newbie help capturing footage from someone else at DVinfo.net

Arun Marsh · June 26th, 2009, 06:15 AM

Hi Guys

sorry for asking for help again! i'll try and be quick.

filmed an awards ceremony last night - I did interviews in a corridor outside main room - but for the awards themselves gave MiniDV tapes to the AV guys who were shooting and recording for the big screen.

Now when I try to capture their stuff in FCP firstly it just came up black with 'awaiting timecode message' so after some research i changed the device settings to 'non-controllable device'(where you have to press play manually) this seemed to work, but only for about 3 seconds when FCP says something like:

"data capture encountered a problem reading the data on your source tape - this could be a problem with the tape"

but the tape seems fine when I play and view it in the camera - all though the engineer recording it did mention that the tapes could only fit 40 mins on each when normally they take 1hr footage.

any ideas/solutions or even if you can work out what the problem is would be much appreciated. my deadline for this is literally "ASAP"!

Shaun Roemich · June 26th, 2009, 07:05 AM

It's not recorded DV. It's recorded DVCam. Get a deck (or camera) capable of DVCam playback and voilá. Sony Z1, PD150/170 cameras will do the job.

Arun Marsh · June 26th, 2009, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun Roemich

It's not recorded DV. It's recorded DVCam. Get a deck (or camera) capable of DVCam playback and voilá. Sony Z1, PD150/170 cameras will do the job.

thanks shaun - do you know if canon XM2 is capable of this? google not being much help and dont have the manual with me

Arun Marsh · June 26th, 2009, 07:45 AM

as a side note - manged to get most of it captured after numerous restarts - but the sound and picture jumps - i expect this is due to problem already identified by Shaun above.

Jeremy Doyle · June 26th, 2009, 10:08 AM

DVCAM is a sony proprietary thing. The good news is that any cheap sony 1 chip mini dv camera will play it back proper. Canon will not. You'll need to find yourself a sony camera.

Arun Marsh · June 30th, 2009, 03:59 AM

great thanks

Arun Marsh · July 10th, 2009, 02:54 AM

if anyone's interested you can see the finished article here LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK Local Government > LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK Local Government > The 2009 MJ Achievement Award Winners (without the DV cam footage sadly)

June 26th, 2009, 06:15 AM	#1
Arun Marsh New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 13	newbie help capturing footage from someone else Hi Guys sorry for asking for help again! i'll try and be quick. filmed an awards ceremony last night - I did interviews in a corridor outside main room - but for the awards themselves gave MiniDV tapes to the AV guys who were shooting and recording for the big screen. Now when I try to capture their stuff in FCP firstly it just came up black with 'awaiting timecode message' so after some research i changed the device settings to 'non-controllable device'(where you have to press play manually) this seemed to work, but only for about 3 seconds when FCP says something like: "data capture encountered a problem reading the data on your source tape - this could be a problem with the tape" but the tape seems fine when I play and view it in the camera - all though the engineer recording it did mention that the tapes could only fit 40 mins on each when normally they take 1hr footage. any ideas/solutions or even if you can work out what the problem is would be much appreciated. my deadline for this is literally "ASAP"!

June 26th, 2009, 07:05 AM	#2
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	It's not recorded DV. It's recorded DVCam. Get a deck (or camera) capable of DVCam playback and voilá. Sony Z1, PD150/170 cameras will do the job. __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

June 26th, 2009, 07:45 AM	#4
Arun Marsh New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 13	as a side note - manged to get most of it captured after numerous restarts - but the sound and picture jumps - i expect this is due to problem already identified by Shaun above.

June 26th, 2009, 10:08 AM	#5
Jeremy Doyle Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brainerd, MN Posts: 287	DVCAM is a sony proprietary thing. The good news is that any cheap sony 1 chip mini dv camera will play it back proper. Canon will not. You'll need to find yourself a sony camera.

June 30th, 2009, 03:59 AM	#6
Arun Marsh New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 13	great thanks

July 10th, 2009, 02:54 AM	#7
Arun Marsh New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 13	if anyone's interested you can see the finished article here LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK Local Government > LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK Local Government > The 2009 MJ Achievement Award Winners (without the DV cam footage sadly)