[MacDV] Re: Playing DV tapes without capturing them

[CFlatow]

Tom,

I don't have the deck in my office, today, but what you describe has  
always been my experience with a camera attached, so, unless it's  
possible that the deck doesn't behave the same way, I'm just losing it!

Thanks- I will try again when I get the deck back.

Carl


On May 29, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Tom Meyer wrote:

> 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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