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Mini DV & DVC Pro Question
I would normally check the manual for the deck I am working with but the editor I assist is not here and I can’t find them…I am trying to capture some footage from DVC Pro and Mini DV tapes in PAL format through a Kona card and FCP with a Sony DVCAM DSR-1500A. I am not getting a picture though…all I get is some scrambled looking colored pixels…does this deck not read the type of tapes? Any help or advice would be VERY apreciated! Thanks.
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Hope it helps:
https://www.sony.ca/dvcam/manuals/DSR-1500A.pdf
I don’t know the details on this deck, but usualy DVCPRO playback on Sony decks works with some outputs but not others. Like, component will work but firewire won’t, for example.
I don’t know about this deck, though, but hopefully the manual can help you out.
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That deck doesn’t play back PAL (unless you accidentally left off the “P” at the end of the model.)
You need either a DSR-1500AP, DSR-11, or another deck that can play back PAL.
debe
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Yeah I forgot to mention it’s the PAL version. I was looking through the manual and it says that it is not compatible with all DV tapes but it will eject the tapes it’s not compatible with. The numbers on the tapes don’t match the ones in the manual. The deck is not ejecting the tapes but it plays them all scrambled. I can’t imagine there is something wrong with all 7 tapes that I am trying to capture or at least view. The manual said that if you see “NO EDIT” light up on the deck that the tapes are not recordable but they are playable. I am seeing “NO EDIT” on the front of the deck, but I only get the scrambled pixels both on my sony monitor and through FCP on the Mac monitor instead of seeing the footage and I don’t get any audio.
Could it be that although the tapes are DV that they are not compaitble with this deck? I don’t know how they were shot and have no way of finding out…If someone can confirm that the tapes are not compatible please let me know, if not I guess they could be damaged? Or maybe I am doing something wrong? I dont’ think so because I am able to look at footage I have on another Mini DV tape.
Thanks for the responses, I hope someone can help.
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Don’t know if you have solved this yet but a lot of sony decks will play back dvcpro (panasonic) format and vice-versa but usually you have to set something in the menu before the deck will do it. dv is a 10micron track pitch while dvcam is 15 and dvcpro is 18. I’m not familliar with your deck but often there is a menu setting for the format change to dvcpro.
“everything is broken”
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