Chris Red
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Thanks to Everyone who posted a reply to my thread, and helped.
Thankfully, i was able to capture the footage today! That was stressing me out, not being able to figure it out. I greatly appreciate everyone’s help!
I believe it was a combination of two things, that ended up making it work:
1. The i.Link CONV menu option in the Sony Z1U camera was set to ON – which meant, it was converting the HDV signal to DV, and probably the main reason it wasn’t working.
2. Also, i think whoever suggested to turn off the camera and computer, then turn ON the camera, wait a minute, then turn on the computer, helped it to recognize the firewire device (device being the Sony Z1U camera) correctly.
Again, thanks!
Chris
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yes, i know all my firewire and usb ports are working, as i consistently use firewire drives for audio recording and media management. Thanks tho, that was a good thought. just to be sure, i double-checked.
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It was set for HDV, not DV. and like you said, if even it was set for DV, it should still get a down-converted image… but wasn’t getting anything into FCP. i’m going back down today, to see if i can get it working.
thank you for all your help!
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does anyone else have any suggestions, or ideas? i have to drive down to a company i used to work for, again tomorrow, to try again (lot of gas and time wasted). if re-booting above as suggested doesn’t work, what else could be the issue?
this has been really frustrating. i’ve captured before with this setup, but not from a Sony HDV tape. i think the last capture i did was from a DVX. i usually just use a P2 card with an HVX-200, that just dumps onto the laptop easily.
anyway, thanks again in advance 🙂
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i have tried re-booting the mac, with the camera on. but i’ll try what you said, by turning both off, then camera on before booting the mac.
i’ve already tried switching cables. all three cables i tried, had the same effect. can nix the cable out of the equation. but thanks for the reply! much appreciated 🙂