CANOPUS ADVC-110 av/dv converter

There have been reports of broken analog-DV passthrough with iMovie HD but I haven't heard about Canopus.

A workaround is to use iMovie 4 or BTV Pro.

http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/iMovieHD_bugs.html#analogDV

I have the Canopus ADVC 300 which works great. Should be the same effect as the 110 (which does not need the external power supply and does not have video enhancment firmware). It is not software dependent. It simply converts an analog source to a digital signal on the firewire port(or vice versa). There are many converters to serve the purpose. I wanted to clean up some very old videos so I got the fancy one. The Canopus units generally earned high ratings on several reviews. Read the manual carefully regarding power on/off and firewire plug/unplug sequence.

As I write this via my PC at work, I am currently importing video into my mini-Mac using the ADVC-55. No problems. At home I have been using the ADVC-100 for a couple of years. Never had a problem. I've used the ADVC-100 to import tons of old VHS and 8mm video for family movies to burn DVDs. I also use it to convert VHS TV programs into iMovie that I want to keep on DVDs. Never had a problem.

I have a Canopus ADVC-55 and it does not work with iMovie HD 5.0.2, it did work with iMovie 4.

Hi Daniel,

Importing VHS into iMovie HD 5.0.2 with a Canopus ADVC-55 works fine for me.

What problem are you experiencing?

I use the Canopus ADVC-100 with iMovie HD and OS X 10.4.2 and have had no problems. Extremely reliable.

Doug Campbell

Hi James

I use a Canopus ADVC 100. It works great. I've never had any problems with it. I hook up my VCR and old analog video camera to it. I don't see any big difference between the ADVC 100 and the 110. Good luck and have fun. Oh ya, a Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all.

My bad, I should have tried it on my iBook before posting.

As for my problems, I switch from the edit mode to capture mode I get the message camera connected. When I click imports I get camera playing but it's not capturing any video. It also has the play button highlighted. It acts like it's trying to play a tape or something?

I use 100's and 110's in my classroom with imovie 5. 150 students torturing them everyday no failures. Sometimes I get the play button lit but no import. First I make sure the setting is on analog. I reopen the program then it usually works. Still not working? Delete the pref files. It seems like all devices need to be connected before you open the programs.

Hope this helps

Having used the ADVC-100 and 55, I know of one thing that may give the illusion that the Canopus doesn't work properly: If the Canopus sits idle for a period of non-use, or if one switches between the "Edit" mode and the "Capture" mode in iMovie, the Canopus forgets that it is connected. To re-establish the connection, I find that I need to unplug the Firewire cable then plug it back in. My ADVC-100 has a button that elimninates this as it switches between Analog and Digital sources. The ADVC-55 does not have this button, so I simply unplug/plug-in the Firewire cable. Other than that, I have never experienced any problems with the Canopus units with thousands of hours of use.