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  DVC footage filmed in 16:9 but coming out in 4:3 on HD1200A

  Posted by Jonbfrombc on August 23, 2006 at 7:55 pm

  We recently did a shoot with the DVC tapes in 16:9. However, when we put the tapes in the HD1200A the footage is coming out as 4:3 and is being imported as such in FCP. We’ve tried everything does anyone have any suggestions?

  Thanks,

  Jon Beauchamp

  Bud Solem replied 19 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  August 23, 2006 at 8:02 pm

  Do they also happen to be DV quality? That deck can downconvert to DV as you capture. Setting 804 I think, in the 1200HD menus.

  Shane

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  Steve Mahrer

  August 23, 2006 at 8:41 pm

  Jon:

  Were the tapes standard def i.e. DV, DVCPRO or even DVCPRO 50? If so, the AJ-HD1200A deck has no means of cropping a “16×9 tape” to a “4×3 OP”…. The 1200 can do that from an HD tape, but not an SD tape. in a nutshell, the deck can’t do that to SD tapes.

  Steve Mahrer (Panasonic Broadcast)
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  Bud Solem

  August 24, 2006 at 6:06 pm

  Can’t you check anamorphic “yes” in the FCP browser for each clip after you import and have FCP recognize them correctly? I haven’t used the HD1200 deck, but have imported from dvcpro tapes shot 16×9 – via firewire and all worked fine.

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