[MacDV] ForMac studio ???? Work????

[Laine Lee]

I have a Formac that I'm using quite successfully, but I'm a little confused
about your question. Can you play the movie that you've recorded from the
Formac in iMovie after you've finished recording and disconnected the
Formac? Is the problem that you can't play the iMovie back to the VHS when
outputting by way of the Formac (Formac is between the VHS and the Mac)?

One thing I found out after corresponding with Formac support right after I
got mine is that you need the OS X software for the TV version of the Formac
even if you don't have the model that includes the TV tuner. The web site
didn't make that clear at that time (not sure if it does now). If you don't
install that software, the Formac will not work right, although my problems
with the device before installing the software were only related to audio
capture in iMovie, not the problems you describe.


On 7/14/03 8:41 PM, "Mac McMahon" <suncanyonranch at msn.com> is believed to
have written:

> Hi I have an iMac g4 800 mhz & I've been trying to get into video , tapes to
> DVD , digital to vhs etc . I'm using iMovie 3.02 , a jvc mini dv and lacie
> pioneer DVD burner . Which only works with dvd-r . I'm not stupid ( I donユt
> think ) but the learning curve haws been steeper than the literature
> accompanying most of the hardware and software for this stuff would have led
> me to believe . I use capty DVD for authoring  , it seems to work ok , just
> takes forever ( about 7 hrs for an hour of play time) . I bought a Dazzle
> Hollywood bridge to facilitate moving digital video back to vhs tape for
> those clients who donユt have a DVD player . Well the dazzle didnユt work , I
> tried everything but killing a chicken during a full moon  to no avail .
> So.... I bought a ForMac Studio , It seems to work ok . The lights come on
> (they didnユt at first when I had it connected to a fire wire hub) but when I
> connected direct to a fire wire port everything seemed to be working fine .
> My iMovie even tells me that a camera is connected . (a minor miracle) I've
> checked the connections till im blue in the face and they seem to be ok .
> But when I export my Imovie to camera (to VHS Video tape machine ) the video
> comes out as having not recorded at all. Is there a need for more power? I
> donユt have an auxiliary power supply hooked to the ForMac . Is there perhaps
> enough to make the lights work , but not enough to complete the transfer? Or
> is my old VCR just too out of date (it's about 10 - 12 years old)
> 
> Any and all suggestions would be most appreciated.
> 
> Mac McMahon
> 
> 
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