Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/29/06 18:45

<timotist@freemail.hu> wrote in message
news:1164821563.462141.302510@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> I'm getting a bit confused here, browsing thru some old posts.
> My problem is: i'm stuck with a Panasonic AJ-D250 deck, which is
> DVCPRO, and i need to capture material from miniDV tapes, to use with
> an NLE. I don't really want to use the analog option, and the deck's
> got this addon called AJ-YAD250, which has a 9pin RS232 port and 3
> ports labeled DVCPRO, which look like standard firewire to me. So i
> take my adapter, insert the miniDV tape, it plays it, but the computer
> doesn't see a thing on firewire.
> So, i'm the one doing something wrong, or the DVCPRO deck won't play DV
> tapes for me using IEEE1394?

There was a discussion of this exact question either here or in
news:rec.video.desktop in the last 2-3 months. IIRC, the consensus
was that the Panny DVCpro machines won't play consumer DV
tapes properly, but I don't remember the details. Yes, Sony machines
are known to be much more likely to play consumer DV. I use both
my DSR-11 and DSR-20 to read mini-DV on a regular basis. And
I even use my DSR-11 to write mini-DV, also.

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