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June 23, 2022
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What version of premiere captures video from firewire

  • June 23, 2022
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what version to use of premiere to capture firewire video from your mini dv camera on windows

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    Correct answer Ann Bens
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    what version to use of premiere to capture firewire video from your mini dv camera on windows


    By @jimmyb74546338

     

    All versions even the Beta.

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    Participant
    April 13, 2024

    The last version of Premiere Pro to support capturing from Firewire, or any tape functionality, is Premiere Pro 23.6.5 (Build 2). Tape based workflows were retired with version 24.0.
    https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/retiring-tape-based-workflows.html

    Ann Bens
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    June 24, 2022
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    what version to use of premiere to capture firewire video from your mini dv camera on windows


    By @jimmyb74546338

     

    All versions even the Beta.

    Peru Bob
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    June 23, 2022

    If you do find a version you can use, you will need to enable legacy Firewire support in Windows.

     

    Edit: I see John T Smith provided a link in his reply. 

    Peru Bob
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    June 23, 2022

    Premiere Pro or Premiere Elements?

    If Premiere Elements, version 12.

    Participant
    June 23, 2022

    Thanks for the feedback. Premiere has it I forgot what version 

     

    John T Smith
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    June 23, 2022

    The old CS6 version I used when I had tapes to capture would capture, I don't know if the subscription version(s) capture

     

    CS6 is no longer available, so check the links I posted... I downloaded scenalyzer a LONG time ago, so I don't know if it is still available

    John T Smith
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    June 23, 2022

    I no longer have a camera/tapes to capture, so I am not sure of this... I don't think current PPro does that

     

    http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/cant-capture-dv-hdv-video.html
    -Legacy driver http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/Firewire-1.htm
    --ALL versions of Windows from 7 through 10 (and 11 ?) need the legacy driver!

     

    I have NOT used either, but many say to try these for SD capture http://windv.mourek.cz/ or http://www.exsate.com/products/dvcapture/
    I HAVE used http://www.scenalyzer.com/ and it works well, do change the default Fat32 to NTFS setting
    -I have NOT used the scene detect function in scenalyzer, so don't know how well it works

     

    I have NOT used it, but many say to try this for HDV capture
    -archived at http://www.videohelp.com/tools/HDVSplit
    -Click the 1st link under "Download sites:" for the latest version