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offline work flow
I apologize for this is a pretty basic question, however I’m used to working with Avid and I can’t seem to find the answer I need on any online searches or Final Cut books. That said here’s my problem:
I’m capturing HDV footage (1080p24) that was shot on a Sony V1U. I have two systems set up for capture- a MacBook Pro w/ FCP v5.1.4 conncected to a Sony HVR-M15AU deck and a MacPro running the FCP v6 and using a Sony HVR-1500A deck. I want to capture low-rez to save space but so far I’ve been unsuccessful. I’ve tried following the deck manuals to down-convert HDV to DV but once I do that, Final Cut no longer recognizes the decks’ existence. I also tried using the RT-offline settings- HDV and regular old NTSC- neither agreed with FCP. I must be missing something so if anyone has any insight, I’d love to hear it!
Secondly, I have been capturing full rez HD in the meantime because I’m on a really tight schedule and really just need to get tapes in. For the tapes I’ve already captured, is there a way I can compress them to a lower resolution? (In Avid terms this would be transcoding but I haven’t found the equivalent yet for FC.)
Thanks in advance!
Ronnie
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Do yourself a huge favor and get out of the Avid mentality as fast as you can. Especially when working with HDV. HDV and DV have exactly the same data rate, therefore the same file size, so downconverting and capturing as DV is pretty much pointless. And unless you have an HD capture card and HDV deck, capturing as OFFLINE RT HD should be avoided as well. Because of how the HDV format treats camera start and stops (making a new timecode break every time), recapturing with frame accuracy can be challenging. And capturing then transcoding, and trying to relink back to the masters later…what is the point? You have the full online footage after you capture, why not work with it? And really, one of FCPs strong suits is the ability to work at full resolution.
HDV and DV are both 13.6GB/hour. And HDV can be editing off of firewire drives. ANd storage is cheap, so avoid the offline/online headache and work at full resolution. Besides, FCP WEAK suit is media management, so the offline/online workflow can be tricky…especially with HDV.
Good luck.
Shane
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That’s exactly what I wanted to hear, thanks!
Ronnie
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