Best DVCPRO tape transfer method?

[witchingseasonfilms]

Hello,

I recently acquired a Panasonic AJ-SDC915P broadcast camera and I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to go about transferring the footage from the DVCPRO tape to my computer. I have a Firewire card in my computer but the camera does not have a Firewire port, only a BNC Video Out port. Is there some sort of adaptor that will allow me to use Firewire to capture DVCPRO tapes, or do I need a BNC/SDI capture card? Any recommendations for known devices, adapters, or cards that will allow me to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated. I am on a Windows 11 computer.

*I've tried searching the forums but haven't found much on the topic, apologies in advance if I missed something.

[latreche34]

I responded to your duplicate thread,

You need a DVCPro player or better yet a DVCPro HD player for wider compatibility, Panasonic made some cool looking compact HD players. Be aware that miniDVCPro tapes require a cassette adapter, you can't insert them into the player directly.