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April 24th, 2009, 10:40 AM
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Capturing HDV footage without FCP
Hi all, i was wondering if theres any programs I can use to capture HDV footage through firewire, without FCP? I hate the way the capture process ties up final cut, so id like to be able to set tapes capturing in another program while i work away in FCP.
I need a program that can capture 1080i50, 1080p25 as well as 720p25. Im not interested in mpeg streamclip route- i want someting painless that captures the hdv straight into quicktime wrappers so they are 100% fcp compatible, and i dont have to fiddle about with them Would be so easy if I could just run two instances of final cut! Would imovie work, purely as a capture tool? any ideas would be great Last edited by Peter Ford; April 24th, 2009 at 10:42 AM. Reason: correcting 'sausage fingeritis' |
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April 24th, 2009, 12:18 PM
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Look into Quicktime Pro. I've used it for SD capture with no problems, but can't answer your HD question. You can set it up to capture (recording) in the preferences.
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April 24th, 2009, 02:34 PM
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Next answer, use DVHSCap to capture the MPEG transport streams off the HDV tape and wrap the files with ClipWrap. However I wouldn't advise capturing and editing at the same time on the same computer unless it was a recent model (Mac Pro, perhaps) and you have tested it fully. There can be too many hardware resources being shared by the two programs to work properly. More expensive option; get a FireStore or similar direct to disk recorder device and hook that up to your deck and make QuickTime HDV files that way. I use my FireStore to do this a lot, works great and saves time.
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April 24th, 2009, 05:37 PM
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VLC on Windows can. Given its cross-platform support, the Mac version may, too.
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April 24th, 2009, 09:03 PM
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Would imovie work, purely as a capture tool?
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April 24th, 2009, 09:19 PM
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@William- please explain your process for capturing mpeg streams via DVHSCap- every time I try to capture from my cam, it tells me no device is present. I've been using AVCVideoCap, but it sends me into a kernel panic after about 20,000 frames...
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April 25th, 2009, 12:51 PM
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AVCVideoCap and DVHSCap are essentially the same program with DVHScap being the older version. Both are supposed to read and transfer MPEG video streams directly out of a connected device. I've never had a problem with DVHScap recognizing either my Sony HDV equipment or my JVC HDV equipment. Try running the tape first and then starting the record process.
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