From MiniDV to FCPro? What deck or player?

I've a potential client who wants to output to Windows Media Player from raw tape MiniDV format. I'd user Cleaner to compress the stuff for the web.
I've a couple of questions.
1. What would be a sufficient way [no loss of quality] to input the miniDV tapes to HD for processing [What Decks/players and connections- I have digital ports on my G5 tower]?
2. How much HD space do you need per DV minute? Tapes are about 1 hr. each.
3. What is the best export format from FCPRO to use for compression for web use?
Thanks,
Jeff

1. You can encode to WMV several ways, but Cleaner isn't one of them if you don't have the Flip4Mac component installed. The simplest method is IF you have a Windows system, connect your DV device via Firewire to your Mac and its analog outputs to your Windows machine. Use Microsoft's free Windows Media Encoder to encode footage from FCP to WMV in RT. Simple, clean, and waaaay faster then any Mac only method.
2. DV, DVCam, DVCPro and the other DV25 formats take up about 13.3gb per hour of footage.
3. Depends on your clients needs and requirements and what your definition of "best" is. All-in-all H.264 is the "best" quality but among the least compatible (for now). MPEG-1 has the "best" compatibility, but among the worst quality. Flash (.flv) or WMV is probably the "best" overall in terms of quality vs. compatibility.
-DH

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