PUNKslip Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 It may sound like a dumb question, but does anyone make a reader for Mini Data discs? I know the camera is the reader, but I would like to view my videos directly from my camcorders Mini Disc to PC, not from camcorder to DVD player, where I lose my HD, then to my PC where it further deteriorates the quality. I have an AVCHD Panasonic. I have found many writers, just no readers.John O.Crete, Ne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sector001 Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 can the writers also read??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 * Moved to MD section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUNKslip Posted January 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Can't find it Rich.John O.Crete, Ne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ral-Clan Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 (edited) Are you confusing Mini-DVDs with MD-Data discs? As far as I know, the ONLY video camera that used MiniDiscs was a single extremely rare model by Sony that used the proprietary (and even rarer) MD-Data2 discs. This was in fact the ONLY product ever made that used MD-Data2 discs (not the same as the already scarce, earlier, MD-Data format).http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_DCM-M1.htmlMini-DVD camcorders have nothing to do with MiniDiscs at all. It's a different media format. In that case, you're in the wrong forum.Here's a picture of an MD-Data2 (the only MD used for a video camera):http://a1441.g.akamai.net/7/1441/5846/0112.../47634347.pjpegHere's a picture of a Mini-DVD, commonly used in camcorders today:http://www.computersonline.com.au/product_...-R(LAS0067).jpg Edited January 12, 2008 by Ral-Clan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitdroidtech Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) It may sound like a dumb question, but does anyone make a reader for Mini Data discs? I know the camera is the reader, but I would like to view my videos directly from my camcorders Mini Disc to PC, not from camcorder to DVD player, where I lose my HD, then to my PC where it further deteriorates the quality. I have an AVCHD Panasonic. I have found many writers, just no readers.John O.Crete, Ne.If you are talking about mini-dvd, you can just plop it straight into your DVD drive. Mini-DVD is just a normal DVD with a smaller diameter. You need to finalise the disc before the computer can read it as a DVD, or use ripping programs to port the video to the computer as a video file. See this link here:http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/front...02212804AASlC3hAs to MD-Data, I'm not sure what's available but you are probably looking at big bucks to source anything, whether new or 2nd hand. Good luck though. Edited January 14, 2008 by max_wedge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ral-Clan Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 The original poster never came back. I guess he realized his mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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