Reinstate DV capture to Premiere Pro!
Catalina (Mac OS) has nullified the DV capture setting for Premiere Pro. Editors need this feature desperately. Please bring it back. I have lots of old tapes I need to capture. Am I supposed use iMovie?We pay for these features. Please add them back.
Joshua Porter
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Christian Mashini
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I never thought that this professional software would dump professional filmmakers who need to use DV capturing for their work. Shame!
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Sophie Feldman
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Please bring this back! I want to save my family tapes!
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Anna Stocklassa
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Please, bring it back, it's a big disappointment a that it's gone.
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Howard Bashew
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Goodbye Premiere. Hello FCP.
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Keyian Vafai
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Please bring back DV Capture and respond to this thread.
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Howard Bashew
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Bring back DV capture, please!
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Ryan Thomas
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Running into the same issue. Seems like everyone else is missing DV capture and neither Adobe or Apple are bothering to address it. What a disappointment! Guess I'll avoid upgrading software or equipment in the future.
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Maysam Faraj
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Cannot believe you guys removed this! BRING IT BACK!
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Simon Ntagkinis
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Very annoying. I think a large draw to using Adobe software on Mac was the ease of use created by built-in thunderbolt/firewire and seamless integration with Premiere/other artistic software. I suppose Apple abandoning Firewire compatibility should've been a sign, but I trusted Adobe would pull through for the people who enjoyed the OS X ecosystem and have a need for using these "obsolete" formats. I guess they did for a few years
The solution is easy enough, switch to Windows and buy a Firewire PCI, where this is still supported. Just sad really, I hope they can fix it
EDIT: Just want to add that in some cases it seems like it is actually still possible to capture DV or HDV, on OS X Big Sur but only within certain parameters that make it seem almost like a glitch. Even in my own experience on PP2021 I've been able to scrub an entire tape but activating the capture breaks the program. It's obviously possible for them to fix this and there is literally no reason why they aren't other than relevance of the feature
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Sarah Strachan
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PLEASE ADD BACK DV capture. I have 100 tapes to log and am going to have to use Quicktime.
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Lynn Weissman
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Agreed! Many documentarians (and narrative film makers, experimental film makers, etc. need this DV format for archival footage!!!
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Woodrow Sullivan
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Please please please fix this problem.
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Howard Bashew
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Come on Adobe. Please provide a solution.
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Brian Eley
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I have moved to the Blackmagic capture program on the PC but guess as it is a pro company there is a Mac version. (and it's free)
Capture still works on my PC but not always reliable. (latest Adobe version and I capture via the Blackmagic card) -
Yves Casavant
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I did an update for PP 2021 and it came back but for a week only and stopped again. So now I know that it is possible to work.
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Adam Schooley
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Bumping this once again. Bring this feature back. It’s essential for filmmakers/videographers.
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David Yim
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Please fix!
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Howard Bashew
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Adobe suggests; "On macOS you can use Premiere Pro 12.x and 13.x on macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra) or 10.14 (Mojave)".
Which would be helpful if they provided users ACCESS TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS!!! -
Louis Athmann
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I know this is an old option. But as a documentary film maker. I come across a lot of old footage on DV tape thats needs to be imported as I have read many others need. When Apple decided to drop USB & SD card readers on their laptops in 2016 it was a huge mistake. Now in 2021 they are bringing it back to the new IMac. The DV import option is still needed and will be for some time to come. Final Cut & I Movie still has it. Why not Adobe?
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Desmond Lowry
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I have a catalogue of home movies captured on Mini DV tapes. I was able to use Premiere version 13 to capture the footage and import for editing. The latest Premiere version only allows HDV capture via camcorder tape. I note a workaround is to use quicktime and then import but this is very clumsy or use a third party software e.g. LifeFlix....I have an old mac and was seeking to download version 13 of premiere but note these links are not available.