• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  F. Cut Pro Express – digitizing question

  Posted by James Nolan on January 30, 2009 at 6:31 pm

  Is there a way to acquire the Offline NTSC Easy Set up for Final Cut Pro Express? I have had success digitizing to an iMac from a DVC Pro 50 deck with that setup; with the Dv Easy set up, i only seem to be able to capture 3 secs. and then it gives me an error message.
  Any help appreciated….

  Tom Wolsky replied 17 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Tom Wolsky

  January 30, 2009 at 7:37 pm

  Is the tape you’re capturing DVCPRO 50 or DV? FCE cannot capture the former.

  Please give your full system specifications, what computer, what drives, what camera or deck, how everything’s connected, what settings are on the media, what settings you’re using in Final Cut, and finally what version of the software, of the OS, and of QuickTime are you using

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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  James Nolan

  January 30, 2009 at 8:25 pm

  Thanks, Tom.
  Yes, I was hoping to capture DVC Pro 50 via firewire from a Panasonic AJ-SD93 deck to a new iMac (20-inch: 2.66GHz) in the Final Cut Express app.
  I’m guessing from your statement this will not work in Express, but hopefully will work if I get FCut Studio for this iMac and digitize with the offline NTSc easy setup?

  The ultimate idea is to use this as a producer’s workstation for reviewing multiple lo-res clips and do basic timeline edits….

  Thanks for your help.
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  Tom Wolsky

  January 30, 2009 at 8:58 pm

  FCE only works with DV, HDV, and AVCHD, not DVCPRO50. You could capture in FCP and then recompress to DV, but it would be a lot of time and work for not a lot of benefit.

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

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