[Mark Wooderson]

Hi Andy,
All the systems are on 10.5.5 and the latest version of Quicktime, I have tested this on 3 mac pros, 4 G5’s, 1 x macbook pro 17″, 2 x macbook, and an older powerbook G4 running and older version of the OS and Quicktime 7.3. All the firewire ports tested function perfectly if a disk drive is plugged in and I have checked the firewire Dv output of the camera I am using by Connecting it directly to the DV input of my DSR 45 deck. Everything is working independently, they just won’t talk to one another. The thing is I rarely work with firewire DV captures, our company has primarily been shooting on XDcam Variations for 2 years so things could have gone wrong a while ago and I wouldn’t have noticed.

Mark

[Mark Wooderson]

Thanks rick, but unless every firewire port in my building is fried I think it must be a software / quicktime issue

[Mark Wooderson]

Hi Dave,
Thanks for the post, no luck unfortunately. The problem seems to be the same with all of my systems not just one.
Mark

[Mark Wooderson]

Hi Andy,
I have tried the reinstall process documented here already. There is no change. I am kind of stumped. I have a workaround as in I can capture the material using component video and analogue audio through one of my multibridge systems, but I am frustrated that none of the computers in my building including any laptops can digitise DV Video via Firewire. It used to be the most simple and reliable means of capture and very useful when editing in the field with a laptop and now it doesn’t seem to work at all.

[Mark Wooderson]

Hi Steve,
thanks for the response.
The camera’s and decks in question are all Pal. The inability of the mac pro to recognize the firewire decks / cameras seems to be a more system wide issue. Maybe a quicktime related error or a leopard bug.