HDV capture issues on Mac at DVinfo.net

Douglas Hockly · September 19th, 2007, 10:51 PM

Hi,

I'm having a myriad of capture issues on my Mac Pro (4Gb RAM and capturing to a dedicated internal SATA2 drive). I've tried capturing with FCP, but it breaks up the files and gives no option to turn this off. I've tried with iMovie, which does give an option to turn this off (!) but the audio drops out of sync on some tapes. I've tried with Premiere CS3, capturing as native MPEG, which seemed to be working fine - and editing fine - but now I've discovered audio has dropped out entirely on a capture after about 20 min.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Douglas

Jiri Fiala · September 23rd, 2007, 11:37 AM

Please provide your camcorder info.

FCP doesn't work well with JVC ProHD camcorders in PAL. Premiere on the other hand, worked fine for me on my iMac in HDV.

Douglas Hockly · September 25th, 2007, 12:43 AM

Sorry, it's a Sony HVR-A1, a compact HDV - I reckon it's great, been very impressed by it.

Kalunga Lima · September 25th, 2007, 08:17 AM

You may want to try a different firewire port. I had a lot of problems capturing HDV from a Sony HVR-25 deck until I tried a different port and all of a sudden everything worked great.

Douglas Hockly · September 25th, 2007, 04:13 PM

Thanks - I hadn't even thought of that. I'll give it a go.

September 19th, 2007, 10:51 PM	#1
Douglas Hockly New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 13	HDV capture issues on Mac Hi, I'm having a myriad of capture issues on my Mac Pro (4Gb RAM and capturing to a dedicated internal SATA2 drive). I've tried capturing with FCP, but it breaks up the files and gives no option to turn this off. I've tried with iMovie, which does give an option to turn this off (!) but the audio drops out of sync on some tapes. I've tried with Premiere CS3, capturing as native MPEG, which seemed to be working fine - and editing fine - but now I've discovered audio has dropped out entirely on a capture after about 20 min. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Douglas

September 25th, 2007, 08:17 AM	#4
Kalunga Lima Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Luanda - ANGOLA & Lisbon - PORTUGAL Posts: 160	You may want to try a different firewire port. I had a lot of problems capturing HDV from a Sony HVR-25 deck until I tried a different port and all of a sudden everything worked great. __________________ Kalunga Lima PMW-350, PDW-F350, PDW-EX1, MacBookPro, MacPro 8-Core, Final Cut Studio 2, Canon 5D MkII

September 23rd, 2007, 11:37 AM	#2
Jiri Fiala Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brno Czech Republic Posts: 453	Please provide your camcorder info. FCP doesn't work well with JVC ProHD camcorders in PAL. Premiere on the other hand, worked fine for me on my iMac in HDV.

September 25th, 2007, 12:43 AM	#3
Douglas Hockly New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 13	Sorry, it's a Sony HVR-A1, a compact HDV - I reckon it's great, been very impressed by it.

September 25th, 2007, 04:13 PM	#5
Douglas Hockly New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 13	Thanks - I hadn't even thought of that. I'll give it a go.