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I am considering purchasing a Canopus AVDC 110 to use with old VHS tapes and FCP 10.0.9. I am wondering if there is enough of a difference from using a "pass through" approach with one of my old mini cassette video cameras. I don't expect the quality to improve that much but am hoping that the Canopus AVDC 110 might better deal with tracking issues with the VHS tape. In addition, would I be able to work directly with FCP 10.0.9 and the conversion from the AVDC 110? I guess I am wondering if the cost of the AVDC 110 is worth giving up on the "pass through" approach using the mini cassette video camera? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Mac OS X (10.7.5), MacPro Dual-Core, 2.66 GHz

Posted on Feb 24, 2015 5:58 PM

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Mar 2, 2015 4:49 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Hi Ian,

I believe that I used iMovie 6 because iMovie 11 wouldn't work. I haven't worked with iMovie that much so it may have been my lack of the in's and out's of the software that was the problem. I did order the Canopus ADVC 110 so I look forward to seeing how that looks with VHS tape.

Mar 2, 2015 8:31 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks and that would explain why you can't record directly into FCP X from a DV/HDV camera unless you have a tape in it recording simultaneously.

Without the tape the camera won't be generating timecode but the presence of the causes TC generation?

Converter Question?