{"id":347,"date":"2020-09-30T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/?p=347"},"modified":"2022-07-11T20:03:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T08:03:23","slug":"sony-dcr-pc7e-pal-firewire-ieee-1394","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/2020\/09\/30\/sony-dcr-pc7e-pal-firewire-ieee-1394\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony DCR-PC7E PAL (FireWire \/ IEEE 1394)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img alt=\"\" data-height=\"1920\" data-id=\"353\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/2020\/09\/30\/sony-dcr-pc7e-pal-firewire-ieee-1394\/pxl_20200929_211714190-1\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PXL_20200929_211714190-1-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PXL_20200929_211714190-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Incase anyone else is Googing around to see if you can use this 1997 camera to transfer your old mini DV tapes, but are getting mixed comments online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve just bought it and can confirm that the DV OUT port on the front is just a standard 4 pin (4p) FireWire \/ IEEE 1394 port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can just use a cheap FireWire 4-pin to 6-pin cable, assuming you have an old Mac\/PC with a 6-pin FireWire 400 port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, I had an old MacBook (Early 2009) which still has the FireWire 4-pin 400 port, so I just plugged it in and Final Cut Pro recognizes the camera as DV, as does iMovie and Quicktime. I was on macOS 10.11 El Capitan, but it should work with most mac OS versions.<br>Also, if your timecode data is messed up on the tape, you can use a program called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/10808\/vidi\" target=\"_blank\">Vidi<\/a> to do a raw transfer of the whole tape without re-encoding. (as opposed to getting a million tiny split files, as iMovie and FCP both auto split the import by scenes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The VMC-2DV Cable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"988\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-30-at-11.54.54-AM-988x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-30-at-11.54.54-AM-988x1024.png 988w, https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-30-at-11.54.54-AM-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-30-at-11.54.54-AM-768x796.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-30-at-11.54.54-AM-1250x1295.png 1250w, https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-30-at-11.54.54-AM-193x200.png 193w, https:\/\/blog.adriel.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-30-at-11.54.54-AM.png 1322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t waste your money or time trying to find the branded VMC-2DV cable from Sony. It&#8217;s way over priced and won&#8217;t work on a computer, as it&#8217;s 4p to 4p cable, you&#8217;d likely want 4p to 6p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before buying the Sony Handycam DCR-PC7E PAL I had a look in the manual for what ports it had, but it doesn&#8217;t say anywhere what type it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keywords: TAPE CAMCORDERS &#8211; Handycam &#8211; Sony Digital Video Cable VMC-2DV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incase anyone else is Googing around to see if you can use this 1997 camera to transfer your old mini DV tapes, but are getting mixed comments online. I&#8217;ve just bought it and can confirm that the DV OUT port on the front is just a standard 4 pin (4p) FireWire \/ IEEE 1394 port. 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