Hey everyone,
Old family DV's need to be fully digitalised.
Before buying one more capture card - and willing to reuse still functional devices - I would like to give life again, in my workflow, to my old but tough Sony DSR-11 which was a very good companion during years.
Do you know which Mac OS versions still support Sony DSR-11?
And what about Final Cut Pro version ?
Thank you!
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
As a little addition to what Tom said: with any recent mac, you are going to need adapters.
If your mac has Thunderbolt 3 (as does any mac since about 2016 - with the exception of the 12" MacBook):
Thunderbolt 3-Thunderbolt 2
then always
Thunderbolt 2-Firewire (unless you have a very old mac that still has Firewire - that would be circa 2011)
plus a cable with 9-pin Firewire on one end and the proper version to connect to your Sony device at the other end.
As a little addition to what Tom said: with any recent mac, you are going to need adapters.
If your mac has Thunderbolt 3 (as does any mac since about 2016 - with the exception of the 12" MacBook):
Thunderbolt 3-Thunderbolt 2
then always
Thunderbolt 2-Firewire (unless you have a very old mac that still has Firewire - that would be circa 2011)
plus a cable with 9-pin Firewire on one end and the proper version to connect to your Sony device at the other end.
Those were real workhorse little machines. They should still work with the current version of FCP and the current QuickTime Player. You don't have the control you used to have with legacy FCP, but it should still capture the media.
Thanks Luis for your answer.
I have the whole collection of adapters and may be more ;-)
I tried with a IEEE 1394 4 pin to USB 3.0 adapter but it didn't work :
https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B06XZ62JJR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I guess it's a special cable and not an universal one.
I gonna try with a true IEEE 1394 4 to 6 pin and Firewire adapter and so on to my USB-C.
Thanks again.
Thanks Tom for your answer. Yes they are very good and helpful machines.
I tried with a IEEE 1394 4 pin to USB 3.0 adapter but it didn't work as it doesn't appear in FCPX
I guess it's a special cable and not an universal one : https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B06XZ62JJR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I gonna try with a true IEEE 1394 4 to 6 pin and Firewire adapter and so on to my USB-C.
Thanks again.
Not all IEEE 1394 cables are created equally.
They need to be fully pinned bi-directional to communicate correctly.
In your Mac System Profiler you should be able to see if your DSR-11 is connected.
Al
Thanks Alchroma for the details.
I will order another one cause mine is for a strict model of Sony device I saw.
Thanks again.
Sony DSR-11 and Mac OS / Final Cut Pro versions
