Micro MV to MiniDV? at DVinfo.net

Tyge Floyd · April 24th, 2009, 10:41 AM

I have a buddy who is in a tight spot capturing some footage.

Anyone here know how to a person would take SD footage off a micromv tape and transfer it either to miniDV or have a camera a friend could borrow to capture this footage? My friend doesn't have access to a micromv camera.

Chris Hurd · April 24th, 2009, 10:20 PM

Moved from Open DV to TLBL.

I'm pretty sure we have several existing threads covering this topic if you look around for them.

Tyge Floyd · April 25th, 2009, 05:57 AM

Well, that makes more sense to me. Sorry it was added to the wrong forum.

Bill Pryor · April 26th, 2009, 09:56 AM

You'd have to have cables that get you video and audio out of the MicroMV camera to whatever input your record camera or deck would have. The guy with the camera should have the cables that came with it.

Douglas Thigpen · April 27th, 2009, 08:26 AM

As an aside... MicroMV is evil. I once was in a situation where a client provided some footage on MicroMV but with no camera or access to camera. No rental houses had cameras or decks. No stores sold them. Ended up paying entirely too much off for a used one off ebay just to acquire the footage from it.

Tyge Floyd · April 27th, 2009, 09:52 AM

Yeah, the problem is my friend doesn't have access to the camera and neither does the client. What a mess. Looks like his only option is to buy one off eBay. Thanks for the input.

Bill Pryor · April 27th, 2009, 10:02 AM

Make sure he gets the cables too, or check the specs in advance to make sure it doesn't use some kind of funky cable you'd have to build from scratch if you don't have one. I only looked at a couple of those cameras a long time ago...I seem to recall that one had firewire and one didn't, but I could be wrong there. If you can find one with firewire, then that would make your life a lot easier.

Jack Zhang · April 29th, 2009, 02:47 AM

But don't forget that the firewire stream might be MPEG-2 and not DV. Capture, convert, then print to DV.

April 24th, 2009, 10:41 AM	#1
Tyge Floyd Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ft. Worth, Texas Posts: 287	Micro MV to MiniDV? I have a buddy who is in a tight spot capturing some footage. Anyone here know how to a person would take SD footage off a micromv tape and transfer it either to miniDV or have a camera a friend could borrow to capture this footage? My friend doesn't have access to a micromv camera. __________________ At full draw, Tyge Floyd

April 24th, 2009, 10:20 PM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	Moved from Open DV to TLBL. I'm pretty sure we have several existing threads covering this topic if you look around for them. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

April 25th, 2009, 05:57 AM	#3
Tyge Floyd Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ft. Worth, Texas Posts: 287	Well, that makes more sense to me. Sorry it was added to the wrong forum. __________________ At full draw, Tyge Floyd

April 27th, 2009, 08:26 AM	#5
Douglas Thigpen Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, CA / Apex, NC Posts: 81	As an aside... MicroMV is evil. I once was in a situation where a client provided some footage on MicroMV but with no camera or access to camera. No rental houses had cameras or decks. No stores sold them. Ended up paying entirely too much off for a used one off ebay just to acquire the footage from it. __________________ Douglas Thigpen http://www.dthigpen.com/ - http://www.nicetryproductions.com/

April 27th, 2009, 09:52 AM	#6
Tyge Floyd Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ft. Worth, Texas Posts: 287	Yeah, the problem is my friend doesn't have access to the camera and neither does the client. What a mess. Looks like his only option is to buy one off eBay. Thanks for the input. __________________ At full draw, Tyge Floyd

April 26th, 2009, 09:56 AM	#4
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	You'd have to have cables that get you video and audio out of the MicroMV camera to whatever input your record camera or deck would have. The guy with the camera should have the cables that came with it.

April 27th, 2009, 10:02 AM	#7
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	Make sure he gets the cables too, or check the specs in advance to make sure it doesn't use some kind of funky cable you'd have to build from scratch if you don't have one. I only looked at a couple of those cameras a long time ago...I seem to recall that one had firewire and one didn't, but I could be wrong there. If you can find one with firewire, then that would make your life a lot easier.

April 29th, 2009, 02:47 AM	#8
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	But don't forget that the firewire stream might be MPEG-2 and not DV. Capture, convert, then print to DV.