A colleague used his old tape-based camera. Now he asked me to digitize the tape with my mac.
He wants to edit the result with his Windows-computer.
How to do so that he can take a USB-stick with the videotakes to his computer?
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.5)
Most windows computers should have no problem with mov files, but since you are using FCP X it is actually very easy to produce a file that will play just about anywhere.
Put your imported content in a project, then do File->Share->Master File, then click Settings, and choose "Computer". This will produce an .mp4 file with the H264 codec.
Most windows computers should have no problem with mov files, but since you are using FCP X it is actually very easy to produce a file that will play just about anywhere.
Put your imported content in a project, then do File->Share->Master File, then click Settings, and choose "Computer". This will produce an .mp4 file with the H264 codec.
A lot more information is needed.
First of all, what tape-based camera is this? What connection options does it have?
And what model is your mac?
It may be relatively straightforward or not, depending on the above information.
Mini-DV cameras connect via Firewire, so you need a cable and one or more adapters, depending. If it is an old analog camera, you'd need a digitizing device like Elgato VideoCapture (there are others), and corresponding software.
Hello Louis.
Thank you very much for your answer.
The camera is a Sony HDR-HC9. The connection with the computer is a Firewire-cable. Now I use an adapter and the Firewire-cable to connect that camera with my computer, an iMac (27-inch, late 2013).
When I import footage from the camera into FCP-X, the stuff is set to MOV. That format cannot be used bij a Windows-computer. So, what to do?
The computer of my colleague is very new. It has no Firewire input, nor Thunderbolt 2. He expects from me a USB-stick with the content of his videotape.
Louis, thank you very much!
How to digitize tape on a mac but to use on a windows machine
