• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  DVCPRO50 capture issues

  Posted by Brian Pitt on September 20, 2005 at 2:59 am

  I am having a problem with importing footage from a panasonic AJ-D455 DVCPRO deck. I am using firewire out of the deck into the Mac. I am running a G5 dual 2.7 with 8 GB ram. I have a blackmagic capture card, but it’s only the sp, so I can’t capture through that. Here is my problem:

  I am setting the FCP sequence and capture setting to DV50 (NTSC). The capture window plays the footage, but as soon as I go to capture footage, the playback freezes, it captures roughly 3 seconds of footage, and then gives an error message saying that it can’t capture. Any clues on what the problem could be?

  Is it better to use a capture card (ex. blackmagic decklink extreme) or firewire? I had to buy an $800 firewire card for the deck, so I’m hoping that firewire will do the job just fine. Any responses would be greatly appreciated!

  NeutaMac

  Jakob Thommessen replied 19 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jan Crittenden livingston

  September 20, 2005 at 2:57 pm

  Your problem is that the AJ-D455 will not play DVCPRO50 footage and so that is the first place to pay attention It needs to be either an AJ-SD93 or and AJ-SD930 with firewire cards. Start there and it should work.

  Hope that helps,

  Jan

  Jan Crittenden Livingston
  Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
  Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems
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  Jakob Thommessen

  January 16, 2007 at 2:56 pm

  Hi Jan
  I’m capturing dvcpro 50 (pal) from a AJ-SD930, but the same thing happens to me, after roughly 3 seconds, the capture stops with a message that there might be a problem with my tape. I have tried different tapes but the same thing happens. do you have any idea?

  Jakob T

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