Can’t Capture with HVR-M15N

[Walter Biscardi]

We use this deck almost every day with FCP.

My guess is that you’re trying to capture DV footage but your deck is set up in HDV mode, or vice versa. Also, you need to set up your iLink control to DV if you’re in DV mode and HDV if you’re in HDV mode.

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[Isaac Orcino]

I’ve Tried everything and it still doesn’t connect. I teste on a G5 and it worked ok. The this is that I can’t get it to connect on the FCP on the G4 machine. Could it be firmware or something?

Isaac Orcino
Goiânia,Goiás, Brazil
+5562 81335462

[Josh Smith]

This has happened to me before…trash your fcp preferences and restart the program…hope that helps.

On another note…have you figured how to caputre HDV downconverted to DV in a letterbox format from that deck?

[Walter Biscardi]

[nsmagic] “On another note…have you figured how to caputre HDV downconverted to DV in a letterbox format from that deck?”

That’s in the iLink controls.

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[Josh Smith]

Mine only seems to have the option to squeeze or cut it off..can’t find the letterbox option

[Walter Biscardi]

I’m not in the shop today, but I know both of our 15’s are set up for letterbox and I’m all but certain it’s in the iLink downconvert setup.

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[Isaac Orcino]

Ok… Thank you guys for the tips but i’ved tried everything and nothing worked… for some reason the player is not comunicating with FCP. I even reinstall FCP but no success. The strange thing is that when I use iMovie it works normaly on any mode, HDV or DV. My last option is to format the G4 and reinstall everything. I hope it works. I’ll tell you guys later.

Thanks for everything!

Isaac Orcino
Goiânia,Goiás, Brazil
+5562 81335462

[Josh Smith]

I hate to see you forced to do that…i would be curious if that worked, because it sounds like software not hardware and that would mean either a setting issue or trashing prefs…

Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful…GL.

[Josh Smith]

Thanks Walter…I appreciate you checking on this…I’ve looked in teh ILINK controls and don’t see letterbox. I’ve got an HVR-M15U…Maybe that’s only an option in the m15N…let me know if you see it some place I’m missing.

Thanks Again.

[Walter Biscardi]

[nsmagic] “‘ve got an HVR-M15U”

that’s the same machine we have. According to Sony’s specs on the M15 and M25 product line, the iLink features are common to all machines.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.

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