Many older DV and HDV camcorders don't have HDMI or SDI outputs, so the Ninja V alternative would then require more links in the chain, contributing to more potential points of failure (and even more added cost, e.g., to get the SDI input adapter for the Ninja). Most problems people experience are often due to "operator error". Your method seems to assume inherent issues with macOS and iMovie/FCP. VTC, I actually like your method, as an alternative, however it is no faster, as tapes play back in real-time and take that long to capture. You'll need 13GB / 63GB for each SD/HD tape run and tieing up hard drive space for something you won't get around to editing for maybe a year also needs to be considered. Read previous archived posts here of the difficulties people encounter connecting camera, getting FCP to recognize camera, aborting capture unexpectedly, etc. It'd be a disaster if I had to rely on Final Cut for reliability or quick turnaround. This method works well for me in a professional services environment and has the expediency and reliabilty needed to turn a profit and offer same day service. This method has maybe a 5 minute administration penalty (grab tape, load tape, play tape, remove tape) to it versus the way you're going about it.ฤก) Buy/rent new/used Atomos Ninja V / Black Magic Video Assist V. There are better & more efficient ways of doing this. Just because you HAVE Final Cut doesn't mean you have to USE Final Cut. It might also be more efficient to capture an entire tape (happens in real-time) and then remove parts you don't want to archive afterwards (using "Create Archive" in the Import window). Of course, the only way to confirm the transfers is to watch the captured media in its entirety. Once you've decided one tape has transferred properly, you can do the rest. You might want to verify that the recorded format is playing back properly, as that camera records in 24p, 30p, and 60i. The tapes should transfer digitally to the computer as DV-25 files (~12 GB/hour of storage required). You could take the resulting file after capture and open it in Invisor or MediaInfo to get more detailed info. You may see separate files, depending on how "scene breaks" (recording stop/starts) are handled or if there are timecode breaks. Then, load the contents into FCP and watch things to see if everything is okay. Assuming you are able to transfer an entire tape, you could do so to test the process.
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