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    HDV ‘live’ capture now

    Posted by Andrew on September 30, 2008 at 7:49 am

    Hi
    I want to capture HDV footage ‘live’ via firewire using my Z1.
    I have all my AV settings set to HDV (as it will not allow me to have a none controllable device).
    I see the camera picture in the capture window but when I go to ‘capture now’ it captures every time for 6 frames and then says ‘capture was aborted due to timecode break.’

    I have unticked the following in my preferences:
    Abort EPT/PTV on dropped frames
    Abort capture on dropped frames

    And on timecode break I have it listed ‘warn after capture’
    I also have the unticked in the clip settings tab of the capture window ‘create new clip on Start/Stop.’

    What else should I be doing if this is even possible in HDV mode???
    Many many thanks
    Andrew

    Jerry Alto replied 17 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Jim

    September 30, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but as I recall I had to start recording to tape first, then hit the Record Now.

    I should be able to check this later today and get back to you.

    Cheers,

  • Jerry Alto

    September 30, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    Andrew- You must have a dedicated firewire bus for HDV. No other firewire device can be active on the same bus. If you need an additional firewire bus buy an inexpensive PCI card.

    HTH,
    Jerry

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