[MacDV] Backgrading??

[R B Williams]

So how do you install 2.1.2 if 3.0.3 is already living there? I remember a much better
overall experience there, too.

R.B.

Rod Duncan wrote:

> I've been using a JVC HR_DVS1U (original model) since it was
> introduced 3 years? ago. It wasn't officially supported by Apple and
> I crossed my fingers when I bought it. I have used it successfully
> with iMovie, Final Cut Pro 3.01 and FCExpress 1.0.1.
>
> Couple of things. Are you capturing directly to the same drive that
> your system & application is on. In an ideal world you would like a
> separate drive to capture your project to and in a better world, a
> separate drive to render to. Saves wear and tear on HD heads and is
> much quicker.
>
> I doubt that is your problem in your sound capturing glitches, just
> something to bear in mind. Your computer is certainly fast enough. As
> a no comparison, my system is using a 768 MB RAM PB Ti 667 DVI
> running 3 external hard drives, (2-120 Gb & 30 Gb) the JVC deck and
> an external FW DVD burner so you have much more CPU juice than me.
>
> Have you tried using iMovie 2.1.2? Personally, iMovie 3 ( and the
> upgrades) have burned me so badly a number of times that I nowrefuse
> to use it. Not in any capture issues necessarily with the deck but in
> many and various glitches that it continues to exhibit in editing. As
> a result, I have backgraded to iMovie 2.1.2 and recommend it heartily
> to all. I am not alone either after a good friend who is using a
> faster 1 GHz G4 flat panel iMac got so frustrated with iMovie 3 after
> continually losing work that I backgraded him, too. He now smiles
> while he edits. Too bad as iMovie 3 has such a nice interface. I
> digress...
>
> I would suggest the 12-bit sound issue is not the problem either.
> That will show up only with sync issues and can be fixed in
> Quicktime. Unless you are running two mikes or a wireless mike with
> something like a Canon XL1 then you should almost always use 16-bit
> sound. Does your TRV900 allow you to choose between 12 and 16 bit?
> Probably, as they are great camera's. If so, make sure you are
> capturing at 16-bit. Change your deck to 16-bit (48kHz) also. Have
> you checked to make sure that your original footage is without sound
> issues? You know the cliche, garbage in... garbage out.
>
> More JVC deck flotsam... sometimes, the system doesn't recognize the
> deck as a firewire device. ?? Simple solution. Unplug the firewire
> connection to the deck from the computer wait a few seconds and plug
> back in. The procedure reboots the FW bus and bingo your deck should
> be recognized. I have had better success unplugging from the back of
> the computer than on the small FW plug on the JVC deck. As you know,
> the front connection is the standard and more fragile 4-pin type
> camera connection so better to manipulate the larger 6-pin on the
> computer as a general rule. However, after that warning I don't
> follow my own advice 'cause when copying from the miniDV to VHS or
> the reverse and I want to use my computer I unplug the front FW plug
> as it is more convenient for me. In doing that, be careful and make
> sure you correctly have the 4-pin aligned properly on re-plug as I
> have heard of ham-fisted types jamming it in the wrong way. I have
> also found it is better to have your deck on before launching editing
> software and quitting such before shutting the deck off. Obviously,
> this doesn't apply when capturing a finished project back to miniDV.
> Then... just make sure the computer won't go to sleep and let the
> capture to the deck proceed - uninterrupted and unabated.
>
> Other cool things that this JVC deck can do, and not documented with
> my version DVS1U, is the ability to capture directly off an external
> and older analog 8mm camera or H8 or digital 8 models through the
> external RCA/SVideo plugs on the front of the deck. I have captured
> footage directly, on-the-fly, from an external devices directly onto
> a separate FW drive without first capturing to either VHS or miniDV.
> That feature alone has saved me countless hours. Didn't mean to blab
> on but as you can guess I do like the deck and its features.
>
> To summarize:
> Get your deck set-up properly. Double check deck menu settings. Read
> the manual. Check original footage. I wouldn't be the least bit
> surprised that your issues are iMovie 3 related. IMHO... iMovie 3.0.3
> sucks. After doing all that, then have the deck either checked or
> replaced.
>
> My 2 cents.
> (I guess this one is 10 cents...)
>
> Rod
>
> >I actually went back and read the manual, which says something about
> >dubbing at 12-bit
> >rather than 16-bit sound.  Does that ring a bell?  I can't change
> >the setting because I
> >don't have a tv hooked up yet so the remote doesn't work.   I wonder
> >if those two
> >changes -- 16-bit to 12-bit and hooking up the tv may make a
> >difference.  We'll see
> >......
> >
> >BobLL
> >
> >Richard Gilmore wrote:
> >
> >>  We have the identical VCR plugged into a G4 and iMovie 3 and have had no
> >>  problems with video or sound. It generally works quite well. Can you take it
> >>  back to where you got it and do an exchange? Beyond that I have no advice.
> >>
> >>  Richard
> >>
> >>  Quoting lloyds <lloyds at vermontel.net>:
> >>
> >>  > I just bought a JVC HR_DVS3U dual tape recorder, thinking that it would
> >>  > save wear on my TRV-900 and be really convenient at copying from mini DV
> >>  > tapes to VHS tapes and act as an interface to a TV monitor.  It has a
> >>  > firewire control socket which works well from iMovie 3 on my dual G4
> >>  > mac, so far as obeying instructions, but the sound has skips in it, both
> >>  > as it plays directly in iMovie and as it records into iMovie.  I have
> >>  > yet to try recording onto a VHS tape, but I wonder if anybody has ideas
> >>  > whether this skipping is fixible.  The TRV900 works just fine on the
> >>  > same tape, so I guess it's not the cable.
> >>  >
> >  > > BobLL
>
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> Rod Duncan
>
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