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dvcam capture
Hi,
I have been asked to digitize some dvcam tapes however I normally only deal with the miniDV format. Usually I use a panasonic consumer camcorder to digitize my panasonic dvx 100B footage. The dvcam tapes seem to play fine in the same capture camera so I have been using it to digitize them as well.
The problem is that there seems to be dropped frames/timecode breaks resulting in gliched video quite frequently. I had to tell fcp to ignore them just to capture the footage without fcp quitting on me.
Does anyone know if this could be the result of me trying to capture the footage with a miniDV camera? Before I spend money to rent/buy a specialized dvcam capture deck I was hoping someone here might know a thing or two about it. I figured it might just be the tapes but I don’t know that much about dvcam to begin with. Is it that different? Do I need a specialized capture deck? Sincere thanks in advance for anyones help on this issue!
-Roy
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There are some DV cameras that can play back DVCAM tapes and some that don’t.
It sounds like yours “almost” plays it? Perhaps it’s made to only read it well enough to play back over the analog outputs but it’s not stable enough to give a good digital signal from it? I’m just guessing here.
These are mini-DVCAM, right? Before you spend money renting a whole DVCAM deck, look at the mid-range Sony cameras. Things like the VX-2000 (or 2100) and PD-150 (or 170) are all cameras that play back DVCAM just fine. You might be able to get ahold of one of those cheaper than you could a deck.
Otherwise, renting a DSR-11 deck should do the trick.
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