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FCP compatible firewire capture software
I have a client who has a bunch of standard def miniDV taped footage that he eventually wants to edit in Final Cut. He does not own Final Cut 7. He has a MACBOOK PRO with a firewire connection and a miniDV player that supposedly has a firewire connection. He has several hundred tapes that he only needs to pull a few seconds each from. He wants to do that part of the project himself. I suggested that he just rent Premiere for a short time from Adobe. But I was wondering if there are other software options that might be out there that I could suggest to him. He is thinking that there is a software program that might be $50 or less that can do the job. Please no smartass answers. I know what I’m asking for and I’ve already feel stupid for posing the question to the Cow’s group of consummate pros. But he is a friend and I said I would try to locate something for him.
Sincerely,
Richard MartzMagicMartz Media, Inc.
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There really isn’t an app that does that. Even iMovie, that’s free, capture to .DV…a DV codec that isn’t compatible with FCP. Drop a clip in and you need to render. Not to mention there’s no timecode nor reel number.
The only apps for capturing DV tapes are editing applications.
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Actually QuickTime Pro (not QuickTime X) can do it too Not sure you can still get it easily.
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Black Magic Design has a “free” capture and logging program, but I think you have to buy one of their boxes to get it.
I think AJA offers something similar, a utility for playbacks, but the price barrier you set may not allow it.
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