Formac Studio and imovie 3

[Len McGrandle]

G4 Mac AGP 500, System 10.2.3, Formac Studio with TiVeRon software for 
TV on screen, imovie 3.0.1 download.
Thanks Thubten for offering to do this.  It looks like we may have 
software here that was rushed out the door much too soon.

Len

> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:07:46 -0800
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Formac Studio and imovie 3
> From: Thubten Kunga <Kunga at FutureMedia.org>
> Message-Id: <B5A56AF6-3884-11D7-B549-003065E5AA00 at FutureMedia.org>
>
> I'm going to take on the responsibility of reporting all these bugs to
> Apple. So please include your System and Hardware type with these
> reports. Camera Brand and Model (if applies) and what format of tape
> you use most. Thanks.
>
> k
>
> On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 12:33  PM, Len McGrandle wrote:
>
>> Is anyone else here using an A/D converter with imovie 3?
>>
>> I have been unable to capture both audio and video successfully with
>> my Formac Studio and imovie 3.  The audio is a totally garbled
>> sputtering noise while the video is fine, no jerking.  Playback of
>> previously recorded projects from imovie 2 work, but some of them have
>> some background static not evident with imovie 2.  I am running imovie
>> 2 and 3 from the same hard drive, with imovie 2 moved to a different
>> folder, all in OS 10.2.3.  I have tried many different sound settings,
>> all with the same effect.
>>
>> I tried the alternative of importing a file into imovie 3 saved from
>> the software video player which comes with the Formac.  This works
>> fine, but importing such a file takes a very long time.
>>
>> imovie 2 did not give me any problems like this, so I guess I will
>> just not use 3.
>>
>> Len