Q: Problem importing analog Video8 through Digital8 camcorder and Firewire
Hi!
I have some Video8 cassettes from a Sanyo camcorder which is dying, so I purchased an old Sony DCR-TRV480E camcorder from eBay which can capture Digital8, but also playback and stream both Video8 and Hi8.
I finally received the camcorder, and tried playing back Video8, it immediately changes playback function and views my old videos with audio through its built in TBC and DNR. Everything good so far.
Then when I hook it up to my MBP 2011 (Yosemite) through the FireWire-800 port, and choose import my (not supported) camera shows up and plays video and audio beautifully when clicking "Import". Only problem is - It doesn't import! It says" No data from device" in the upper right corner, even though it is playing back the video with audio in the import window without any problems.
The same happens in iMovie.
Anyone who's seen the same problem? I would want my DV's imported to FCPX without any quality loss, so I can finally have them digitalized, and get rid of those old tapes.
I appreciate any help on the matter.
Posted on May 19, 2016 11:26 PM
For import, FCPX and iMovie ver 10 require Timecode.
I do not believe that the FireWire output from the analogue to digital conversion of your Video8 tapes produces Timecode.
You would get Timecode if the tapes had been recorded in digital (DV) in the first place.
Try importing into QuickTime Player; i.e. the Record Function.
How to use QuickTime Player - Apple Support
For the quality option select Maximum.
You will then need to import these files into FCPX
Posted on May 20, 2016 12:56 PM








