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Capturing from z1 into Avid Express Pro on laptop
Hi,
I’m using an old PC laptop and Avid Express Pro Version 4.3 in the field. We’ve managed to get it to capture from a DSR-11 VTR but I’d like to eliminate that bit of kit and capture directly (or through a mojo) from an old sony Z1.
Has anyone managed to do this? I can’t seem to get the Avid to recognise the camera, or even give me any cameras as options in the device selector.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Alex
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4 Replies
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I haven’t done that on a laptop but I have on a tower.
Not sure it will work for you but I plugged the Z1 directly to the tower (it’s best to do this rather than going through mojo, in fact turn mojo off and go with software only). If your laptop recognises it as a capture device then you should set your deck configuration to Firewire. If it’s attached properly and you autoconfigure it should show as Generic DV Device.
Also be wary of the camera settings, have a fiddle about with them, as that may be why it isn’t showing.
Hope that helps, but probably not!
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That’s great, it worked.
However!
When I try and export a Quicktime Movie from a timeline using Same as Source settings I get a pop up window saying “Unable to Export Bin” I know it’s nothing to do with bins but it still won’t export.
Do you know what that is?
Cheers
Alex
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I sometimes get that error message, try changing the options on export so they aren’t same as source, set them manually to what you think might work. It’s often trial and error (for me anyway) with QT export!
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I’ve solved it thanks – for info, the answer is to install an earlier version of quicktime and make sure that the Avid DV Codec box is not checked on the export window.
I’m now using QT version 6.5.2 which you can find online in a few places – might be useful to you.
Cheers
Alex
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