Ingest question for PE15

[ryanlafleur]

Will Premiere Elements 15 import video from tape?

[Steve Grisetti · Accepted solution]

No. However it can edit video that has been properly imported from tape.

How you capture video from tape depends on whether the video is miniDV, HDV or VHS -- and if your computer is equipped with an IEEE-1394 FireWire connection.

[ryanlafleur]

It's a GL2 with miniDV.  The present laptop does not have IEEE.  Any suggestions?

[Steve Grisetti]

There's so substitute for an IEEE-1394 connection when capturing miniDV. I'm not sure what else to recommend. USB-to-FireWire convertors just don't do the job.

It's possible that an ExpressCard-to-FireWire may work if your laptop includes a port for it, but no guarantees.

Unfortunately, tape-based video -- even digital video -- sort of got eclipsed by memory camcorders over the past decade.