• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  AVCHD into FCP as DVC PRO HD

  Posted by Christopher Kinsman on October 12, 2008 at 6:13 am

  Hi All, does anyone have experience grabbing AVCHD into FCP 6 onto a DVC PRO HD timeline. Capture will be through the sanyo xacti vpc hd1010 which has a dock with component out. The camera captures 1920X1080i/60. Final delivery will be to DVC PRO HD. Rest of show will be shot HDV. AVCHD footage will comprise very small amount of shows final total. Any shared experiences are greatly appreciated.
  Kind Regards,
  Chris Kinsman

  Nestor Cabrera replied 17 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  October 12, 2008 at 6:47 am

  Well, you will need an HD capture card to do this…one that accepts Component inputs, like the Kona LH or Decklink Extreme.

  Shane

  

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  Walter Biscardi

  October 12, 2008 at 11:50 am

  You’ll want something like the AJA Kona LHe or AJA Kona 3 to convert both the AVCHD and HDV to DVCPro HD on the way in. The LHe has Component inputs so that’s all set up for you to go directly from the deck to the system. The conversion is done in realtime as you capture.

  We run the Kona 3 because it has more options for conversions in HD, but you may not need them.

  Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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  William Carr

  October 13, 2008 at 2:32 am

  Depending how small the “small amount” is, you can skip the cabling do what we do: simply Log and Transfer the AVCHD which FCP transcodes as ProRes or AIC. We choose ProRes and include our small amount of (Panasonic SD9) AVCHD inserts and b-roll within our main DVCPROHD timeline, where clips appear as a preview render without slowing anything down. As with all timelines, fully render before delivering to wherever it’s going.

  Only issue may be whether your flavor of AVCHD can be transferred straight in without hitches.
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  Christopher Kinsman

  October 13, 2008 at 5:46 am

  Thanks friends, this is why I recommend the cow to everyone I meet.
  Kind Regards,
  Chris
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  Nestor Cabrera

  October 27, 2008 at 6:43 pm

  Hi. I have a Sony Handycam, the HDR-SR10. I connect it to a USB port, and transfer the MTS files (AVCHD files), and then I use TOAST 9 to convert to Apple Intermediate Codec or other codec, then I edit that with Final Cut Pro.

  All digital conversion.

  “Saludos”

  Nestor Cabrera
  Post-Production

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