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  • MiniDV from Sony DSR 2000A by firewire into Mac

    Posted by jon ching on April 15, 2024 at 6:54 pm

    When using Final Cut Pro 5 and selecting “non controllable device” it does not recognize the deck. In FCP X, it stops after each clip and the “import” button needs to pressed again. Is there a way to capture the whole tape into a Mac? Is there a DSR 2000A menu setting to make?

    Marc Franklin replied 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Marc Franklin

    January 15, 2025 at 12:08 am

    Does the tape have breaks in the timecode? That can throw it off. You can also get an inexpensive SDI card and capture it as pro res. I haven’t used FCP in a long time, so I don’t know if that would work. I capture a lot from the SDI on My DSR-2000 through a Blackmagic Design H264 Pro Recorder and and the BMD capture app that works with their capture devices. It captures a whole tape with broken timecode without issue to PCs. I imagine it would work the same on a Mac.

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