs are digital..."
- yardie 5y ago'digitize'? we called it ripping. Not even Boomers used the term digitize.
- aidenn0 5y agoThis was a Xennial (born in '81).
- nayuki 5y ago"File-ize" would be accurate. DV tapes are streams of keyframes and are not computer files. CDs are tracks and subcode data and are not files. Importing these data media into a computer usually ends with saving a file, which you can store on HDD, SSD, CD (with a file system and not as audio), flash card, etc.
- aidenn0 5y agoAs a sibling comment mentioned the verb "to rip" is the colloquial term I'm familiar with.