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HDV SD60P in FInal Cut Pro
Footage
HDV SD60PCamera
JVC HDV 100Editing Software
Final Cut Pro 5.1After going through a long process, I finally was able to capture HDV SD60P footage into FCP. However, FCP does not have a sequence preset for HDV SD60P. So, I have to convert all of the footage into a different format. Otherwise, I will have to render the footage to preview the timeline. Is there a plugin or something else which enables FCP to preview this footage without having to render first?
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[k33p1nt0uch] “Footage HDV SD60P”
is it HDV or SD- there is no 60p in SD and the JVC 100 camera does not shoot at 60p, only 30p with frame doubling.
“However, FCP does not have a sequence preset for HDV SD60P. “
thats because it does not exist as a video format.- the preset for the JVC100 should be HDV 720p30.
gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
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I actually had never heard about HDV SD60P either, but that’s what shows up on the LCD screen when I view the tape in JVC HDV 100 which was the camera used to shoot the footage. Unfortunately, someone else shot the footage and I just need to edit this.
Are you saying that this is not even an HDV format? I tried to capture using DV settings but FCP alerted that in order to capture HDV footage, the settings has to be HDV.
Any further idea?
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SD60P is a weird half HDV/half EDTV mode, unsupported in FCP, but easily retreivable from the tapes and then transcoded to another format after conforming, with a couple of caveats. Its meant to be used for overcranking. Makes great partial frame plate for use in compositing in shake, AE, etc.
To get it into FCP, you need to
1) Google “FireWireSDK” and you’ll find a free developers set of applications from the Apple site.
2) snoop around in the disk image for the SDK and you’ll find an app called DVHS-Cap. Its an interface that plugs into a firewire device and controls and gets data streams from it.
3) use it with the camera or deck and capture the segments you want. It will save them as transport streams, not .movs
4) Get MPEG Streamclip (free), and use it to convert the transport streams from DVHS-Cap into some other format you can edit with. 48060P converts into SD formats very easily (not so much upressing horizontally to 16×9 for using with HD).
If you’re overcranking to get slow-mo, make sure you keep the frame rate in MPEG Streamclip at 60, then afterwards, open the quicktime movie in CinemaTools and conform it to 29.97 or 23.98, whichever you need.
It only seems like a long process the first time you do it. Its quite fast once you get the hang of it.
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Wow, thank you very much for the detail explanation and step-by-step guide. I appreciate your time and help!
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