CS4 Problem Capturing DVHS Through Firewire

PC running 64-bit WIndows 8.1 and Premiere Pro CS4
2-firewire inputs direct to the motherboard
DVHS player: JVC HM-DH30000U
I'm trying to capture some video from the JVC HM-DH30000U to Premiere Pro CS4 via Firewire (the only other way is via the analog outputs---even though these were HD VTR's, HDMI was not introduced until later). While CS4 will see the video when I have set the capture settings to HDV, and control the deck over firewire (it will not see or control the device when it is set to DV), I do not receive any audio from the firewire link, but I do get audio from the analog outputs.
I know that the D-VHS records its video in MPEG-2, and these tapes are standard-definition 720x480 recorded on the HS speed at 28.8 Mbps, which is obviously a higher Mbps than HDV's 25Mbps. So could there be some issue with a D-VHS MPEG stream when compared to a HDV MPEG stream that is slightly different that would cause the audio not to be captured over firewire?
Or could there be an issue with the 64 bit WIndows 8.1 that I'm running and the D-VHS, considering that D-VHS was released during the 32-bit era?

It was pointed out to me that the capture preset was set to 720p24 and should've been set to NTSC 720 x 480. Apparently FCP will not capture when that is set that way. Thanks for reading. Hope it helps anyone.

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HDV is for capturing the footage (via firewire) to its native HDV codec.
HDV Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) is for capturing the HDV footage (via firewire) to the Apple Intermediate Codec.
with FCP6.0.2 you can also capture HDV footage (via firewire) to Apple's ProRes codec.
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hello friends,
I want to capture video using firewire port in my laptop. Is
it possible to capture through firewire card?... If so how can i do
it?. Please help me ....
regards

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ShockWave101010 wrote:
Thank you Bill, the external HD is connected through high speed usb.
HDV through firewire is not supported. Hard to believe but the response came from Adobe.
Ashamed because I love their products. Oh well.
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Hi All,
I have posted this topic once before on the iMovie Discussion Forum. Please refer to this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=547019&tstart=75
I haven't been able to get an answer so far. Does any one in this Discussion area know how to solve my problem?
(Problem is: video captured from the GL1 shows two vertical black bands on the left and right side of the frame, an effect similar to pillarboxing. It almost looks as if I'm only getting 640 by 480 instead of 720 by 480 pixels. This happens regardless of whether DV was shot in 4:3 or 16:9. I also own a Sony DCR-PC101 camcorder, and the video captured from that camera using the same settings (in iMovie and/or FCE) fills the entire 720 px horizontal width with no vertical bands, so I know it's not a software or a settings problem, but a camcorder problem.)
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Hello, Dave
Have you taken a tape shot on the GL-1 and used the
Sony camera to capture the footage via firewire? Do
the vertical stripes show up when shooting 4:3?
Yes, I have done that and yes, the vertical stripes still appear. The vertical stripes appear both in 4:3 and 16:9 footage.
If the vertical lines don't show up on your NTSC
preview monitor, I wouldn't worry about it. They are
probably outside of the safe area and won't affect
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You are probably right, Dave, it's quite possible that the vertical stripes are outside of the safe area in 4:3. However, I am new to 16:9. Is this the case also in 16:9? I am talking about maybe 20 or 30 pixels wide black bands on either side of the frame.
If you are capturing the video via analog from the
canon into some type of DV bridge, These vertical
bands are normal and represent horizontal sync
characteristics.
No, I am capturing the video directly through Firewire.
Canon does several tings in anunique way that differs
from what a person would expect. You may have
stumbled onto one of Canon's quirks.
I think you are right about that too. I emailed Canon technical support a little Quicktime movie containing two shots, one from the GL-1 and one from the Sony, but I haven't heard back from them yet...
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Problems capturing some DV tapes

I am capturing lots of mini DV tapes and some High 8 tapes directly from the camera using Firewire. Over half the tapes go in fine and maybe 30-40% of the tapes stop at some point and say something about dropped frames and something about audio may not be synced with video...also when it stops sometimes 30 or 40 minutes into a tape, it has not saved up to that point any file. It does say capturing now, but once it hits this problem my capturing is wasted.
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I can capture directly using the analogue outputs on the camera and into my capture card and onto my RAID or external firewire drive no problem. It's just that when I try to capture with firewire, somehow my system is very sensitive to some of these tapes. These tapes do play fine through the DV camcorder and so capture fine analogue.
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I am wondering if these tapes which are DV tapes and may not have been stored great or may have been recorded over a few times is the problem or my system.
It sounds like you are getting dropped frames. This can happen especially with DV tapes that have been used several times and that may have been left in the camera or deck for some time. FCP will abort the capture when it loses TC, so if you have a frame that does not have TC on it FCP will stop and you lose anything that captured before that.
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I wonder if the capturing through firewire is an exact duplicate as opposed to analogue which is a near duplicate?
Firewire is simple file transfer, ones and zeros transferred over a wire. Analog capture through your Kona card involves digital to analog and analog to digital conversion. So you are right in your assumption. Firewire is the best way to go, but if you must have the missing footage then analog may be your only option. Bbeware, analog will not pass through TC , it will create new TC on your capture.
My friend thinks it has something to do with Macs and his windows machine can capture it fine...I'd be surprised if that was it.
His windows machine is not as sensitive to TC as your Mac. Whatever he is using is probably set to ignore dropped frames or does not read the TC from the tape. He also probably thinks that Vista looks nothing like OSX.
K

Capturing to a FireWire 800 drive

Hi, first off, a little on the devices...
Computer:
Powerbook G4
Mac OS 10.4.5
1 GB RAM
80 GB HDD
Final Cut Studio 5.0.4
Camera:
Canon GL2 DV camera connected through FireWire 400 directly to the computer (not daisy chained through a FW800 device)
Hard Drive:
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When I set my external as the capture scratch in Final Cut Pro and try to capture, I keep getting dropped frames. In the past, I can capture to my Powerbook's internal hard drive from the same camera, and I've been able to capture to external FireWire 400 drives on my G4 Tower, so I know it's not an interface speed problem.
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a) Did I get my definition of a bus right?
b) Is it true that the Powerbook only has a single bus controlling all FireWire interfaces?
c) Is that a standard thing? Or does a Powermac G5 have independent busses?
d) Is it really true that connecting a 200 Mbps DV camera to the computer will slow down even FW800 to 200Mbps?
e) Is there any way I can use Firewire 800 to capture or am I relegated to USB for the rest of my capturing life?
Thank you in advance for your help!
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

"USB 2.0 has higher burst rates than Firewire, but it doesnt have what's called Isochronous Transactions. Isochronous Transactions are a reserved bandwidth data transmission mechanism. They provide a guaranteed rate of delivery with a guaranteed latency. This is necessary in a video stream environment. No one here has ever reported success with a USB drive."
and:
Now although USB 2.0 seems to be a lot faster than Firewire (480 megabits per second vs 400 megabits per second), it is only burst speed; the rate at which data can be transferred for a short period of time. Burst speed are generally higher than sustained speeds. Firewire on the other has transfer rates at sustained speed; the rate at which data can be transferred continuously. This is due to the difference in the chip design. This is also why Firewire is preferred when it comes to high speed peripherals like camcorders, digital cameras or hard disks.
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