Dieter_Laser

my problem is that i cant see my panasonic nv gs280 with the grab object... i have a mac and i cant install the drivers bcos theyre pc only..

nothing happens when i press "getinputlist"

only the option IIDC "firewire video" appears..

max tells me:
could not create video channel -9405
error opening device for grab

problem-connecting-dv-cam-to-jitter

If you go to Quicktime, and do new movie recording does anything show

up? If not, you may be out of luck because if Quicktime can't do it,

jit.qt.movie can't do it. I don't remember which model it was, but I

was never able to get a Panasonic camcorder I was using a few months

ago into jitter after a day of trying. If you do get it to work,

> my problem is that i cant see my panasonic nv gs280 with the grab object... i have a mac and i cant install the drivers bcos theyre pc only..

> nothing happens when i press "getinputlist"

> only the option IIDC "firewire video" appears..

If you go to Quicktime, and do new movie recording does anything show
up?  If not, you may be out of luck because if Quicktime can't do it,
jit.qt.movie can't do it.  I don't remember which model it was, but I
was never able to get a Panasonic camcorder I was using a few months
ago into jitter after a day of trying.  If you do get it to work,
share your solution with the list.

On 12/10/06, Dieter_Laser  wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> my problem is that i cant see my panasonic nv gs280 with the grab object... i have a mac and i cant install the drivers bcos theyre pc only..
>
> max tells me:
> could not create video channel -9405
> error opening device for grab
>
> nothing happens when i press "getinputlist"
>
> only the option IIDC "firewire video" appears..
>
> hrrrmpf... can someone help me ?
>


> If you go to Quicktime, and do new movie recording does anything show

> up? If not, you may be out of luck because if Quicktime can't do it,

On 12/10/06, Wesley Smith  wrote:
> If you go to Quicktime, and do new movie recording does anything show
> up?  If not, you may be out of luck because if Quicktime can't do it,
> jit.qt.movie

If you are having trouble getting the Mac to recognize your camera 

you may want to check out the generic driver and application, MACAM

It supports a lot of different cameras for input to a MAC and maybe 

On Dec 10, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Wesley Smith wrote:

> jit.qt.movie can't do it. I don't remember which model it was, but I

> was never able to get a Panasonic camcorder I was using a few months

> ago into jitter after a day of trying. If you do get it to work,

>> my problem is that i cant see my panasonic nv gs280 with the grab 

>> object... i have a mac and i cant install the drivers bcos theyre 

>> nothing happens when i press "getinputlist"

>> only the option IIDC "firewire video" appears..

If you are having trouble getting the Mac to recognize your camera  
you may want to check out the generic driver and application, MACAM

It supports a lot of different cameras for input to a MAC and maybe  
it will work with yours.

> If you go to Quicktime, and do new movie recording does anything show
> up?  If not, you may be out of luck because if Quicktime can't do it,
> jit.qt.movie can't do it.  I don't remember which model it was, but I
> was never able to get a Panasonic camcorder I was using a few months
> ago into jitter after a day of trying.  If you do get it to work,
> share your solution with the list.
>
> best,
> wes
>
> On 12/10/06, Dieter_Laser  wrote:
>>
>> hi,
>>
>> my problem is that i cant see my panasonic nv gs280 with the grab  
>> object... i have a mac and i cant install the drivers bcos theyre  
>> pc only..
>>
>> max tells me:
>> could not create video channel -9405
>> error opening device for grab
>>
>> nothing happens when i press "getinputlist"
>>
>> only the option IIDC "firewire video" appears..
>>
>> hrrrmpf... can someone help me ?
>>


I find this somewhat surprising, since a DVCam should be a DVCam 

should be a DVCam. I've successfully used jit.qt.grab with Sony and 

Canon cams, personally, and I think there are plenty of Panasonic 

Are you using the device in 4:3 or in 16:9 mode?

Am 10.12.2006 um 22:44 schrieb Wesley Smith:

I find this somewhat surprising, since a DVCam should be a DVCam  
should be a DVCam. I've successfully used jit.qt.grab with Sony and  
Canon cams, personally, and I think there are plenty of Panasonic  
users happily grabbing away.

> If you go to Quicktime, and do new movie recording does anything show
> up?  If not, you may be out of luck because if Quicktime can't do it,
> jit.qt.movie can't do it.  I don't remember which model it was, but I
> was never able to get a Panasonic camcorder I was using a few months
> ago into jitter after a day of trying.  If you do get it to work,
> share your solution with the list.


For what its worth - Ive come into contact with quite a few DV/DVCam 

devices in my day job that will not function with Quicktime of Final 

Cut. Mostly decks, but some cameras. Not saying this one wont work, 

but DVcam is Dvcam (with vendors stupid incompatible spec changes and 

Also, its worth noting that many cameras actually have firmware 

updates to fix incompatibilities. Might want to check that out.

On Dec 11, 2006, at 9:04 AM, Jeremy Bernstein wrote:

> I find this somewhat surprising, since a DVCam should be a DVCam 

> should be a DVCam. I've successfully used jit.qt.grab with Sony and 

> Canon cams, personally, and I think there are plenty of Panasonic 

> Are you using the device in 4:3 or in 16:9 mode?

> Am 10.12.2006 um 22:44 schrieb Wesley Smith:

>> If you go to Quicktime, and do new movie recording does anything show

>> up? If not, you may be out of luck because if Quicktime can't do it,

>> jit.qt.movie can't do it. I don't remember which model it was, but I

>> was never able to get a Panasonic camcorder I was using a few months

>> ago into jitter after a day of trying. If you do get it to work,

For what its worth - Ive come into contact with quite a few DV/DVCam  
devices in my day job that will not function with Quicktime of Final  
Cut. Mostly decks, but some cameras. Not saying this one wont work,  
but DVcam is Dvcam (with vendors stupid incompatible spec changes and  
errate) is Dvcam is Dvcam :)

Also, its worth noting that many cameras actually have firmware  
updates to fix incompatibilities. Might want to check that out.

> I find this somewhat surprising, since a DVCam should be a DVCam  
> should be a DVCam. I've successfully used jit.qt.grab with Sony and  
> Canon cams, personally, and I think there are plenty of Panasonic  
> users happily grabbing away.
>
> Are you using the device in 4:3 or in 16:9 mode?
>
> jb
>
> Am 10.12.2006 um 22:44 schrieb Wesley Smith:
>
>> If you go to Quicktime, and do new movie recording does anything show
>> up?  If not, you may be out of luck because if Quicktime can't do it,
>> jit.qt.movie can't do it.  I don't remember which model it was, but I
>> was never able to get a Panasonic camcorder I was using a few months
>> ago into jitter after a day of trying.  If you do get it to work,
>> share your solution with the list.
>

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