Creative COW | Gary Anderson | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/garyanderson2/activity/ Activity feed for Gary Anderson. Sat, 16 May 2026 08:29:17 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 8e2695014b11c8040e1ba70aeafef589 Gary Anderson replied to the discussion Unable to capture older Betacam footage in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/unable-to-capture-older-betacam-footage/#post-2470119 Tue, 06 May 2025 16:04:04 +0000 Reply to Unable to capture older Betacam footage

I’m doing the transfers in manual with “uncontrollable device” selected. Most of my attempts are hitting escape while the tape is running. I have tried the I-link to firewire cable as well, works great when I hook up a camera, so I know it’s not the cable. I tried composite, but the Kona board won’t recognize it, it only sees SDI. I’m…

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]]> 4e0e643893abb9938e3a0cfc1a70426c Gary Anderson replied to the discussion Unable to capture older Betacam footage in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/unable-to-capture-older-betacam-footage/#post-2470094 Tue, 06 May 2025 00:16:44 +0000 Reply to Unable to capture older Betacam footage

I’m using a Sony J30 SDI “everything” Betacam, trying to digitize standard Betacam tape that has important archival images. I’ve tried both the 8 and 10 bit settings.

Thanks for getting back to me

Gary

]]> d46edd126e880c1d4daf1b43e71dfed9 Gary Anderson started the discussion Unable to capture older Betacam footage in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/unable-to-capture-older-betacam-footage/ Mon, 05 May 2025 18:10:27 +0000 Unable to capture older Betacam footage

Trying to capture older Betacam footage with FCP 7 and AJA Kona LHi using the SDI signal, the capture window sees the footage, but I get an “error reading footage” when I finish the capture. I’m using AJA 7.5 software. Any ideas?

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