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Capturing to Media Composer via firewire problems
Is there a way to capture mini dv footage via firewire? I have hooked up a JVC camcorder to use as a deck to capture via firewire but have not yet been able to do this. Everytime I select the video track on the capture tool it tells me that “no input signal is present.” Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have MC 3.1.1 running on a Mac Pro.
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4 Replies
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Have you selected the proper input in the capture window? Are you running Mojo?
Jon
“Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
And telling us stuff that we already know”Willie The Wandering Gypsy & Me
Billy Joe Shaver -
In Deck Configuration I have Firewire on OHCI and selected Generic DV Basic Device PAL which now comes up on the Capture Tool. I am not running Mojo and am trying to go in direct through Firewire which is connected in the port in the rear of the Mac Pro, which I am assuming is the one attached to the Motherboard. The Capture Tool is not finding the camera input; everytime I select the V track to capture, for instance, the No Input Signal Present message comes up.
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Your deck is JVC … hmm if I remember correctly there is at least couple of JVC decks which has had huge problems with avid. One was BR something. Have tried find is there any matching one’s in deck templates or even bit similar. If you open the deck templates you can see that those files are simple txt files. Try Open one existing JVC-temple which close enough and do modifications there. Some times if you use just generic dv device Avid can’t find/or do not know how to act with the deck.
In PC workstations you can register dvbuffers again to make sure that CPU and firewire device can communicate. I don not know is there similar method in Mac. Can you Mac see in CPU level the deck?
Other thing to do is to install DIO RUNTIME from MC installers again – I believe that In Mac platform that means reinstalling the whole software again.
You can also find from avid sites list of supported devices. Sometimes there is limitations or orders how to proceed with a certain deck.
And one thing more are using firewire drives at the same time? Both FW 400 connctors are basiccally the same they both are connected to motherboard so if you have one please remove the fw-drive and try again.
cheers
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Paul –
Try running firewire straight into the Mojo. That is the preferred method.
Jon
“Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
And telling us stuff that we already know”Willie The Wandering Gypsy & Me
Billy Joe Shaver
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