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.

Similar Messages

  • 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?

    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.

  • Simultaneous import of video via firewire and audio via in-line audio port

    I have a converter that takes the S-video and audio input from my DVR then converts both to DV format, and then outputs via firewire. I hook the firewire up to my G5, open iMovieHD, and the application recognizes that as a camera and imports wonderfully.
    Well, the audio comes through with a MAJOR buzz or hum. It's probably the converter, but the buzz/hum is not enjoyable.
    So, I removed the audio from the converter, and the video converts wonderfully in iMovie without the audio. I have the audio coming in through my audio line-in.
    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.
    Is there any way that I can capture the video via firewire for one "track", and my line-in audio for the other "track", and have them play simultaneously in iMovie during capture??
    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.
    good luck.

  • Problems Capturing Video via FireWire

    I have had problems capturing video via firewire on my MacBook Pro. It is an early 2008 model. I have tried capturing video using multiple programs, cables and cameras. In both Final Cut Express and iMovie ('08 and '09) I loose the connection mysteriously. It just stops sensing my camera mid capture. I can shut the computer down, programs down and cameras down but nothing seems to work consistently in getting it to work. The weird part is that it does work some times. Recently I tried an auto capture of a whole miniDV tape through a sony handicam via iMovie '09. It got 20mins of the tape then stopped and rewound the tape. When trying it again it read "connection error". I could not get it to work. I put the computer to sleep and came back later. It worked but only captured about 10 minutes then shut down the whole camera and import completely. I switched to manual import and it will now only let me capture about 20 seconds at a time. What is going on? To me it seems like the port itself is malfunctioning and disconnecting the signal randomly. Has anyone else experienced this? What is the cause and what can I do about it?

    I've been reading the forums and it seems that there is an issue with the Firewire port in general. I have an external firewire 800 HD and when copying large files or a large number of files the HD gets dismounted unexpectedly. Your case seems similar in that we are both transferring large files via Firewire. Anyone have any fixes for this?

  • 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

  • Problem getting video from firewire camera

    I've written a small app that gets video from camera and
    publishes it through FMS(2). It works well with any USB webcams I
    could find, but I have problems with firewire cameras. I can select
    the camera in Flash settings, and getCamera() returns the
    appropriate Camera object (e.g. it has the correct name, "Microsoft
    DV Camera", which is what's its name in Windows), but I get
    no/blank video.
    Code snippet:
    var myCam:Camera = Camera.getCamera();
    Alert.show("Using " + myCam.name);
    videoDisplay.attachCamera(myCam);
    The same code and the same camera seems to work on OS X. I've
    tried out two different firewire cameras on two different Windows
    (XP) machines, and they consistently didn't work. They do work in
    Flash Media Encoder (I'm not sure if it was written in Flash
    engine), or other programs that do capture in Windows; but my
    problem is that I need to inject metadata (stream.send()) into the
    stream so i can't just use FME :(
    Any ideas why this doesn't work? Do firewire cameras have
    issues with flash/flex (for the reference, I'm using Flex2/Flash9)
    on Windows XP, or am I doing something wrong here?
    Senko

    HI -
    MPEG Streamclip does not act as a connection device between your camera and Final Cut.
    It is a stand-alone application that converts the files from your camera into files that are useable in Final Cut.
    The reason Final Cut does not "see" your camera directly is that the files are not usable in Final Cut - as recorded by the camera. Those same files are seen and imported in iMovie because iMovie is designed to support a wide variety of consumer formats, and converts them automatically on import to a format the iMovie can use. FCE does not have this feature for .mpg movie files. But the format the iMovie converts to is one that is not optimal for FCE.
    Once you have converted the files that you want to use in MPEG Streamclip, you can store those converted files on your disk drive in a folder. Then open FCE an go to the menu File > Import > Files and navigate to where you have stored your converted files. Select them and the will be imported into FCE.
    It is preferable to import using the MPEG Streamclip method, because the files that iMovie makes, are borderline usable in FCE, and if possible, should be avoided.
    Hope this helps.
    MTD

  • Output video via firewire/ilink?

    I just got a new Sony TV and of course it features their "ilink" aka a firewire 400 6pin input and I was wondering if there is anyway to have my powerbook output audio and video via its firewire port because it would be slightly better quality then S-video out, at least I presume it would be...

    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.
    A VGA port will provide much more resolution than S-Video. It might be labeled RGB. VGA is what we used to use to plug in an analog CRT computer monitor. You can send VGA video from your PowerBook with an adapter that probably came in the box. Get a VGA cable and connect the adapter to it.
    A DVI port, if your TV has it, will give you the best and sharpest image of all. Some high-end TVs have DVI input. DVI is the all-digital standard currently used to drive the high-resolution LCD computer monitors sold by Apple and others. You have a DVI port on the side of your PowerBook; you just need to buy a cable.

  • Can't transfer video via firewire

    I'm trying to import video onto my desktop via firewire and have tried several cables to no avail. I don't even see the connection on my desktop. Does anyone have any suggestions?

    You don't say from what you are trying to import the video, the software, etc. Since this is likely to be a third party device like a video camera it would also make sense to see what the manufacturer's technical assistance has to say.

  • Import video via firewire not allowed by Face Time

    I am trying to import video to my harddrive via firewire. Every time I open iMovie and click on the video camera icon the only device seen is the Face Time camera. There's a little drop down window but it only has Face Time as the option not my Sony DCR VX1000 video camera which is turned on to VCR mode to allow exporting of video content. Is there some way to get my camera recognized by the macbook or at least to disable Fact Time?

    You might contact Sony for some technical assistance.  In the past they have not been Mac friendly.
    Ciao.

  • Record video using iSight camera

    Hi all, I want to record video using my webcam on Mackbook Pro 17". How can I do that?

    Understand that the image quality will not be up to what a consumer DV camera will produce.

  • Recording video not from camera

    I want to record video into Final Cut to edit from locations outside of my camera, i.e. the internet, DVD player, etc. My camera does not have the function to input video, it can only export it.
    Any suggestions on how to do this?
    Thanks
    Matt

    Internet video comes in various forms - obviously Quicktime is the friendliest for FCP, and in my experience AVI is the one most likely to have an obscure codec. Two of the best tools I have found for converting weird video from web (and digital security camera) sources is FFMpeg. You'll find it for free, along with others like mp4vdecoder at the apple website under downloads>video. For converting DVDs, the best free tool is Mpeg Streamclip by Squared 5, downloadable from http://www.alfanet.it/squared5/MPEGStreamclip1.9.1.dmg . It has a function to "Export to DV" which has a small idiosyncrasy: even though you can set audio to 48kHz, you still need to render audio (normally a trivial issue.)
    Once you have converted the clip to the correct frame size and frame rate, it can be imported into FCP and edited into your project.
    hth
    j0nn0

  • How to record video via built in isight in Tiger

    Hi,
    A friend of mine wants to record video on his Intel MacBook but is only running Tiger.
    Is this possible and if so, what’s the best app to do it in?
    NB He is a novice user.
    Thanks,
    JC

    johnnycakes wrote:
    Hi,
    A friend of mine wants to record video on his Intel MacBook but is only running Tiger.
    Is this possible and if so, what’s the best app to do it in?
    NB He is a novice user.
    Thanks,
    JC
    My opinion of "best" for novice is QuickTime Pro: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/
    Some other possibilities follow:
     • iMovie (iM v6 or later for built-in iSight): http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3095
       ( Tiger 10.4.4 or later recommended: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2675 )
     • iCamShare: http://www.arborbits.com/icamshare/
     • Webcam Tweaker: http://www.tweakersoft.com/webcamtweaker.html
     • Some other apps that can capture movie or video clips listed on this page can work with Tiger:
        http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/EZJim/EZJimpage7.html
    EZ Jim
    Mac Pro Quad Core (Early 2009) 2.93Ghz w/Mac OS X (10.6.2)  MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz (10.6.2)
    LED Cinema Display  G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11)  iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9)  External iSight

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

    I know FCPX won't do this - but I need it, hence the search for a workaround. I wondered about iMovie, but version 11 seems to convert all DV material to progressive and I would like to keep it interlaced. I just need to be able to get a cut story back onto tape now and then.

    I may have a workaround Mark if you email me (click on my name in the forum).

  • How do I get video via firewire to an external device?

    I want to see video projects for client preview on an LCD TV feeding it NTSC analog video. I am using a Panasonic MiniDV recorder with a DV (firewire) input/output connected to the firewire connector on the back of my G5. At this point I'm using imovie09 software. I intend to upgrade to Final Cut, but for now need this video output. Any ideas, am I missing something?
    Thanks.

    Is your mini DVD recorder mentioned also have video/audio out jacks in the rear of unit? If so, try in iMovie under preferences "Export to Camera" this way when you play iMovie it outputs into the firewire of the DV recorder and eventually gets analogued to those RCA outputs and to the monitor. Also check the DV recorder input settings (check with the instruction Manual). If that does not work, tru the same thing but using any mini DV camera that has firewire connections and the analog A/V out. Put the camera on Record mode for this, you will not need to have a tape in it.

  • How do I output Audio through computer speakers while outputting video via Firewire to TV

    I'm outputting the video and audio streams via a FireWire connected Camcorder to a TV display (used as a third display), but I want the audio to output through the computer speakers and not through the Camcorder speakers as is happening.  If I disconnect the Camcorder, the audio outputs through the computer speakers normally.  This must be an audio out setting issue but I can't remember which settings to adjust.  I used to do this in an earlier version of PRE but I've forgotten the settings.  I'm using PRE 9.0.  If someone can understand what I'm trying to say, I hope that person can help me.  Thanks.

    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:
    Interesting question.
    Not sure that the answer will be  there, but I would go to Edit
    Preferences>Audio Hardware, and look very  closely at the settings there.
    Good luck, and hope that it's just  the matter of a  setting?
    Hunt

Maybe you are looking for