Posted by Vic Thomas on 11/21/07 03:00

"peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>The spec for DSR-1500 says DVCPRO playback. Then I heard it does not play
>back via firewire. Can someone confirm/deny this? Does all sony deck do the
>same?
>
>I'm trying to rent the least expensive deck that would playback DVCPRO/25
>tapes via firewire. However, the rental place staff are not familiar with
>the equipments.
>

DV and DVCAM conform to "blue book" standard when transfered via
firewire, DVCPRO does not. Sony machines that play DVCPRO will not
output it via firewire. Some Panasonic AJ-D??? machines have
"firewire" out but likewise there is no output when DV/DVCAM tapes are
played, this connection is for dubbing between Panasonic machines,
most (all?) nonlinear software will not recognise the signal from
these machines.
Best way to incorporate DVCPRO is to use a machine that has SDI out
and a nonlinear device that can capture it.

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