DVD - record to tape?

I have a DVD of very old home movies someone else made. I'd like to extract bits and pieces and edit a new movie. The quality of the old movies is already poor, so I'd like to preserve as much quality as I have.
Is it possible to record the DVD to DV tape, and then capture via FCE?

That's one way to do it. There could be some quality degradation due to the A/D conversion.
If you want to forgoe the tape step, you can use tools such as DVDxDV to rip directly off the DVD and then import the resulting DV file into FCE. That will cut out the A/D conversion.

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Question 1: if the DVD recorder is connected to the TIVO there shouldn't be anything prohibiting him from recording. The signal sent out from the TIVO is an unencrypted feed that can be processed by anything (TV, VCR, DVD recorder, ETC). As long as theres no restrictions within the DVD recorder itself, you should be fine to record anything. This also means you have to record realtime (press play on TIVO and record on the DVD recorder and wait the amount of time for the event to end before pressing stop)
Question 2: You would need to talk to the tech support for your DVD recorder. Its going to depend on what types of video streams and formats it will accept as a source
Question 3nce again this is a question for the DVD recorder tech support, not Verizon. It depends on the file format that the recorder saevs the file as. Not only that, but different players also can read different formats. So you have to take a look at the recorder and the dvd play back device
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Camcorder direct to DVD recorder questions

I've got a client that does focus groups and sometimes they ask me to videotape them. The clients usually want a VHS copy right on the spot. So there is no editing. Well, now some clients are beginning to want a DVD-video instead of VHS.
I do not have any experience using a set-top DVD-Recorder and I was wondering if anyone can chime in on their reliability for making DVDs from an external source such as a camcorder. These disks do NOT need any menuing or anything fancy. And honestly, they don't need to be pristine in their image quality either. But since the sessions often last over 2 hours, they need to allow for more than two hours of footage. And they cannot have any major hiccups. The recording needs to be pretty reliable.
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I hope I have this posted in the correct place. I am seeking advice and suggestions for VHS tape to digital transfers. Here is my current workflow:
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