why does FCP not like PAL?

Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

why does FCP not like PAL?

Posted by Katie Cooper on May 15, 2007 at 6:45 pm

So…i am having a bit of a capturing nightmare. I have mini dv tapes shot with HDV mode and am trying to down-convert in FCP to dv. I have no problem doing this with an NTSC tape. However another tape shot in PAL mode will not capture. I can control the deck with FCP but have the message “preview disabled” in the log and capture window.

deck VR mode-auto
fcp easy set up-DV PAL

Neil Sadwelkar replied 19 years ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
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Jeremy Garchow
May 15, 2007 at 7:04 pm

What deck and are you sure the deck is setup to downconvert to dv? If the deck is auto mode and the tape is HDV PAL, won’t it be spitting out PAL HDV and not PAL DV?

jeremy
Walter Biscardi
May 15, 2007 at 7:11 pm

FCP works fine in PAL HDV, I cut three shows here all in 1080i/50 with zero issues.

[Jemgurl] “deck VR mode-auto”

Change that to DV.

Check your Downconvert to see if it is turned on.

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Steve Connor
May 15, 2007 at 7:11 pm

Deck needs to be set to DV, make sure you have switched back to PAL as well. FCP has NO problems with PAL, your camera settings are wrong.
Katie Cooper
May 15, 2007 at 7:13 pm

Hi,
I am using the HVR M1OU sony hdv deck.

i.link conv. hdv-dv ON
component 10801/480i
Katie Cooper
May 15, 2007 at 7:16 pm

Hello,
When i switch the deck setting to DV, i get the message “no output image in VCR HDV/DV. Change format.

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Jeremy Garchow
May 15, 2007 at 8:16 pm

Take the tape out of the deck and then try and set this again.

Jeremy
Walter Biscardi
May 15, 2007 at 8:23 pm

[Jemgurl] “Hello,
When i switch the deck setting to DV, i get the message “no output image in VCR HDV/DV. Change format.”

After you switched from NTSC to PAL, did you turn off the deck to let it re-initialize?

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.

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Neil Sadwelkar
May 16, 2007 at 3:45 am

FCP doesn’t really ‘not like’ PAL. You haven’t made your deck like PAL by leaving it on NTSC.

There are some PAL-specific issues in FCP, but this is not one of them.

Neil

FCP Editor, Mumbai, India.
Completely PAL.

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