• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Capturing from Sony J-30SDI

  Posted by Andrew Van baal on May 17, 2006 at 7:45 pm

  Hey everyone,

  I’m trying to capture footage from digibeta tapes in FCP 5 using the Sony J-30 deck’s Firewire output. I can’t get the video or audio to show up but I can control the deck from FCP. The Firewire output is going straight into my computer and all my settings are at DV NTSC. What am I doing wrong?

  – AvB

  AvB
  FCP Editor

  Mark Raudonis replied 20 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Walter Biscardi

  May 17, 2006 at 10:06 pm

  Is there a menu setting to send the video to Firewire on the deck? Sony is famous for placing switches or menu settings to change outputs or inputs.

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  Mark Raudonis

  May 18, 2006 at 3:19 am

  -AvB,

  Walter’s correct. It’s probably a menu function. But here’s some questions for you that will help us troubleshoot your problem.

  Have you ever used this deck before? Did it work? Do you have a user’s manual for the deck? Do you know how to access the menu?

  Do you have the J-30 connected to an external NTSC monitor to confirm that it’s working?

  Are you positive that your firewire cable is good?

  What are your digitize settings?

  There’s a million things that it could be. That’s why tech support costs so much!

  mark

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