Dazzle

I intend to transfer my Super VHS tapes from an old camera to DVD and have aquired a Dazzle Platinum. But everything is for Windows! Does anyone know if it can be used on a Mac and if so how do I go about doing it? I have checked Pinnacle's site but no mention of a Mac there. I am an experienced Mac user and not frightened by jargon, etc.
Hope someone can help.

You can try getting a canopus which is firewire driven and more stable than a usb driven. Anyway Dazzle can only be used on pinacle studio if you try using it on others window software like sony vegas or adobe premiere it dont work. It is a very restrictive hardware which i do not recommend.

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I have been trying to import VHS video into iMovie via a Hollywood Dazzle bridge. Did not have trouble until I upgraded to mavericks. I have a mac book pro, 10.9.1, iMovie 10.0.2. Says it is recording, but when I go to check, it says the file is empty.

I have been trying import VHS video into iMovie via a Hollywood Dazzle bridge. I have been successful doing this in the past, but now it is not working. I have a mac book pro, 10.9.1, (mavericks), iMovie 10.0.2. Everything in iMovie looks like it is working. It reads "recording" in the upper left hand corner of the pane while the video is playing. When I stop the process to check on my clip it says that the file is empty. The only thing that has changed since I did it successfully is that I upgraded to mavericks from whatever I had previously. My system is about one year old. Any suggestions?

Hey, Clinton,
     Thanks for your help! I was able to go to iMovie 9.0.9 and import video. I was still curious as to why it didn't work in version 10.0.2, so I contacted Apple tech support. They were't sure at first as to why it wouldn't work, so they had me delete iMovie 10.0.2 and then re-install it just to see if something had gone wrong when it upgraded. That didn't change anything. In the end, they determined that 10.0.2 doesn't support the Hollywood Dazzle DV bridge. But I have a workaround path from them that I will share so that it's possible to import to 9.0.9, then move it to 10.0.2.
     1. Open iMovie 9 (finder/applications/iMovie 9.0.9
     2. Import from Dazzle Bridge to iMovie 9, note which event you are importing the clips into
     3. Close iMovie 9
     4. Open iMovie 10 (probably in the dock)
     5. File/Import Media...navigate to home(this was my name, on the left side of iMovie, under Favorites)/Movies/iMovie events. Find the event folder that contains your Dazzle clips (tip-try sorting by date modified to look at recent events.)
     6. Select the clips and import. Click the blue "Import Selected" button on the bottom right.
You may get a message that some files cannot be imported. Click continue import. It's a little glitchy. It imports your clip, and also makes a copy of it, too. On the copy, the audio is normal, but the video is choppy. In any case, you would delete the copy, anyway.
Hope this additional information helps somebody else. Thanks again, Clinton for helping me!

Not getting a clear input from VCR through Dazzle DV-Bridge

I have a Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge device so that I can take VCR tapes and eventually burn them onto a DVD. It takes the audio and video from the VCR and pumps it into my Mac via Firewire.
The problem is that no matter what tape I play in the VCR, I'm getting distortion at the bottom of the screen. What can I do about this? Anyone know? Why is it only at the bottom? I want to clear this up before I digitize and put it on a DVD.
In the following screenshot, you will see what I'm talking about right below the "import" button.
http://tinyurl.com/29clta
Thanks!

Yes, I see what you mean, and I get this quite often. It is partly the timecode track, partly an audio (mono) track.
I have learned to ignore it in iMovie as it never appears in the finished DVD.
Considering how cheap a blank DVD is, try it out!

Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3 and Dazzle 170

Hi, I have a trouble.
I'm working with: Vista Home Premium 32 Bit, Dazzle DVC 179 Rev.1.2, PCLEUSB2, Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3. I work with Firewire 1394 with Sony Pd100 Camcorder, and and Encoder 3 sounds well (PAL), with USB cam Encoder 3 sounds well (PAL), when I choice Dazzle from the menù, Encoder 3 tell to me: VIDEO FORMAT NOT SUPPORTED - Video format provided by video capture device is not supported by this application. (PAL or NTSC or SECAM).
What can I do for work with this device?
Thanks in advance
Vittorio

FMLE will work with all devices which have direct show based drivers and give data in raw format. Here is a list of devices which have been tested and certified with FMLE - http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashmediaencoder/FMLE_DeviceMatrix3.0.pdf

Dazzle for Mac... In Italy...

Hi everyone.
I want to record my TV screen while playing videogames such as Wii and Xbox 360. I saw a few days ago that the most convenient solution is buying a Dazzle for Mac. It would work fine for me, if i'd live in USA... Can anyone help me find where i can buy this tool? Are there other devices that i could use? I am using a Macbook White and my TV is big and fat. Nothing HD, LED or else.
Thanks.

Hi, i have also found this:
http://www.amazon.com/Elgato-10020840-Video-Capture-Device/dp/B0029U2YSA/ref=sr15?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1256802867&sr=8-5
"Elgato 10020840 Video Capture Device"
I just want to record my TV screen while playing a video console. Is this tool good?
Thank you for your patience.

Importing JVC MiniDV through Dazzle Hollywood Bridge - Trouble!

I have a project that is due tomorrow! This is what has happened. I plug my JVC camera into my Dazzle bridge, connect the bridge to my iMac through firewire. Next, I open iMovie, and normally it will bring up the video capture screen and tell me that there is no device control. However, at least once I was able to import video manually without any trouble. But now, even when I use the Pass Through on the bridge, press Play on the screen(import screen in iMovie), click import, tell it to add it as a new event, and then click Import again and press play on my camcorder, the little red record light will come on but the timer next to it stays at zero - even though my video is playing on the camcorder. I hope this isn't too confusing, but would love any direction!!!

Hi
*Some general - unsorted thoughts about this Camera = AD-box in this Case.*
Test another FW-Cable.
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin FW one ?
Test Your Camera on another Mac so that DV-in still works OK
Toogle in iMovie pref: Play-back via Camera (on<->off some times)
Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
(Other hard disks don't count)
Delete iMovie pref file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into
this and have a re-try.
Using WHAT ? :
• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
• QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
• iMovie 8 (7.1.?) ?
• iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
Does Your Camera work on another Mac ?
Sorry to say it is to easy to turn the 6-pin end of the FW-cable 180 deg wrong.
This is lethal to the A/D-chip in the Camera = needs an expensive repair.
(Hard to find out - else than import/export to another Mac ceased to work
everything else is OK eg recording and playback to TV)
Other ways to import Your miniDV tape:
Use another Camera. There where tape play-back stations from SONY
but they costed about 2-4 times a normal miniDV Camera.
If Your Camera works on another Mac. Make an iMovie movie project here and move it
over to Your Mac via an external hard disk.
(HAS TO BE Mac OS Exchange formatted - USB/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange WILL NOT DO)
(Should be a FireWire one - USB/USB2 performs badly)
from LKN 1935:
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpfull insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
from Karsten:
in addition to Bengt's excellent '9 yards of advice' ..
camera set to 'Play' , not rec/computer/etc.?
camera not on battery, but power-line?
did your Mac 'recognize' this camera before...?
a technical check:
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About../More..
under Firewire.. what do you read..?
Yours Bengt W

IChat w/ Dazzle DV Bridge

Hello, I am trying to use a Hollywood Dazzle DV Bridge to transmit analog sources such as tv, dvd, & vcr etc... It works fine, and I have to figure out the 6 minutes time out problem.
The one item I am having problems with is that the video image is inverted left to right, sort of like when you use a lcd projector and have to switch from a rear projection to a front projection.
Anyone come across this?
The video part of the picture is not noticeable. But when text or lower third graphics show , they are viewed right to left instead of the normal left to right.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Dennis,
I have a Dazzle DV bridge as well.
It works fine. I do not have any time out problems that are not related to my camera. (the anti (tape) stretch feature normally kicks in befor e six mins on my camera).
My Camera is set to Camera mode which will out put a TV signal for dipalying on a Tele or for Recording direct to a VCR. The Dazzle then converts it to DV and sends it to the computer over firewire. (the OS recognises it without further software).
Pics and info for those who do not know what we are talking about http://www.computervice.com/Products/Dazzle/DV_Bridge/
iChat is the thing that is turning the Pic to Mirror view.
This is a "feature" that Apple has put inot iChat.
You soon get used to looking at yourself like it was a mirror. Your Buddies see you the right way round.
For iSight users there is http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/ which will allow you to switch the pic around. It does not work with the Dazzle though (Nor does iChatUSBCam other functions other than allowing the Desktop to be used as a Video source)
Ralph

Dazzle Video Bridge

I have a Dazzle USB Video Bridge. Is there a way to import video into iMovie using this? I cannot get iMovie to recognize that it is there. Any ideas are appreciated.

FunkMaxtor,
To work with iMovie, I believe you need the FireWire version of the Dazzle Hollywood Bridge.
Matt

Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge no longer works with imovie

For many years I had use the Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge to transfer video from either a video camera, vhs, dvd player, etc with no problem. After not using it for about a year, I try to use it again now and it does not recognize the video signal coming through the Bridge. It knows that a Hollywood bridge is attached, but does not recognize any signal. I first thought that was related to the new imovie version but I even downloaded again imovie 6 and did not work either.
At one specific moment, it started to work but only transferred video to the imovie 6 version for 7 minutes and the dropped forever.
Anyone knows anything about how to solve this problem? Not sure if the Dazzle DV Bridge is broken now and I need to replace it. Any suggestion?

Jros,
Amazing ... I have the exact same issue ... last time I used the Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge was with my G5 iMac and OS x 10.4 ...
Now, 1 yr. later, I wanted to start importing VHS tapes again with my new Intel iMac using OSX 10.5.2 ... same thing ... iMovie does not even recognize the unit at all ... mine does not seem to be recognized at all as in iMovie, the only import 'camera' that shows up is the built in iSight cam in the iMac. ??? Strange.
Let me know if you find that there is some sort of a fix or what might be done to get it to work again.
I read elsewhere that 2 other options may be the Canopus ADVC110 or the Miglia product that looks like the Apple TV form factor. I'm not sure at this point which one is better.
I still would like to use the Dazzle - as it WAS working perfectly with OSX 10.4 and G5 iMac.
Any ideas anyone?

PE10 & Dazzle.

A while ago I read a lot of suggestions for downloading/copying old VHS tapes into PE10 using Dazzle. From my point of view none of them worked electronicaly. So I reverted to a practical way and used dazzle to download into my copy of Pinnacle Studio HD, rendering to an AVI file and then uploading into PE10. Works perfectly but not very efficient. QUESTION: Could anybody tell me of a Dazzle like 'machine' that will capture old VHS tapes and/or anything else directly into PE10? robo_col

Unfortunately, the Dazzle devices seem to be problematic, and even with Pinnacle Studio. Few users were ever able to get them to properly Capture from analog sources. It has been many years, since I was last on the Pinnacle Studio forum, but back then, there were tons of problems mentioned. Do not recall anyone ever getting any real solutions - some times they worked, but all too often, they did not.
This article is a general tip-sheet for doing A-D Capture: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2727627#2727627
If you can get the Dazzle to work with Pinnacle Studio, that is probably as good as it will get, and count yourself fortunate, that it is working for you.
Good luck,
Hunt

Hollywood Dazzle and Firewire Hub killed FCP

I made the mistake of running DV devices through a FW hub into the same port on my PowerPC G5 and now FCP 5 won't open at all.
I've unplugged everything and reinstalled FCP to no avail.
How can I fix my problem?
System Profiler says my FW ports are still active and DVD studio pro and other associated applications still work.
please help!

The Dazzle has anecdotal evidence of being very problematic and don't use a firewire hub in conjunction with any firewire devices and Final Cut Pro.
Do a forum search for the Guinness Solution, you may find the answers within the results. Also do a search for Dazzle and firewire hub and you'll find anecdotal evidence.

Pinnacle dazzle digital video creator 90

Someone just gave me this to put videos from my HI8 video camera onto iMovie 6 and iMovie can't recognize the camera when it's pluged in. It's called pinnacle dazzle digital video creator 90. I'm not sure if it's because it uses USB or what. If its because it dosn't work on mac, I have virtual pc. Is there any way I can put it on there and then transfer it onto my mac?
Any help would be appreciated.

Yes, if it can only transfer via USB then it can't, if you see what I mean.
You need firewire to do this, and an analogue to digital converter, such as, for example, the Canopus ADVC 110.

Using Dazzle

I have a dazzle (Hollywood DV bridge)that takes in s video and uses a firewire to input into the Powerbook G4.
Problem is i-movie shows a realtime image but only in black and white. How do I get color ????
Note: the same arrangement was working on the Dell notebook before changing to the G4.
dfhent

This may have nothing to do with it, but last year a friend also tried that unit bought at an Apple Store with his Powerbook and had the same problem. We tried all manner of voodoo, and ended up just taking it back and getting a Canopus, which worked fine.

Dazzle help

i have a windows 7. wat the cheapest dazzle i can buy. and just to make sure, a dazzle records ur tv because thats wat i want.
thank you
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You may be able to do this with the product but keep in mind the timing of the video signals. Theres a possibility that theres a millisecond or more delay between moving your remote and what is actually happening on the screen since the encoding is in real time. A Quad Core is really recommended for a task like this.
Back in the good old days of PS2 and Gamecube Adaptec came out with a good product called Game Bridge. It almost eliminated all lag with playing on a Tuner. Today, its just all a matter of a good tuner. Maybe hardware tuners are better then software driven ones.
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Dazzle Support

Alright, so I have a few things to ask about.
First of all, I'm using a Samsung 1080p HDTV Monitor, and it only has one component output, being used by my Xbox 360. It has 2 HDMI outputs, one being used by HD-DVR Comcast box, and one empty.
Now, what I want to do, is use the Dazzle Platinum DVC 170 to record my Xbox 360 gameplay. However, it uses component [red, white and yellow]. I was wondering if there's something I can [that's also cheap, but good quality] that converts Red, White, and Yellow into an HDMI input, and naturally, how much that would cost.
Onto my second problem. Currently, when I try downloading the software for Pinnacle Studio, from the discs provided with the capture card, it says 'there are known compatibility issues with this product' and suggests I go to the website. If I ignore, it will not install successfully. I go to the Pinnacle website, look for patches, and it doesn't support x64 versions of Windows Vista, only x32. [which is really stupid] So, is there anything I can do to solve this problem? Or do I have to find a copy of XP/dual-boot Linux?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Have a nice day
-Kyaizen
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Could you perhaps provide me with a link or give me more information on where to get such a cable? If it's not aloud here, @Kyaizen me on Twitter. It would be greatly appreciated.
On the other hand, they've been saying this since I bought the piece of garbage in 2007. I don't have the money to upgrade to W7 [since I think the pre-order deal has gone away =\] and Pinnacle itself is a terrible company... Gah.. Guess I'll just have to try and get a different capture card. Waste of $120! I don't recommend the Pinnacle Dazzle Platinum anyone!

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