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Can’t capture with HVR-M15U
Has anyone else had this problem? When I try to capture HDV, or downconverted HDV to DV footage with the Sony HVR-M15U deck, I keep getting the message that it can’t find the in-point. This is especially problematic when I’m doing a batch capture. It will fail to capture any clip in a long list of them. I end up hooking up my Canon XL-H1 to capture HDV or downconverted DV footage. We bought the HVR-M15U so we wouldn’t put so much wear and tear on the camera.
On the flip side, I don’t appear to have any problems when I’m capturing from DV or DVCam tapes. Only when I’m capturing from HDV tapes. I also notice that the search speeds on the deck, when Premiere is trying to capture footage from HDV tapes, seems to be faster than when I capture from DV/DVCam tapes, which seems to contribute to overshooting the in points.
Could it be a configuration issue? The Sony HVR-M15U is not included in the list of decks you can choose from when configuring your capture options. But I’ve used other camcorders and decks that weren’t on that list either, and they’ve worked.
I’m using Premiere Pro 2.0 on a dual-processor IBM IntelliStation Z Pro, with the decks or camcorders connected to the integrated firewire connection. Could it be the integrated firewire? I can install an ADS Pyro card.
Any help and feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
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[Jeff Hough] “I end up hooking up my Canon XL-H1 to capture HDV or downconverted DV footage. We bought the HVR-M15U so we wouldn’t put so much wear and tear on the camera.”
Are you trying to use the M15U to capture an HDV tape recorded with the Canon camera? If so, does the M15U work with non-Sony HDV tapes?
I use an M10 deck with tapes from Sony cameras, but haven’t tried it with a tape from a non-Sony camera.
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jeff – I have posted this a few times elsewhere here but will give you the very brief setup…
1/ in PPro’s HDV device control set the device to Sony generic
2/ set the deck to shuttle only. this is a menu setting on the deck that gives you the choice of of wind or shuttle.You will still get the occasional overshoot but it will be a vast improvement.
Baz
BTW – we use the HVR-15 deck as our primary deck with PPro and is very reliable. -
jeff – I have posted this a few times elsewhere here but will give you the very brief setup…
1/ in PPro’s HDV device control set the device to Sony generic
2/ set the deck to shuttle only. this is a menu setting on the deck that gives you the choice of of wind or shuttle.You will still get the occasional overshoot but it will be a vast improvement.
Baz
BTW – we use the HVR-15 deck as our primary deck with PPro and is very reliable. -
Hi Baz,
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, your idea didn’t work. I set the device to Sony standard (couldn’t find a generic option), and set the deck to SHUTTLEMAX. It’s still overshooting the in-point, back and forth, until it gives up, and eventually fails on all clips in the batch capture.
Do you have any other suggestions? The video was shot on a Canon XL-H1, but it was shot in field mode, and it does play back on the deck.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Jeff – sorry I didn’t type what was in my head! What I meant to say was
“don’t set it as Sony – use ‘generic’ device”
Baz
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Thanks for the update Baz.
Unfortunately, Choosing ‘generic’ for device brand didn’t halp much. I did notice a difference, but not much. Basically, it would capture a clip after doing a reverse search for the in-point, but it won’t lock in on the pre-roll point after a forward search.
Taking your lead on trying something different for Device Brand, I tried ‘ADS’ instead of ‘Generic’. I don’t get any kind of machine control if I want to just playback or search the tape, but that setting does work for batch capture.
So, to summarize it, I can use ‘Sony’ or ‘Generic’ for Device Brand when I’m logging, but then I have to change Device Brand to ‘ADS’ when I’m ready to batch capture.
Thanks for you feedback and input Baz. It definitely help me solve this problem.
Jeff
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Hi Baz,
My video is captured with the HD setting.
So, I need to know the setting on how to capture my HD video.
How to configure my deck to have the quality of a HD?
Should I use my videocamera to capture it? Or just my deck alone?My deck is Sony HVR-M15U. miniDV tapes are also Sony. But the videocamera used was JVC.
Please help Baz.
Mark
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