[MacDV] Re: Playing DV tapes without capturing them

[Tom Meyer]

Carl,

I have heard that for iMovie it likes firewire better than USB. May or 
may not be true but with my MacBook I just hook up the firewire camera 
to computer and then open iMovie. On the lower left of the viewing 
window is a button that you can click between a pair of scissors and a 
movie camera. Click the movie camera and your control buttons will be 
active. When you rewind and click the play button the movie should play 
in the viewing window with sound. If you want to capture as you view you 
click the import button.

Tom

CFlatow wrote:
> Alas, I can not and I don't know why. I can neither see or control the 
> video in the FCE capture window, nor have I figured out how to get 
> iMovie to show what's on the tape in the attached deck. Please tell me 
> where to look or what menu items to select.
>
> Which settings are you asking about?
>
>
> Carl
>
>
> On May 29, 2008, at 9:39 AM, sb wrote:
>
>> What settings are you using?
>>
>> You should be able to see the video in the capture window. You don't 
>> have to actually capture, you can just play it from the deck.
>> You might find it easier to use iMovie, if you just want a window 
>> opened to watch the video.
>>
>> hth,
>>
>> sb
>>
>>
>> On May 29, 2008, at 5:48 AM, CFlatow wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have not been able to find a way to play DV tapes from my Sony HRV 
>>> M15U external FW deck on the Mac without first capturing them.
>>> Is this possible using FCE, iMovie or any other app?
>>> I haven't figured out a way to even "see" the deck except when FCE 
>>> successfully captures video from it.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions, please?
>>>
>>> Carl
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