Creative COW | Daniel Scherl | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/danielscherl/activity/ Activity feed for Daniel Scherl. Wed, 06 May 2026 01:32:15 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 63441467266b3fa8838586f83f8e9a6c Daniel Scherl started the discussion MiniDV capture issues in 2023. :-) Help! in the forum Storage & Archiving https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/minidv-capture-issues-in-2023-help/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 07:30:40 +0000 MiniDV capture issues in 2023. :-) Help!

Hey everyone!

I am posting this question here and on the fcp forum in the hope of getting a solid answer.

I have about 100 MiniDV tapes shot on a DVX-100A at 24p. I’ve been trying to import them onto my Mac, however, it’s not working right. Here’s the specifics:

1) All of the footage on the DVX-100A was shot in 24p. I don’t remember if it was…

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]]> a53509088d7c4fb8c6dee0ae177eb643 Daniel Scherl replied to the discussion 1080p60 editing in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/1080p60-editing/#post-2429092 Sun, 08 May 2022 01:25:42 +0000 Reply to 1080p60 editing

Couple of things:

1) Have you thought of creating proxy files and editing with those? I think you’d have a much easier time. If not, transcoding yeah.

2) You mentioned FCP 7. Not to be that person, but… you’re also using a very, very old program by today’s standards. I made the switch years ago and now today, FCP X is a truly fantastic editing…

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]]> c7e89017424c954ba16350e62728ea59 Daniel Scherl replied to the discussion iMovie issue (sorry) in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/imovie-issue-sorry/#post-2421668 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 21:19:15 +0000 Reply to iMovie issue (sorry)

I know you may not want to hear this, but after trying multiple ways to import MiniDV videos, I found that Quicktime (I’m using version 10.5) is actually the best. It respects the aspect ratio, allows you to bring in uncompressed video, and you can start and stop the tape if you want to, for separate files, or you can just import the whole thing…

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]]> 656529441346e86d657a5b6394996bf5 Daniel Scherl replied to the discussion Trouble Importing Mini DV Footage in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/trouble-importing-mini-dv-footage/#post-2406620 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:03:05 +0000 Reply to Trouble Importing Mini DV Footage

Glenn,

I had a similar issue with both MiniDV and Hi8 tapes and what I ended up doing was connecting a Firewire 400 cable from the port on the camera to a FW400 to 800 adapter, then a FW800 to Thunderbolt adapter, then Thunderbolt to USB-C adapter, and plugged it in to my MacBook Pro.

Then, I tested both FCP X and Quicktime X, and I actually got…

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