DVCPRO HD via firewire not working
by Shane Ross
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Aug 21, 2008 at 8:57:07 pm
I have a Powerbook G4 1.67 running Leopard 10.5.4 (QT 7.4.5), and I am running Avid 3.0. I am trying to capture DVCPRO HD from a 1400 deck via firewire, using my Powerbook G4 and an eSATA drive. I keep getting the error that video and audio were lost. I have set up my Deck Configuration as Firewire on OHCI, as NO PORT doesn't work.
How can I tell if Avid is getting a signal or not? FCP has that nice window that shows me, Avid does not. Been a while since I had to capture on an Avid.
Re: DVCPRO HD via firewire not working by Job ter Burg on Aug 21, 2008 at 9:01:10 pm
Shane,
With v3, the 1.67 GHz G4 Powerbook is no longer on the approved systems list, AFAIK. Folks are running 3.0.1 on it, but I would not expect it to be able to capture any flavor of HD. How much RAM is in it?
Re: DVCPRO HD via firewire not working by Shane Ross on Aug 21, 2008 at 9:31:20 pm
I figured out the issue...it was a deck setting. I needed to switch it to 1394. But you are right, I cannot capture HD without skipping a LOT of frames.
OK MacBook Pro...here I come. Although I will try the 3.0.1 update first.
