Does anyone know of a tool like WinDV that captures DVCAM? WinDV seems to work for the picture, but I can't seem to get the audio to work.

Try this one. It was excellent in its day. ScenalyzerLive Page (http://www.scenalyzer.com/)
What hardware are you using?

PC running Win 10, I'll check it out. Thanks.

I think Catalyst Browse may do that for you. https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/catalystbrowse

Does anyone know of a tool like WinDV that captures DVCAM? WinDV seems to work for the picture, but I can't seem to get the audio to work.

I'm currently using WinDV to capture vanilla consumer DV. It's a bit clunky, but as DVCam is virtually the same stream as DV, the capture programme treats then both the same. DVCam locks the audio stream to the frame rate of the video but there aren't any other relevant differences.
Hope that helps.

Try this one. It was excellent in its day. ScenalyzerLive Page (http://www.scenalyzer.com/)
What hardware are you using?

+1 for Scenalyzer. Just finished capturing 30 hours of DVCam for a client. Used the scene detection method and it worked like a charm. Years since I've used it and had forgotten just how good it was for DV/DVCam capture. Works well in WIN 10.

Chris Young

Otherwise, HDVsplit might be what you are looking for. Ignore the 'beta' label and just download and use.

See: https://www.videohelp.com/software/HDVSplit

Andrew

Otherwise, HDVsplit might be what you are looking for. Ignore the 'beta' label and just download and use.

See: https://www.videohelp.com/software/HDVSplit

Andrew

Isn't HDV split only for HDV, i.e. MPEG2 video. DV and DVCam is 'all-intra' video.

Just wanted to follow up and say that Scenalyzer was exactly what I needed for quickly backing up my old DVCAM without having to go through my NLE. Pretty sure I'm losing TC info, but not a big deal, since the odds of ever having to use this footage is so rare.

I do also have HDVSplit and it's great for HDV. I wish I had known about it years ago when I suffered through the agony of capturing HDV through Avid's capture tool . When I tried it for DV it wouldn't work, so I assume it can't do DVCAM either. That's what led me to WinDV originally.

(Btw, I do also have Catalyst, which is what I use now for all my disc based Sony media. I don't think it does tapes.)

Yes tried Catalyst and although DV etc is in the supported formats there seems no way of using a tape capture. For many years I have used Vegas as this will capture everything off tape just fine with ability to even capture between timecode etc if you do not want the whole tape or it will do that too. I have a GV-H700/1 little deck that will play most of the formats and is connected to my PC and controlled by Vegas.

Isn't HDV split only for HDV, i.e. MPEG2 video. DV and DVCam is 'all-intra' video.

Hi Steve,

I was thinking that HDVsplt would essentially be about grubbing data over firewire from tape deck source and to that effect would be codec agnostic. It's just calling for and saving data to a file.

That said, Adam has tried it and says it doesn't work, so I'll defer to that. It's been a very long time since I have messed with a tape that was only DV.

Andrew

Correct. HDV Split only works on HDV files not DV for the reasons mentioned.

The other good thing with Scenalyzer is that you can split files and rename segments while you are capturing if you like. You can also mark selections for deletion if required. You can also play back and view files with the software. When your capture is finished any files marked for deletion and re-naming for example will be deleted and re-named when you hit the OK button.

Chris Young

Hi
I too am having capture problems. I had been using adobe premier 6 but when I updated my Mac to Catalina time was up as Catalina is 64 bit and Premier not. As far as software for video editing I moved to HotFilm and am very pleased. Actually I think it is much better than Premier and of course the price is right...free.That works fine for my Sony AX 100 but I have tapes from my old Sony PD150 which I want to digitize. HitFilm has no capture ability from external sources.
Can anyone suggest some CAPTURE software that will work on Mac and bring in my Pd150 files?

Thanks
Martin

Well, Final Cut Pro will definitely do it, and you can download a fully-functional 30-day free trial. So, as long as you can capture all your old tapes in a month, it's free. :-)

https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/trial/

Being on a Mac I seem to be limited. Yes Final cut would work but 30 days is not enough unless I go 24 hours. I think my wife would not be pleased, especially with spring and outside stuff coming. I have tried IMovie and it works, butI am not sure I am getting the quality. I saw a capture program, Lifeflix" but it turns out not yet available for 64 bit (Catalina).

anyone have any other thoughts?
Thanks
Martin

Actually, Apple just extended the free trial to 90 days. So you would only need to work 8 hours a day now. :-)

https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/trial/

Why don't you think you're getting full quality with iMovie though? I thought DV was DV...

Just noticed in my first post on this thread that I said I use HotFilm. My fingers do strange things on a keyboard. I meant to say HitFilm. Yes it is free and seems to be actively supported. There is a paid version but for me the free one has way more effects etc than I will ever use. Highly recommend having a look. https://fxhome.com

As to capture software... still looking. Per Boyd's suggestion will probably try the Final Cut trial which has now been expanded to 90 days. Hope the learning curve is not too steep to do the capture and export to something like mp4 for storage and later working in HitFilm ( which I somewhat understand). I have been using it with the files from my Sony AX 100.

I agree with Boyd that Dv is Dv is Dv. However one can not just pick up a DV "file" and put it on the computer, as it has to go through some sort of transposition into a mp4 file or some such. It is that transition that concerns me and I wonder what algorithms are used from one software to another.

Yes I will probably try Final Cut and hopefully have an answer.

Thanks
Martin

PS Everyone stay safe and hunker down. Luckily I am beyond the time of having kids at home.... My daughter is pulling her hair out...

It has been many years since I used iMovie. MANY years. :-) But back then, I think you could capture "DV Stream" files, which is the raw data from the tape. A quick search found this, I'm sure you can find more.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7968979