-
MiniDV from Sony DSR 2000A by firewire into Mac
Does Premiere Pro 6 work with this deck? Need to capture some tape from 20 years ago.
Thanks.
-
14 Replies
-
I have a Sony HVR M25 A; the only way I could use FireWire was on an older Mac laptop with the Mojave OS. It wouldn’t work with the newer OS versions. Hope this helps.
-
Hey Jon,
There is a lot of information missing.
For starters, does your Mac see the VTR and/or the video signal?
If not, it is likely not to work.Next part is whether your Premiere Pro 6 can read the codec?
With no technical information, it is difficult to give you a straight answer.
Depending on how many tapes you have, you might be better off using a transfer service to do the job for you.Hope this helps?
Atb
Mads -
I still keep a 2009 Mac Pro cheese grater for Final Cut 7 and firewire ingest.
I had some luck with an older Black Magic Ultra 4K IO using a firewire to thunderbolt converter to a 2013 Mac Pro a few years ago.
It took a lot of work for a few minutes of footage.
Now that Im all up to date, chances are it wont work anymore 🙁 -
I’m using Sony TRV900 into both mac pro 2010 and mac mini 2015 by firewire and they both work so I’m also using older equipment too. But I have problem tapes that only the DSR 2000 will play and wondered if PP6 works with this deck.
-
Hey Jon,
The DSR-2000 comes with firewire, so I can’t see why it would not work for your setup?
There is only one way to find out, and that is to test it out.
With regard to PP6, that is an old version going back many years. There are still people here who uses it, who might be able to answer that question.
If on Mac, you might be better off using an old version of FCP to capture with, and then edit on PP6?
Afterall, you just need something that can give you a stable capture on a mac using Firewire, right?Atb
Mads -
I’ve tried it on FCP 5 and X and both do not work with the DSR 2000 so this is the reason for looking at PP6 which I also used when it came out. I looked for PP6 lists of compatible decks and it wasn’t on it but there was mention of PP6 being able to work with pro decks so I was hoping to get an affirmation from someone that it might be an option on some menu.
-
Hey Jon,
If you got another Firewire device working on your set-up, I would expect the DSR-2000 Firewire also to work.
However, you have not filled out your profile on the COW, so I don’t know whether you are PAL or NTSC based?
And, have you tried to attach a monitor (Television) to the back of the DSR-2000 to see if it is actually playing anything?
The VTR you are using was built for (semi) professional use, so there are menu’s like Sync (could be a switch on the front) and Output signal to investigate – but this is best done with a manual in front of you, whilst sitting by the VTR.DO NOT FORGET to write down what you are changing on the VTR, before doing so, just to be able to return to starting point.
Hope that this helps.
Atb
Mads -
I did notice the menu but do not have a monitor that displays it yet. I do get video from it played back on my mac monitor but no menu. Thanks for the suggestion and I’ll try to get the menu displayed. My problem is that it stops at the end of each clip and needs to be restarted for the following clip.
-
Hey Jon,
Yes, for “seeing” the menu you are likely to need BNC out of VTR to analogue in on a TV – could use a phono connector, maybe put a SCART plug on the end of it. If stuck, you can also download manual to read the various codes. Which will allow you to use the VTR front panel to dial through and change menu settings.
On the topic of stop/starting:
My problem is that it stops at the end of each clip and needs to be restarted for the following clip.This could come from a “faulty” recording, where the device (camera?) did not pick up the sync track and continued from where the previous recording stopped on the tape. In other words, you do not have continous sync recorded on the tape.
Best way of dealing with that, if you don’t need the time-code(?), is to ask your recording device to ignore the loss of signal. You may also need to switch the VTR to manual, so your editing software does not try to override it.
If you need time-code, then you are in for the stop-and-start process.
Atb
Mads
-
I use Quicktime Player to capture DV/HDV from my Sony HVR-M25U deck to my M1 Studio. FW from the deck to a FW-TB2 adapter to a TB2-TB4 adapter and into the M1 Studio, It’s all manual control, but it works.
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up