Sony dsr-pd150

FireWire...seems like this is the $#!ttiest connection that the MAC can have, as NONE of the firewire devices I've ever owned have worked on my MacBook PRO 2009 or my iMac from the same time period.
Now I'm in a bind...and all I have are these two computers with which I need to import MiniDV tapes so I can save the contents electronically.
My DCR-TRV27 was not recognized by the MacBook or iMac, despite having the appropriate cables, and settings on the camera.
I purchased another camera, that was on the approved device list DSR-PD150 from ebay...connected this camera to both computers, and it does not recognize it in FireWire devices in System Profiler.
Cables are good, please don't suggest I get new cables, I've been through three sets just to confirm that this is not a cable or device issue but a Mac issue.
I've reset PRAM on both boxes. Before i actually go and buy Final Cut Pro to see if some how that software will specifically see the device while plugged into the firewire port.
What else do I need to do? I won't even get into how frustrating these systems are, or the suggestions that the ports or cables are bad, as a remedy. If anyone has anything else they would suggest I'm all ears.
Just to rule out the cable issue I've purchased a FW400 to FW800 adapter to take a 6Pin/4Pin FW400 cable to plug it into a 9pin FW800 port. I have used a 9pin to 4pin FW800 cable on this device, but somehow I'm putting too much faith in the FW design that I should be able to do such a thing.

Is the brand of firewirte cable Rocketfish?
AL

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Hi @ all,
I updated to FCP 5.1.2 to fix a dublicate bug with a Sony XDCam HD in 5.1.1 (http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3269745#3269745)
This Problem was solved, but now i can't connect my Sony DSR-25 with Firewire to Mac. I have only one Firewire Onboard Slot and in 5.1.1 the DSR-25 worked fine. FCP doesn't finde the Deck
So did anyone have an intention or an idea what the problem could be with 5.1.2 ? Or did anyone has used a DSR-25 with FCP 5.1.2 already?
TOM

This is a good workaround for curing your camera recognition problem with FCP (if that's what it is):
First, check that your Easy Setup / Timeline / Camera or Deck Settings are all exactly the same, then making sure your camera or deck is in VTR mode, try to capture again.
FCP uses a different form of QT than iMovie for capturing, so if the camera works in iMovie (or if it's listed in System Profiler) but not FCP, it obviously means your Mac can see the VTR but FCP can't, so you need to do this QuickTime fix.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
Follow the instructions carefully and you should have things running in no time - it's quite safe but you must Trash the Receipts AND re-install QT from the link provided.
If the Camera / Deck isn't recognised by iMovie or System Profiler, try resetting the Firewire Bus . . . Turn off the Mac and disconnect the power and all Firewire cables. Leave it for 30 mins then connect back up.
Still not working? Try a different Firewire cable.
Failing all this, try resetting the PMU (Power Management Unit). The method varies from machine to machine, so visit the Apple site and search for it in support.
Don't use iMovie for capturing - it doesn't give you a timecode and that's very important.
Let us know how you get on!
Andy
Quad 8GB. 250+500 HDs. G-Raid 1TB. NORTON. FCP 5.1.2. Shake 4.1. Sony HVR Z1E Mac OS X (10.4.7)
"I've taught you all I know, and still you know nothing".

I am unable to capture 16:9 footage shot on Sony DSR PD170 correctly.

It appears "stepped or skipped". The audio is in sync, but the picture looks as though a few frames are skipped. Sort of like the old "Max Headroom" tv show. I am using firewire cable directly from the camera to the computer. Recorded on miniDV tape - new.
My Capture Settings are:
Device control: Firewire NTSC
Capture Input: DV NTSC 48 kHz Anamorphic
Audio/Video Settings are:
Device Control Preset: Firewire NTSC
Video Playback: Apple Firewire NTSC (720x480)
Audio Playback: Firewire DV
I have FCP 7.0.3
OS X 10.5.8
Camera is Sony DSR PD170
I logged the footage without a picture or audio in FCP, used my camera's monitor. FCP was reading the TC in the Log and Capture window, and I was able to input In and Out points to log.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Russ,
Many, many thanks for sticking with me. I've finally got the footage to work. Checked it by shooting new 16:9 footage and inputting it as well. Have gone back to the original and discarded the iMovie stuff.
Believe my problem was in my settings when I changed these, everything worked: Under System Settings.> Playback Controls I changed RT to unlimited, Video Quality and Frame Rate to Dynamic, and Record to Full Quality, Frame offset is 4. (I don't know what the frame offset is.)
Under User Preferences> Render Control Render and Resolution are now 100%, Codec is same as sequence codec, Quality is Best, and I've checked always use best quality when rendering
Sorry, I don't know what the settings were before I began, just know that I changed some of them to these. Thanks again.
Aliciachi

Sony DSR-45A? Possible for NTSC Monitor Playback from Quicktime?

Title says it all.
We have a new Mac Pro with two 22" monitors using both of the graphic car DVI ports.
However with have this beatiful 60 inch monitor next to us that we would like to hook it up to.
The monitor has BNC Component connections, VGA connections, A/V Connections, and more.
We have a Sony DSR-45A deck hook up to our computer via firewire.
We hooked up the deck using the component BNC cables.
I know in Final Cut Pro we can run footage back and forth from the deck to the computer and back into the monitor for playback.
What I would like to know is if Quicktime could also read the DSR-45A and play stuff on the NTSC monitor or if there is any other program that can playback footage on the monitor through the DSR45A.
Or am I out of luck and should just suck it up and get 2nd graphics card.
Please note I just spent $20,000 If i can save $600 by getting around not buying a graphics card I would love to.
Please not computer info on bottom is my home comp not my work.

Title says it all.
We have a new Mac Pro with two 22" monitors using both of the graphic car DVI ports.
However with have this beatiful 60 inch monitor next to us that we would like to hook it up to.
The monitor has BNC Component connections, VGA connections, A/V Connections, and more.
We have a Sony DSR-45A deck hook up to our computer via firewire.
We hooked up the deck using the component BNC cables.
I know in Final Cut Pro we can run footage back and forth from the deck to the computer and back into the monitor for playback.
What I would like to know is if Quicktime could also read the DSR-45A and play stuff on the NTSC monitor or if there is any other program that can playback footage on the monitor through the DSR45A.
Or am I out of luck and should just suck it up and get 2nd graphics card.
Please note I just spent $20,000 If i can save $600 by getting around not buying a graphics card I would love to.
Please not computer info on bottom is my home comp not my work.

Sony DSR-1500a not recognized by Mac Pro 2009

My first post. Hope I'm doing this right....
I have been working with a Mac Pro 1,1 Quad (OS 10.5.6) using a Sony DSR 1500a DVCAM player/recorder with out any issue using firewire 400 and Adobe Premiere and FCS2. I have recently purchased a Mac Pro 2009 (OS 10.5.7) with FCS2 and with Avid MC 3.5.
I cannot get the DSR-1500a to be seen by the OS or FCS2. The only twist is that if I daisy chain my DSR-1500a thru my Avid DNA Mojo. I can capture into Avid Media Composer no problem. I use a FW400 (6pin) from the DSR to the Mojo and a FW400 (6pin) to FW800 cable from the Mojo to the Mac Pro.
I am starting to assume that using a FW400 (6pin) to FW800 cable does not work with the 1500a. I do not see it listed in system profiler when connect directly to the Mac Pro. I have adjusted the DSR setting to iLink and also have tried 9Pin setting but neither work. Tried more than one cable as well.
I can successfully connect my cheap Sony TRV38 via a FW400 (4pin) to FW800 cable but not the professional deck...Go Figure...
I know it's not the deck as it works with the Mac Pro 1,1 using the FW400. Is there an OS setting I am missing? Do I need to buy a FW 400 card? Please help! Thanks

As I suspected... I had to buy a 1394a firewire card to enable the communication between the Mac Pro and the Sony DSR-1500a. Apparently the DSR does not subscribe to the reverse compatibility that Apple has forced on us of going from a FW400 (6pin) to FW800 (9pin) in reverse compatibility mode. I guess Apple can take the Sony DSR-1500a off of their qualified hardware list. If I have missed something, someone please enlighten me. Until then, looks like Apple has struck again. Oh I know, I'll go out and buy a $1000 capture card. Wow! I thought I was getting a well engineered product, instead I got a money pit! Forcing a Mini Display Port down our throats, NO firewire 400 ports, 8 slots of ram on tri-channel memory...Who's the engineer that came up with that one? Screeeaaammm!!!
OK I feel better now... Who do I make the check out to? %#@^

Battery for Sony DSR-11?

I have a Sony DSR-11 DVCAM deck and woul dlike to use it on battery power. Is anyone doing so and what battery are you using? I would prefer a storage batter to a "rechargeable" one.
Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the suggestion, David.
I bot this deck a few months ago and first asked the video rental agency where I do a lot of business, figuring they'd use batteries with everything. In this case, they didn't.
I have send Sony an inquiry and was hoping to find some recommendations for a particular battery here.
Regards, Bill

IDVD & Sony DSR-11

Quick question for all of the super guru's out there, I am using a Sony DSR-11 deck and iMovie HD works fine with it and Final Cut Express HD works fine with it but iDVD doesn't recognize it. My question to anyone who might know is why? and is there anything I can do to correct / fix it?
Thanks much for any and all assistance.
Dave

Are you using it in some AV/DV conversion mode?
Note: OneStep DVD will only capture from recorded tape on a DV camcorder or deck. OneStep DVD will not work with analog-to-DV converters. It will also not work if you are using your camcorder or deck as a pass-through device to digitize from an analog souce (such as VHS or Hi-8). In order to function, OneStep DVD reads the timecode from your DV tape and it relies on DV device control to communicate with the camera or deck.

Will idvd with a new MacBook Pro work with a DVCAM deck? I'm using firewire to burn a DVD from a DVCAM tape in a Sony DSR-30 deck but it isn't working.

Will iDVD with a new MacBook Pro work with a DVCAM deck? I'm using firewire to burn a DVD from a DVCAM tape in a Sony DSR-30 deck but it isn't working.

http://www.lafcpug.org/phorum/read.php?1,268296,268300
Bit of googling wouldn't go astray.

Premiere Pro CS5 Compatibility with Sony DSR-25 Deck

I have recently upgraded my computer to support cs5. I have a PNY Nvidia Quadro 2000 graphics card, 8 gb ram, an Intel Xeon 5150 processor and Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. My issue comes with running this system connected via firewire to a Sony DSR-25 deck. When connected, while working on a project, at any point I click on the file menu, it takes several seconds (sometimes half a minute) to load the drop-down menu. This is frustrating, but not entirely detrimental. The main problem is that when I try to capture video (I use the keyboard shortcut F5 to bypass my previous issue) the capture video will usually crash the program, or it will take forever and when I try to capture, it will miss almost the entire first minute of video trying to catch up. It starts rolling the tape, but just doesn't physically begin capturing at that time. I spoke to someone at Adobe and we narrowed the problem down to an issue with the deck, and I am trying to figure out if this deck is absolutely not compatible with this system or if there is some sort of work-around.

Try this:
In Windows: Click on Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager (up on top left), or just click the Start button and search for "device manager."
Swivel down the entry for "IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers, and right-click on the item that is revealed (will depend on your computer/card manufacturer). Select "Update Driver Software."
Click the "Browse my computer for driver software," and then the "Let me pick from a list" button.
In the list of drivers, select the one that has "(Legacy)" at the end; click Next, and then Close all the dialogs.
Try capturing again.

FC Studio 5.1 "crossgrade": Sony DSR-11 deck support

the Apple FC Studio 5.1 supported devices list does not include the Sony DSR-11 deck:
http://images.apple.com/finalcutstudio/pdf/20060403FinalCutStudio_QualifiedDevices.pdf
does anyone know definitively whether or not this deck can function with the FCStudio 5.1 cross-grade version?
thanks.

That only means Apple hasn't completed testing it yet.

Sony DSR 30 Deck not recognised

Hello,
I'm running FCP 3 & 5 and I use a Sony DSR 30 deck. The deck works fine on FCP 3, but having just got a new mac running Tiger and FCP 5, it no longer works.
I have checked on the Fire Bus and it is not listed. My other Firewire devices work and are listed when connected,just not the DSR 30 deck.
I have also trashed my QT receipts and re-installed QT manually, but this has not improved matters.
If my deck is nor showing up on the Fire Wire bus is it fair to conclude it is not supported?
If so is there a fix?
cheers,
Dame

Try a firewire bus reset:
- unplug ALL firewire cables from all ports on the computer
- unplug the power cord from the computer
- let the computer sit for 15-30 minutes (probably takes less time but you want to make sure all power drains from relvent capacitors on the motherboard)
The key point is if there are any connections to the firewire ports on the mac, the machine will not reset the firewire bus.
Also, the sequence of reconnection is important:
- connect the deck to the computer directly (no daisy chaining)
- power up the deck
- plug in the computer
- power up the computer
- check for the presence of the deck using system profiler.
After this if the deck doesn't show up in system profiler, time to take it in for service.
If the deck does show up but doesn't work with FCP, the quicktime-trash receipts and reinstall is the usual solution. It has been noted to take more than one attempt to get it to 'take'.
good luck.
x

Connecting VCR to SONY DSR-11

Hello there,
Can someone please help, I need to get some footage from a VHS tape into my computer, I have tried connecting my VCR to my SONY DSR-11 deck using RCA cables, yet I cannot get it to work. Is it possible to do it this way? Or can it only be done using an S-VIDEO connection? My VCR does not have an S-VIDEO connection.
Thanks in advance,
Oliver

thick skin, oliver, thick skin.
we aren't looking over your shoulder, we don't know what you've done to remedy the situation.
signal flow and integrity is a very basic foundation upon which all this is built. on your vcr: attach rca patch cables to video and audio OUT
on your dsr 11: attach other end of rca patch cables to video and audio IN
in your dsr 11 menu, designate the input source. i do not have a dsr 11 but it seems that is what david is saying.
by posting again, it looks like you're ignoring those that are trying to help, that's all.
good luck and post back with any problems.
zeb

Cannot import from Sony DSR-25 DVCAM player

Final Cut pro will not import from Sony DSR-25 DVCam rocorder/player. Video apperars in the imprort window and plays but nothing in the event window.

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Sony DSR-20

I just upgraded from FCP 3 to FCP 4/HD. To do that I had to also upgrade to Mac OS 10.3. Now, while running FCP ver 4 it cannot identify my Sony DSR-20 deck. Is there a way to get the system to read the deck?
Thanks for any help.

Often in upgrading the OS, QT or FCP for some odd reason QT will get knocked slightly off kilter. The usual solution it to force a full reinstall of QT.
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Repair Disk Permissions for your System Disk (Disk Utility > Select the system disk > Repair Disk Permissions)
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x

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