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Import from Sony DCR-TRV22 minidv tape camera
Hi, All. New here. I used FCP when it first came out but switched careers years ago so I’m behind on the technology. I have an old Sony DCR-TRV22 minidv tape camera and I want to get hours and hours of home video into a more usable format via Final Cut.
I downloaded the trial version of FCP onto my 2023 iMac M3, and FCP loads fine. I have the camera connected to an Anker hub using the USB-A camera cable, which is connected to the iMac via USB-C, but the camera isn’t showing in the Camera list for Media Import.
Will FCP import video from this camera? If not, is there another way to get from this camera into FCP?
Thank you!
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Hi,
Well, it’s a very tough operation. First of all, it’s a camera model FCP doesn’t support. And even if it was supported you had to connect it using a firewire or thunderbolt cable, it won’t work with a USB cable. You have to convert it from mini DV to Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt to USBC via several adapters. You may try OBS Studio with these converters. Another option might be using a capture card. You can look for a capture card that supports your cables. However, I believe the easiest method is to find an old Mac and capture it with that. It might be cheaper than buying all these adapters.
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You will need an analog video capture device to capture live video in FCP. But FCP isn’t the best tool for that, due it’s unusually overreaching reliance on analog time code.You will need an analog video capture device to capture live video in FCP. But FCP isn’t the best tool for that, due it’s unusually overreaching reliance on analog time code. And Mini-DV tape is notorious for broken time code. Use QuickTime Player to capture the video. It doesn’t care about time code, it’ll just capture it. But yes, you’ll need an analog video capture device first.
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