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Cheap Videopreview via DVD Recorders DV-In or other devices??
Hi,
I used to have a Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge which was cheap and provided a preview via Firewire channeled either into S-Video or A/V to preview your signal on a consumer TV.
Now its broken and here in germany its impossible to get anything similar from Pinnacle or others.
So I was wondering if I could use a DVD-Recorder with DV-in port for a similar way and plug my Macbook via Firewire into the DV-in and then channel the signal through the S-video out into my TV.
With a friends DVD-Recorder this is not working and Finalcut doesn’t recognize external firewire components.
Is this way of getting the signal out basically possible or did I forget something and does anyone have a hint if there is any possibility to preview on TV via a similar I/O Device like the Dazzle Hollywood TV Bridge for a price below 150 Euro??Thanks for any replies in advance,
Karim
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3 Replies
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Canopus has the ADVC55.
https://desktop.grassvalley.com/products/ADVC55/index.php
I don’t know the price, but here’s the distributor in Germany
Canopus GmbH
Bergstrasse 16-18
56412 Ruppach-Goldhausen
Tel: +49 2602 10690
Fax: +49 2602 1069 169
Ansprechpartner: Frau Mentges
Christina.Mentges@thomson.net
https://www.canopus.deComLine GmbH
Lise-Meitner-Straße 16
24941 Flensburg
Tel: 0461-77303-300
Fax: 0461-77303-390
former Canopus Desktop Line
stephan.leonhard@comline-shop.de
https://www.comline-shop.de -
Hi Steven,
thanks for your response. I already know the Canopus products and they are pretty expensive compared to my old Dazzle Bridge. Besides the ADVC costs around 160 Euros and only works in one direction, so like the Pinnacle Products in the lower prices segment they are basically for getting VHS/Hi-8 etc. Material INTO your computer. The specifications only state S-Video/A/V Inputs, the ADVC 110 has In- and Outputs but with 260 Euros is way to expensive for a quick and dirty solution for my taste.
I don’t quite get it … the old Dazzle cost 70 Euros and had In/Output on Firewire/A/V/S-Video. It reminds me of the DV-Cameras that used to come with DV-In Option that has been taken out for the european market, so now you get Equipment with less functions for the same price and need a recorder and a player. I hate that kind of product policy, but I guess that is the main reason for my problems and the price for the same functions going up around 300% in a few years.
Karim
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Any cheap DV camcorder will work.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
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