rocketfeuille 0 #1 December 2, 2002 Hey everybody- a question from a friend of mine who just got a new camera: How do you import videos into Premiere from a Sony MV tape? (Like the one that you use in a PC10) Can it be done? Any and all help is greatly appreciated... Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 December 2, 2002 Quite simply... you don't. There is currently no way to import the footage into Premiere, or even transfer it to a PC series camera. The MicroDV format only works with Micro Format cameras.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 December 2, 2002 QuoteQuite simply... you don't. Well, that's not entirely correct. It would be possible (not preferable, but possible) to take the composite video output (not digital, but the analog video) from the camera and then digitize that via a video capture device such as http://www2.warehouse.com/product.asp?pf%5Fid=VW80705&cat=pc&blind=.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #4 December 2, 2002 Analog...ewwwww Ok.. I was assuming digital transfer.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #5 December 2, 2002 I think that I have heard somewhere that you can export the MicroMV camera output to Sony computers, but only Sony computers. I called the local Sony Store and was advised these cameras export using Mpeg2 rather than DV format. I think this makes it pretty difficult to edit in any of the common software programs, pc or Mac. Mpeg2 is what is used on DVDs, I believe, so if you can get the MP2 output onto your hard drive I am sure that it would be possible to use the DVD ripping tools out there to get it converted to a usable format. Sounds like too much work to me ! Murray-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 December 2, 2002 QuoteMpeg2 is what is used on DVDs, I believe, so if you can get the MP2 output onto your hard drive I am sure that it would be possible to use the DVD ripping tools out there to get it converted to a usable format. Not many (any?) computers other than the Sony ones that are specifically set up for the MicroDV video capture would have any idea what they're looking at coming down the FireWire and therefore, it's not likily that you'll be able to download the MicroDV stuff anytime soon. Maybe somebody will write a driver at some point, but currently I think it would be a waste of time to do so considering the lack of market saturation of the format. Second, getting Mpeg2 on a hard drive and being able to edit it are two wildly different things. Because of the way Mpeg2 works, it's not exactly frame accurate and there's all kinds of potential for hiccups and glitches in trying to make it so. Lastly, the MicroDV format records at a data rate about half of what you're used to in the MiniDV format. It looks pretty good for some consumer/home video uses and it certainly has potential for really tiny stuff, but I don't think it's going to hold up very well if you take the data and up-convert it to something else yet again. FAR easier (and maybe even better quality) would be the method I outlined for the analog world.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #7 December 4, 2002 What Paul says is truth on the MPEG2 stuff... The dazzle bridge might help, other DV bridges exist too.... also it might be easier to transfer the footage from the Micro DV cam to a Mini Dv via the analogue connections. Then import / edit from there. Or find someone with a good quality analogue capture card such as a DC30+... buy them lots of beer, and ask very kindly. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cajones 0 #8 December 4, 2002 This is a curious change from Sony. The microMV firewire interface only seems compatible with other cameras with microMV. The possibly misinformed people at Best Buy say none of the Sony computers recognize the microMV devices on firewire, but can capture from the composite input of the desktop editing computers. Of course, they also insisted the image quality was "the same" as miniDV, and the new 2MP microMV Sony was even better. I can seem to find reference on the Sony website to specific compatibility to microMV of any of their computers, or the associated software. As far as MPEG editing, I do editing directly on MPEG files (only when the final destination is VCD/DVD) without any difficulty. It is faster to capture in MPEG (hardware compressed by my DVD1000) and produce to media, than to capture, edit, render in MPEG (very time consuming), and produce. As an additional note, my DVD1000 has input and output for firewire, S-Video, and composite. Asking with a six-pack of Newcastle is a very polite way to get your microMV footage captured. The laws of physics are strictly enforced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #9 December 4, 2002 "As an additional note, my DVD1000 has input and output for firewire, S-Video, and composite." Ah yes however you and I both know that the card you mention is a 'high end' card'. Therefore probably not very common with run of the mill camera geeks. "Asking with a six-pack of Newcastle is a very polite way to get your microMV footage captured. " Its the international going rate... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
