• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Capturing HDCam from JH3 via Firewire?

  Posted by Rose Glandfield on April 17, 2008 at 11:05 am

  Hi

  I have some material shot on HDCam at 25fps, which I need to capture into my FCP.

  I do not have a kona card or similar, and was hoping to capture the downconvered material from a JH3 via Firewire – but am not sure that this is possible?

  If it is possible, please let me know what the necessary FCP / deck settings are – if not, what’s the best solution – to get the tapes transferred to a format my fcp can read via firewire? Or to get them digitised somewhere with a HD/SD card?

  Thanks

  Rose

  Rose Glandfield replied 18 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Rob Tinworth

  April 17, 2008 at 2:38 pm

  You can absolutely do this. You need to make sure that the deck you hire/have has the firewire card installed. It’s optional, so it’s not found on all units.

  Capturing itself is very simple. You just connect the deck to the mac with a firewire cable, and easy setup for DV PAL Anamorphic. If you have an AJA Io connected by firewire disconnect it – it will conflict with the deck.

  The deck will do the downconversion for you, so you end up with DV PAL clips.

  As with all decks, it’s worth capturing a test clip to make sure that everything is setup correctly. Check the TC of the clip against the tape to make sure it’s not slipping. And watch for those timecode breaks. If you have your user preferences set to ‘make new clip’ on TC break, you’ll likely find the new clip is 5 or so frames off.

  Rob Tinworth
  http://www.1021.tv
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  Rose Glandfield

  April 17, 2008 at 2:58 pm

  Thanks very much Rob

  The deck arrived just after I left my post, and, through a process of trial and error (!) I deduced for myself that DV Pal is the way to get it in . All captured now and t/codes all seem to match so that’s great! (And has saved me a lot of money on dubs / capturing elsewhere!)

  Cheers

  Rose

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