VHS Capture Through Mini DV Camera...

I am sending the "OUT" of my VCR to the "IN" of my mini DV camera to capture VHS tapes into Premiere through firewire.
Will this cause a level of compression from the mini DV camera or is it simply a pass through with NO compression?
Thanks!

No, DV is a mild compression. Let's be clear - "uncompressed" video is only used for the highest quality broadcast-type work and takes specialized hard drives and capture cards to work with, and is severe overkill considering VHS is the source. DV is a great choice for what you are doing. Consider that DV uses about 5:1 compression, while DVD is 25:1 or so. To put things in perspective, there are practically no cameras out there that even shoot "uncompressed" video, as they all use some type of compression (not talking about RED or super-high end units).
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

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I spent a large part of yesterday copying a 2 hour VHS tape to FCE 4 via my DAC-100.
At the end of the 2 hours I pressed the esc key only to hear a warning "thud" bleep and find that FCE had suddenly frozen.
After I force-quit I found the 25GB file was useless.
I tried again with a 30 minute capture with the same result.
During each attempted capture I had briefly answered an email.
Assuming that my short internet use had caused the end freeze I tried again, not using any other computer function and succeeded.
Whilst using the web is the chief suspect, could there be another obvious cause? (I am sure that in the past I have used the iMac whilst capturing).
The irritating thing was that it waited until the capture was finished before freezing!

That is interesting Armando.
Thanks to your info I can now use Spaces!
Here are the results:-
1. With FCE capturing in Window 1, I can switch to Window 2 and open Mail (or any other app), use it and go back to Window 1. (This works with both camera and converter captures).
The Mail name is still in the menu in Window 1 and I can't bring up FCE's name but it does not matter because pressing esc stops the capture and puts FCE's name back in the menu.
2. For it all to work, I must OPEN the new app in the new window. If the app is already open, even though I "wake" it up in Window 2, it will lock FCE when I go back to Window 1.
3. As mentioned previously, if FCE locks whilst capturing from a camera, I can simply manually stop the camera, FCE will unlock and I get the "End of Tape" message. The capture is successful. But this technique does not work when capturing with a converter.
So, you have shown me that I can use other apps whilst capturing by using Spaces, but it does not explain why I have the original problem.
I have just done some capture tests on my G4 eMac (OSX 10.4.10) and opening other apps during capture does not cause a problem.

Capturing Through a Different Camera

Hi there.
I was wondering if anyone had any info for me regarding a problem I've been having. I own a Sony vx2000 that I bought used and like to use for little projects. The problem is that somewhere along the line, the firewire port on the camera got destroyed. I thought that I could use a different DV camera to import, but every time I import artifacts are produced. At first I thought this was because of progressive scan so I shot in regular mode. However, the artifacts were still there. Is this maybe a problem because of 3ccd to regular? The camera I got solely for importing is a cheap, 170 dollar JVC camera.
I'm out of ideas and I can't afford a new camera right now. My only option is to fix the firewire port, but I figure that will be expensive and will be harder now that the vx2000 is pretty outdated.
If anyone can point me to an answer for the problems I've had, I'd really appreciate it. Also, if anyone can tell me whether camera firewire ports can be fixed (and how expensive it is), I'd be really thankful.
Thanks again.
-Tom

Well! Sony PD 150 can record on DV or DVCAM.
There's a difference in tape recording speed between the two formats (60 minutes in DV mode, 40 minutes in DVCAM mode, which can be stored in the same miniDV tape anyway).
If the footage you ae going to work with was recorded on DV format then it should be fine for you to use the camera you have. Should it not work then the video was shot on DVCAM mode. Not many miniDV cameras like DVCAM, I'm not entirely sure about your model but I would say it takes only DV.

Importing VHS video through digital camera

I am importing VHS video through my Sony camera (TRV22) to imovie. For some reason it the screen will go blue for a few seconds then the picture will come back. I was doing this on a older power pc mac and imovie would just stop recording. On my new imac it doesn't stop recording but the screen goes blue. Has this happened to anyone else and maybe know what is causing it? Should I try a different way of video transfer with some other software? Thanks for any help you can give me.

Two possible causes:
Faulty or badly connected cables
You are not using Firewire

To capture the Mini-DV file through the 1394 firewire card from t

hii there!
first let mi make you understand what we people are doing ....
We people want to capture the Mini-DV file directly through the 1394 firewire card from the sony camcorder in to the MPEG2
format. Thent on the fly(i.e.during capturing into MPEG2) we also want to capture the metadata i.e (time,date etc. of the
original shooting event) into some text file. Our MPEG2 format requirements are: 8mbps viedeo,freq-48KHz,16 bit sterio,384
audio kbps, Deinterlace... we are using JavaMediaFramework-2.1.1e(Java Media Studio tool)..so we want to explore that tool
much more coz rightnow it's not supporting MPEG2(only supporting MPEG1) and also not supporting 1394 cpture card ...we want
the codec for converting DV-AVI to MPEG2 with date and time exctrated and much more explored details about JMf2.1.1 JavaMedia
Studio to get more familiar.....
for the above mentioned problem I am trying to add the mpeg2 codec inthe plugin of the jmf studio..and i have followed the
steps ..
Download the Codec from IBM
Extracted jmf.jar
Extracted codec.zip
Added files from codec folder to jmf folder
Made a jar out of it and name it jmf.jar
Replaced that with current jmf.jar (kept a backup)
Opened JMFRegistry and in "Plugins","Codec" and now unable to add " "
this becoz i am not knowing the exact way of recopiling that newly created jar file and because of that that mpeg-2 codedc is
not get added .....so i am looking forward for any help for the above mentioned problem!
I would be gratefull on getting ur help coz it's such challenging and techy concept to explore...
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nilesh hardikar
contact: [email protected]

I understand your pain. See BUG ID 4640032: JMF does not support DSVD encoding
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4640032
Add your vote, maye Sun will hear!

My sony hdv 1080i mini dv camera won't capture

I've been trying to capture a video that I recorded with my SONY (HDV) HDR-FX1E camera from sony hdv 1080i mini dv but the camera would go on playing but it won't display any frame and it would show this error when i click stop stating that "recorder captured no frames". When its playing from the sony hdv 1080i mini dv camera it shows DV SP PAL on the lcd monitor.
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One Step DVD From VCR Patched Through Mini-DV

I guess the One Step method only works with Device Control inputs?
I've got my VCR patched through my MiniDV camera, and a Firewire cable to the Mac. When I choose One Step DVD, it looks for a tape in my camera. But I can capture in FCP with this same setup.
I guess iDVD 5.0 won't let me capture this way? I don't see any preferences I can change.
Also, is there a maximum length of capture in iDVD 5.0?
Thanks!

I guess the One Step method only works with Device Control inputs?
Yep - OneStep will not work witout timecode.
from http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300735
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.
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The video that is recorder through my mobile camera can't be seen in mobile screen

I need to record through by mobile camera and play it in browser of my website. In my mobile phone the frame that should show the video is created by flash player but it is just white and no video (preview) is seem inside the frame.
The video that is recorded through my mobile camera should be seen in the frame but it is not there.
I used HUAWEI and sumsong mobiles and both use Android.
I later made an Air for Android application and used CameraUI class. It works in desktop and shows the video captured by webcam but still it dose not work on the mobile.
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same thing is happening with mine, every solutions proposed require a fully charged battery, but there's just no way to charge it, computer is not recognizing it anymore, and pluging it into the wall doesn't work either, so is there left to do? thow the $500 object in the freakin garbage? I hate this thing

How do I upload HD footage through an SD camera?

Is it possible to upload a tape we've been given, that was shot in HD, through our SD camera?
We have a Sony PD170 camera and a Panasonic NVGS 180.
Hope someone can help with this or givve us another suggertion of how to go about this.
What we are trying to do is incorporate both HD and SD footage into one movie?
We've shot on SD mini DV and have been given the HD footage on MiniDV to incorporate.
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If you have an HDV tape, you need to use an HDV camera or deck to play it back and capture it into FCP, even if you intend to capture it as DV. And the deck or camera has to be the same type used to shoot the footage. Sony to play back Sony, JVC for JVC...oh, but the Sony deck does play back the Canon tapes. That is the only exception.
When you do get the HDV camera/deck, I suggest setting it to downconvert the footage to DV upon output.
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Best VHS capture

I need to get some footage off a VHS tape, i have a Mini DV camcorder.
Should i plug the VCR straight into my inputs to my Mini DV cam and record the footage i need or can i just use my DV cam as a go between and have my VCR out going to my Mini DV input, use firwire from my DV cam and capture with FCP or do i need to record for best results.

Whenever I've gone VHS to DV, I've done what you first mentioned and recorded from the VCR to the MiniDV tape and then captured off of that. The advantage is you can log your footage so if you have to go back and re-capture, you won't have to deal with the VCR anymore.
That's what I'd avise,
Cameron

Is it possible to export video from Final Cut X to DSR-PD175 mini DV camera

Hi,
Recently i buy on 27inch iMac with Final Cut Pro X installed.
Also I buy Thunder bolt to firewire adapter & firewire cable from Apple.
Now i am abel to capture my video from DSR-PD175 mini DV camera to FCP X.
How can i export video from Final Cut X to DSR-PD175 mini DV camera?
Please advise....
Thanks & Regds
Abin Thomas K.

II'm afraid not.
Not digitally anyway. Maybe by going to a monitor that has analoh AV output to the camera.
Probably Premiere. Or old FCP7.

LINUX Adobe Flash Player and MINI-DV CAM

Hello,
I Have Mini-DV camcoder Sony DCR-TRV130 connected with my PC
over FireWire cable.
I have installed Linux Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on my Desktop PC.
Also i use FireFox version 2.0.0.3.
I have installed adobe flash player (plugin for FireFox)
version 9,0,31,0
My Mini-DV Sony Cam works with some software like Kino and
others but Adobe flash player don't want to recognise my CAMERA.
Example here:
http://www.ubuntu-rs.org/forum/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=1557&pid=14409
If i connect some other webcam like Intel adobe flash player
works just fine
http://www.ubuntu-rs.org/forum/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=1557&pid=14424
On Windows XP my Mini-DV cam works just fine too!!
http://www.ubuntu-rs.org/forum/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=1557&pid=14406
On Windows i use same version of FireFox and adobe plugin
version 9,0,28,0
ANY COMMENT ARE WELCOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE HELP OR ANY HINT!!
THANKS!!

A little late for the original questioner, but here's the
explanation.
In Linux Webcams and TV-capture cards use the Video 4 Linux
API (application programming interface) to detect, configure, and
use those devices. They appear as devices named /dev/video? - where
? is some number. USB webcams use the USB Video Class (UVC) driver,
or a device-specific driver that handles the USB device and makes
it available as a V4L device.
DV camcorders using IEEE-1394 aka Firewire aka i.Link use the
/dev/video1394 or /dev/raw1394 device interfaces which handle all
sorts of Firewire devices, not just cameras. So far no one has
created a generic IEEE1394 <> Video 4 Linux bridge like the
UVC driver and therefore DV cameras aren't available to
applications that only look for Video 4 Linux devices. There is a
hint of this support being at least planned.
For more information on Linux IEEE-1394 support see:
http://wiki.linux1394.org/Introduction

Washed Out Colors When Digitizing From Mini-DV camera

Instead of renting a deck, I figured I'd just use a mini-DV camera to digitize some footage. The reasoning I'm using, is that there is NO DIFFERENCE in quality between digitizing mini-DV footage from a professional deck vs just a mini-DV camera. Is that correct?
The problem is that the footage on the LCD screen on the camera looks great. Vivid colors, solid blacks, great contrast. However, when I digitize into FCP 7 (Snow Leopard) the footage becomes murky. Washed out colors, milky blacks and hence it looks a lot more low-res than what I'm seeing on the camera's LCD screen when it digitizes.
Now, my first thought is that the screen is just compensating with more saturation and contrast. However, I'm also worried that somehow the footage isn't being brought in properly. I'm using the standard NTSC DV Anamorphic preset and capturing that way. Is there some gamma setting along the way could have affected the footage.
As it looks great on the camera's LCD, I'm wondering if there isn't some capture setting somewhere. Otherwise, I'm going have to boost the saturation and contrast to try and make the FCP footage match what I'm seeing on the camera.

It's all there in my initial inquiry.
Kind of...(let's not forget that your profile still lists G4 / Mac OS 10.4.2)...these details are important.
We ask for specifics, because often users have inadvertently tweaked settings, or run Software Update or some other upgrade, that can affect the system as a whole, particularly FCP.
Things like... exactly which version of QT are you using? Snow Leopard loads QTX (QT10) by default, which can cause it's own issues. It is possible to load QT7 additionally, but it will go into your Utilities folder (you should be able to move it to Applications), but since I'm not versed in SL, I'll not speculate whether it's an issue for you or not.
That's one example. So, please give us exact versions/info on...
OS/FCP/QT
Capture and Sequence settings (just to make sure)
How is the camera connected?
How are you currently monitoring your captured media?
K

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Help.Looking for a new HD/ mini DV camera that will work with FCP ExpressHD

I just bought a imac with final cut express HD and am looking to buy a new HD/mini DV camera for under $900.00 that i will have no problems with my mac.I was looking at the Sony-HDR-HC3 HD mini which i found for $700.00 and that seemed pretty good.Does any one have any suggestions??I would greatly appreciate it.

When you say no problems with your Mac are you aware of the workflow difficulties editing HDV? e.g monitoring via external HD monitor is an expensive option, burning HD DVD's similarly so.
However this cam has an HDMI out to enable you to connect to your HDTV to view your recorded content, so if you can live with monitoring through your computer for editing, this is a decent camera for the $$'s.
A friend of mine has a Sony DCR-HC96 and is pleased with the larg(ish) single CCD, giving improved low light capabilities over other domestic miniDV camcorders.
At around $500, it is a miniDV alternative worthy of consideration, if more suitable for your budget without the HDV editing headaches.
It depends whether you really need/want HDV rather than SD and what your final output requirements are.
Good Luck, Dave

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