Re: HDV Capture with PPCS3

The deck itself should tell you via lights on the front panel what format and standard the footage was shot in. It will also tell you what format you are sending out via firewire (ilink). They should match. If not, you have the DOWNCONVERT setting on.

I suspect the footage was shot in HDV but you indeed have the deck's DOWNCONVERT setting on. I'm not familiar w/ the M15 but I've used several of Sony's other HDV decks and they all have similar menu structures. You'll need to hook the deck up to a monitor in order see the menus. Make sure DOWNCONVERT is set to off and that the HDV/DV setting is set to HDV (or DV if the footage is DV) and not AUTO. The computer and the deck don't work and play well together when it's on AUTO and it'll wreak havoc when you try to capture something.

I think the DOWNCONVERT setting is in the IN/OUT menu which is the icon w/ the two arrows pointing in opposite directions.

Of course if the footage was actually shot in DV then all bets are off and you're out of luck.