[MacDV] Capturing DV Right To mac

[Robert Rothgery]

Do it all the time.  Our interview shows are recorded as separate 
streams onto to 3 macs with external drives.  Each records through a 
deck or media converter.  Regretfully, analog input is Y/C but our 
community media facility can work with it.  Each camera is linked to a 
hard drive and the combined streams are posted in Final Cut Pro.  There 
is only one audio recording.  The combined streams are edited like a 
banana.  Peeling away the top layers reveals the interviewer or another 
camera position.  When the edit is complete a self contained QuickTime® 
movie is made and the original media deleted.

Sounds like you just need to record one stream. Just plug your DV 
camera into a VCR output.  Use S if you can.  If you are using FCP then 
choose the "Non Controllable Device" setting in the log and capture 
window.

Expect to consume 25GB.

Robert Rothgery



On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 05:42 AM, Scott Wm Eastman wrote:

> Hey Everyone!
>
> Is it possible to capture video LIVE right to a Mac?
>
> I wrote earlier about having to video tape a Run/Walk finish and then
> convert that video into bite size (5 minute) segments.  I would think 
> it
> would take one whole step out of the process if I could capture right 
> to the
> Mac.
>
> Is that possible?  How much disk space would I need for 2 hours of 
> footage?
> Is there something I'm not thinking of?
>
>
> :o)
> Scott
>
>
>
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