Output iTunes Video via Firewire

Anyone know if it's possible to output video via firewire from iTunes? I have some music videos in my library, and I'd like to route them through my DV deck to my television for viewing in another room.
Is there any way to accomplish this?

I'm aware only of this solution:
CTRL-Click on the file you want to put on firewire: "Show Song File"
A Finder Window will pop up.
Drag that video clip onto an application that can export via FW like iMovie HD

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Well, the audio comes through with a MAJOR buzz or hum. It's probably the converter, but the buzz/hum is not enjoyable.
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I start to import my video, and iMovie starts recording the video. But I want to record the line-in audio at the same time. But when I switch to audio to turn on the input from the line-in, the video stops capturing.
When I start to capture audio first, then switch to capture video, then the audio stops capturing.
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Any help would be appreciated. thanks Adam

hey there badkitty 42,
i don't think you can do that. it sounds like your issue is electrical. try turning the plug around on each piece of gear in the chain & listen for the buzz. if it's not heard you've found the cause of your ground loop. you can also pick up some of the 3-prong orange or grey electrical adapters from Lowe's or Home Depot to see if you can "lift the ground" to get rid of the buzz. i'd try one on the convertor 1st. one last thing, do you have any flourescent lights in use on the same circuit or in proximity to where you're doing your transcoding? these are notorious for inducing 60Hz hum in audio & video gear.
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Make sure the your Video out is set to ALL FRAMES along with the firewire.
I've no experience with the deck so can't offer any help with it's settings.
As a trouble shooting measure, does the video show up if you use another DV/Analog converter (then on to a TV monitor to visually verify)?
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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina) and a Sony HandyCam DCR-HC48 video Camera. The Sony only exports video via Firewire, which is not available on the Mac. Is there a firewire to USB or to HDMI adapter?

tyler57,
it would be better to direct that question to Gary Loftis, since my MacBook Pro doesn’t have a Thunderbolt port.

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Good thought. I was thinking the same way, and I tried adjusting every
setting that's there but without any luck. It must be a setting within PRE
that would allow the video output stream to be split from the audio output
stream but I just can't find the setting. As I mentioned in the posting, I
used to do this in an earlier version of PRE.
M Martineau
In a message dated 6/3/2011 5:02:55 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
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Oh, I see, just to use the computer itself. I guess you could try, but now I think that jack on the TV is probably for playing video back directly from a FireWire video camera, of which Sony sells plenty.
S-video is just a bit above NTSC video. It is not high-resolution by today's standards. You can probably do better than S-Video, check the other ports on the TV.
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Does anyone know if apple has crippled bootcamp regarding video output over firewire ??
It seems no matter what we try , we cant get bootcamp to recognise any Firewire video device.
Basically we have clients that have requested a Windows based Protools System (typical IT dept), Outputting video with an Avid Mojo , and of course we would rather sell them a Mac , rather than any other PC Manufacturer... At least , Just maybe , They will start to boot into OSX and understand why the mac platform is so good.
Yes... We have all the SP2 updates and have also tried a canopus ADV110,,, It just doesent see the devices , however firewire drives are fine.
I'm hoping we get an answer for this issue as it means we can sell alot more macs into PC ingrained companies.

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Solution 6: Use the Legacy FireWire driver (Windows 7 x64)
Click the Windows Start button; type "device manager" into the Search box and select Device Manager
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Make sure you restart the system after you make the change to legacy. Also do not have the Firewire device plugged in when changing the driver to Legacy.
Close out of dialogs and retry capture'
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Get still image, but no motion video via firewire. Help!

This is really kicking me in the behind. I'm trying to do a print to tape, but before I get to that stage I have this problem where I can see my timeline video play fine in the canvas and I can see the still frame that I'm sitting on on the NTSC monitor, but that's all. If I try and play the video all I see on the NTSC is the still of the last frame. That is, until I stop the playback & then I see the frame I'm now on. So I have the data flowing from FCP 4.5 to my Sony DSR-20 and then to my monitor, just no motion video! I've gone over Shane's list of quick answers & I can't find anything wrong. What am I missing? I'm running 10.3.9 and QT 7 (not 7 pro).

Well guys, thanks for the suggestions but I am in all
frames, I have image selected as well as RGB. Any
other thoughts?
Forgive me for what may be a silly question: are you sure there is no codec incompatibility between your sequence and your device?
I ask because the only time I've gotten this issue is when I was working with 8-Bit Uncompressed (aka BetaSP footage) but still had my external monitoring pointing to my DV Deck. Just as in your case, I wouldn't get motion, but whenever I paused, I'd get that frame (externally).
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Recording Video via firewire + camera

I do not get the same options in my menu as my mac. It does not offer video recording even if I plug a camera that is recognized by windows. I read everything carefully and I did not see this apparent difference so I must be doing something wrong here.
Does QT Pro for windows offer the same features as QT pro for OSX?

Welcome to the discussions, Jerry.
The Windows version of QuickTime Pro doesn't offer video recording.

Free/cheap utilities to send video via firewire to a DV deck/camera?

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