DVCAM Sony Deck and DVCPRO Tape

[Craig Seeman]

You’re finding that DVCAM deck will play DVCPro analog out but not firewire. You’ll need to send it to a device that can take the analog in and sent that out firewire. You might have a DV camera that can take analog in and pass through firewire or use an analog to DV convertor.

[Neil Ryan]

are you sure your Sony DVCam deck WILL play DVCPro tapes?
What model is your deck?

Neil.

[Gary Adcock]

[Post Man] “are you sure your Sony DVCam deck WILL play DVCPro tapes?”

I was under the impression that it only went the other way,
Ie: the Panny will play sony tapes…

gary adcock
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[Kevin Hamm]

Since I put the Tape in and it Played, yes I’m sure it plays… I just think it very odd that it can play it but not pump something over the firewire.

[Craig Seeman]

Many people have done this. A lowly Sony DSR-11 can do this. I’ve head Sony can’t “say” that it can due to licensing reasons. Don’t know that for sure but I’ve heard that’s the reason it’s never mentioned in any product literature.

In any case, what you’ll find is that you can get analog out but not firewire. So you’ve got to use some other device with analog in to convert to firewire (or convert to some form that can go into an analog input card if you have one).

[Dream Master]

I also had experienced this, with my Sony DSR-25.
It Plays DVCPro tapes fine for playback, but through the firewire port, I get nothing….

Here was my solution…. I also have a DVCPro Camera, so I hooked up the DVCPro camera outputs into my inputs on my deck, turned on the EE passthrough on the deck, and Volia….
I have to play the tape through the camera, but it gets it into FCP via the deck and firewire…

Hope this helped you!

Darrin Martin aka Dream Master