What's the difference?

[scrimski]

DVCam tapes are bigger(and more expensive), you may record 4 audio tracks.
DVCam tapes run faster which results in a shorter length. DVCam records more pixels than miniDV though the compression remains the same on both formats.

[shake-n-bake]

Odin, you may find the following of use:

http://people.csail.mit.edu/tbuehler/video/dv.html

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