Recording in playback mode

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dhollister

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Hi -

I feel dumb asking this, but I never needed to know, so I never bothered to find out. But I'm wondering how I might record from the RCA jacks in my DVX.

I plugged in the VCR (from which I need to convert some tapes to digital) into the RCA ports, and then when I put the DVX into playback mode, it appears on the screen. So I assumed there was a pause-record mode, like most DV cameras seem to have, but could not figure it out.

Can anyone help me out with this?

Also, as a bonus, if anyone knows this, I was wondering if there is a way to capture this analog footage WITHOUT the use of a MiniDV tape. I figured I could just plug in a firewire cable and use iMovie instead of Final Cut Pro, since iMovie can capture footage without needing a timecode. But the footage never appeared at all in the screen of iMovie. So if anyone can help me out with that, that would be awesome, but mostly I just need an answer to the first question.
 
Your question appears to be contradictory. Are you attempting to record from or to the DVX?

Stated another way, is the DVX the source of the material or the destination?

If it is the source, then the analog outputs (left & right audio, composite and Y-C video) would be connected to the inputs of your VCR. The DVX would be in its "VCR" mode to play the DV material on its tape.

If on the other hand you are attempting to record to the DVX from an external analog source, you would use the same connectors on the DVX and you will still need to be in "VCR" mode, but you will need to access the VCR functions menu by pressing the Menu button on the camera and then select the "AV IN/OUT SETUP" page to configure the camera.

As for your iMovie / FCP question, I am not a MAC guy so I can't offer any help on that one.
 
It's been awhile but I thought you could record live footage into iMovie.
If you have QT 7 Pro you can record directly into the QT player.
There are also some freeware/shareware apps you can record with. Do a search in OS X archives at Apple's site.
 
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