DV to Sansa: Convert DV(Digital Video Cassette) video to Sansa with River Past Crazi Video

What is DV?

The format was first called DVC (as in Digital Video Cassette), later it was called simply DV. It is used in many consumer and professional grade digital camcorders.

Digital video (DV) can be captured from a DV camcorder, stored in a file on the user's computer, or stored on tape using a video tape recorder (VTR).

On Windows, DirectShow based DV capture program normally capture the DV into an AVI file. However, QuickTime based software would generally create a .DV file without the AVI header.

To convert DV video (with .dv extension) to other formats, please have Apple QuickTime is installed.

Launch Crazi Video

Install Crazi Video, launch Crazi Video.

Add File

Click on the "Add File" button on the tool bar. The standard file open dialog appears. Select "DV - Digital Video (*.dv)" in its "Files of type" combo box.

Select the file you want to convert and click "Open". The file will be added to the conversion file list.

Note: To convert from DV files, you must have Apple QuickTime installed.

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Select Sansa Output

Click on the toggle in front of "Output Format" to expand the panel.

Select "Sansa" as the device type.

Change individual file settings

Select the file in the conversion list. An additional panel "Convert File" appears.

Click on the toggle to expand the panel.

If you want to extract the audio from the video, select "Audio" as the "Media Type".

The aspect ratio is retrieve from the original video file. In some cases, this value may be incorrect. To change it, you can either select from the list, or type in a value.

Select output directory

Expand the "Output Directory" panel. Use the "Browse" button to select an output directory.

If you have Sansa E200 connected, you can set the Sync Option to "Copy Files to Device Directly". Crazi Video will find the connected Sansa and copy the converted files to the appropriate directories for playback.

You can also set the Sync Option to "Do not Sync" and manage the files yourself.

Convert

Click the "Convert" button on the tool bar.

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