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Can I capture video from my Comcast DVR into FCP6 via FW400?

Here's a crazy question...

I'm trying to export some recorded video from my Comcast DVR (Motorola DCT3412 I) and export/capture into FCP6 so I can burn onto a DVD.

My DVR has a FW400/IEEE1394 output that's intended for a TV or monitor with a FW400 input. I've got the DVR connected directly to my iMac with a FW400 cable, but the computer can't find the DVR.

Any suggestions?

PB

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Feb 9, 2008 8:31 AM

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Feb 9, 2008 2:32 PM in response to steeplejackprods

In brief, the answer is no. It has nothing to do with FCP. First, in most cases most cable services etc have a "copy once" policy and that "once" goes onto the drive within the cable box. Except for a second or third rate analog signal , that is where it stays. You might be able to record certain channels "live" via FW. For that, I suggest you go to avsforum.com and look for HTPC Mac chat and learn from a host of masochists on how to record "live". Except for a few of the "major networks" you are not going to capture video. In Boston, that means maybe 4 channels. The only recourse is to connect the S-video out from the cable box along with the analog or digital audio and record your material playing from the cable box's hard drive to your DV cam and take that into FCP. That means, of course, you start with less than good quality video.

Can I capture video from my Comcast DVR into FCP6 via FW400?

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