[Gareth Williams]

Thanks for all the help, the DVD player may have protection somehow. I hadn’t thought about that. Actually when I last did this back in 2008 on an older 2005 Mac in Premiere 6.5, it worked, but I was using a different DVD player then, so the DVD player having a copyright security feature maybe the issue.

Next I will try the method suggested of copying the .vob files from the VIDEO_TS folder, and putting them in Premiere. Actually, Lee my timelines are PAL (UK thing!) but I get your point. This sounds too good to be true but I’ll give it a go. I didn’t know you could do that. Thanks for your help everybody. I’ll let you know how it goes.

[Gareth Williams]

Thanks Dave, I’ll definitely check that out. Thanks for your help.

[Gareth Williams]

I’m having a similar nightmare with this! I’m using a Canopus ADVC-55, in Premiere Pro CC, and it isn’t working! I’m trying to capture some old footage from a DVDR in a DVD player, and it’s driving me up the wall! I’ve selected ADVC-100 in capture device and think I’ve done everything it says above. It doesn’t make any difference if I set up the file before plugging the device in either. I know premiere is reading the device because when it’s plugged in (Firewire via Thunderbolt) it says “online” in Check Status in the DV/HDV Device Control Settings, if I unplug it it says “offline” but nothing happens in the monitor and you can’t capture/record anything. 🙁

[Gareth Williams]

Thanks. It’s going to be uploaded on YouTube, the clips are music videos, just done on a camcorder in my front room, nothing hi-tech. The audio on the file is an AIF (the song) bounced in Logic Pro X, the video is DV at 720×576. (with the DV audio muted). I did nine videos, I did two on my old computer before I got the new Premiere on my new Mac last week, and it seems a bit baffling why I have such large file sizes exported from the new set up, where I don’t see what I have done differently. Thanks for the advice about the bitrate, I’m sure that will shrink the files but there is still a huge difference between those exported in 6.5 and Pro CC and I was wondering why.

[Gareth Williams]

I have this exact problem on my Panasonic Mini-DV Camera. NV-GS280. The audio is practically a flatline in Premiere with just a few little bums on it. However, the sound level is fine when you play back in the camera. This is annoying. It was bought in 2006, cost me £700, but I only used it for the first time in April 2016. I’m absolutely gutted because I bought it to make a low budget film, spent 10 years writing the script and now I’ve found it’s pretty much useless!

It’s especially annoying as a bought a Panasonic on purpose because we used Panasonic Mini-DV video cameras on my degree course (BA Graphic Design: Salford University 2002-5) and the sound was fine and everything worked perfectly.
I’m not happy with Panasonic’s response that it is not meant for “production work”. If you’re not meant to edit the footage on software why has it got a DV output! I would love to get my money back but I doubt I will after 10 year!