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  OT HVR-V1U HDV 1080i/24p Cinema Style Camcorder

  Posted by Tom Maloney on August 31, 2007 at 10:32 am

  Sorry for this being off topic. I am looking at this camera, HVR-V1U HDV 1080i/24p Cinema Style Camcorder. As far as the hard drive recording 4 hours of video so they say. Do any of you use this camera with FCP ? what format are the files on the hard drive ? And what do you need to get the footage or files from the camera into FCP For DV I cauld use my deck but what abbout the HDv or HD format

  thank you of any users.

  Tom

  Brian Pitt replied 18 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Borjis

  August 31, 2007 at 3:21 pm

  Its my understanding it works much like the firestore drive does with the jvc cameras.

  So you would be getting HDV quicktime files on it.
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  Brian Pitt

  August 31, 2007 at 4:46 pm

  I use this camera, but I did go with the firestore 80GB drive. They seem to be the most reliable hard drive recorder on the market. It works GREAT!!!

  I usually record to tape as HDV while I’m downconverting to SD for the hard driver record. Most of the editing I do now is SD, so when I bring the footage straight from the drive, it’s already SD. But I still have the option of recapturing as HDV if I need to in the future.

  You can chose the file type that the firestore records to. That is another great thing about it. I just use the quicktime codec since my editing is done in FCP.

  I have saved countless hours already. I highly recommend looking at the firestore units.

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