Scrambled Video Playing mpeg2 Files on Sony TV

26th Mar 2015 16:28 #1

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Hello. For a couple of years now I have been converting any number of files, DVDs, etc. to mpeg2 format to play via USB drive on my Sony TV. I have never had a problem (I usually use a program called MacX which seems to work very well and is simple). But I recently tried to capture some old VHS video using Premier Pro CS6 (passing the composite signal through an old Canon Optura 50 DV camcorder, dumping the resulting uncompressed .mov into MacX and exported to my usual settings) and have had a scrambled video signal as a result when played on the tv. I have been able to watch video captured this way before on this tv but it was done using Sony Vegas which I no longer have access to as a Mac user. Premier Pro (and FCP) are very difficult for me to get my head around. When I say the video is scrambled, I mean it is like the screen is made up of colorful little squares that wiggle but are completely scrambled (nothing like the old cable tv scrambling for HBO, etc.).

What I want to do is simple: capture an entire tape uncompressed, select a number of portions and export them individually to mpeg2 for playback on my set and/or possibly burn to DVD. It seems like after hours of research I still cannot figure out how to do these simplest of tasks (it certainly was simple in Vegas). Can anyone recommend the easiest way to do this? I have Final Cut Pro X and Premier Pro CS6 but honestly I have used neither of them more than a couple of times (I'm a photographer and more at ease in Lightroom and Photoshop). I can't even get FCPX to import the pass through video...it just wouldn't do it, all it says is "camera not controllable." Thanks for any help!

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26th Mar 2015 16:41 #2

jman98

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You're going to need Mac specific help on this one. I'll ask a moderator to move your post.

If your videos are commercial ones then you're dealing with Macrovision.

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26th Mar 2015 16:52 #3

wetsignal

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