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Help, voice over with my camera
Can I do a voice over with my dv camera via firewire without recording to tape? I would like to have someone talk about a video while it plays without having to record them, capture it and then edit it. Any suggestions?
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[Adam J Demientieff] “with my dv camera via firewire”
Well, I can with MY camera, but I know which camera I have.
You might want to tell us which DV camera YOU have. 😉
At any rate,
1) put your camera into Camera (not VCR) mode (don’t put in a tape, so it will stay ON)
2) connect a mic to the camera and set it up for the talent
3) make SURE you have FCP set to: View (menu) > External Video > OFF
4) put the video clip (or edtied sequence) you want to VO into the Canvas
4) Choose: Tools (menu) > Voice Over
5) When you’re ready to go, hit the Red Button on the VO Tool.Make sure you wear headphones for monitoring (and make sure the Mac’s speaker is OFF.)
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I am using a sony dcr trv 900. I followed your steps but I still get no channel when I hit record. Any other ideas to help me? Thanks
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It worked! I think my computer was not communicating with my camera because I am using a capture deck. I used the firewire connection from my deck and plugged it into the camera and it worked. Also I had to change the source option on voice over to DV. Thank you for your help. Now I can get to interviewing.
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[Adam J Demientieff] “I think my computer was not communicating with my camera because I am using a capture deck.”
Yes.
FCP can only correctly operate with ONE deck OR one camcorder connected to the Mac via FW at a time.
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