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  • DVCPRO HD via firewire not working

    Posted by Shane Ross on August 21, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    I have a Powerbook G4 1.67 running Leopard 10.5.4 (QT 7.4.5), and I am running Avid 3.0. I am trying to capture DVCPRO HD from a 1400 deck via firewire, using my Powerbook G4 and an eSATA drive. I keep getting the error that video and audio were lost. I have set up my Deck Configuration as Firewire on OHCI, as NO PORT doesn’t work.

    How can I tell if Avid is getting a signal or not? FCP has that nice window that shows me, Avid does not. Been a while since I had to capture on an Avid.

    Thanks,

    Shane

    GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
    Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

    Jiri Fiala replied 18 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Job Ter burg

    August 21, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    Shane,
    With v3, the 1.67 GHz G4 Powerbook is no longer on the approved systems list, AFAIK. Folks are running 3.0.1 on it, but I would not expect it to be able to capture any flavor of HD. How much RAM is in it?

  • Shane Ross

    August 21, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    I figured out the issue…it was a deck setting. I needed to switch it to 1394. But you are right, I cannot capture HD without skipping a LOT of frames.

    OK MacBook Pro…here I come. Although I will try the 3.0.1 update first.

    Thanks.

    Shane

    GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
    Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

  • Job Ter burg

    August 22, 2008 at 5:43 am

    No, no, the 3.0.1 “update” is ONLY meant for Tiger, not Leopard.

  • Jiri Fiala

    August 26, 2008 at 4:27 am

    Shane, so you’re switching to Avid after all? 🙂

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