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Shooting in HDV mode with non-HD miniDVs. FCP 6 won’t capture
Hi. I shot sony mini DVs on a Sony HDV 1080i CMOS camera. I did something stupid. I recorded in HDV mode with non-HD miniDV’s. This camera has the ability to record in DV or HDV. FCP 6.0.4 won’t capture this footage. I have tried all the different arrangements of sequence presets, device control and capture presets that I thought might work to try to log and capture the footage. This is what happens when I try to capture with, say for exapmle the following settings:
sequence- dvcpro hd 1080i60,
capture – dvcpro hd 1080i60 48khz,
and control – dvcpro hd firewire.
FCP DOES recognize the deck (which is the sony camera) and can control play, stop etc. The tape plays and is viewable on the LCD screen of the camera but preview is disabled and It will not capture. What should my audio video settings be set at for capture? -
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[amy sampson] “I shot sony mini DVs on a Sony HDV 1080i CMOS camera. “
[amy sampson] “capture – dvcpro hd 1080i60 48khz, “
Look at those two statements. Do you see what the problem is?
This has nothing to do with the tapes. You cannot convert HDV to DVCPro HD unless you capture from a deck using HDMI or SDI with a capture card.
You need to set FCP to capture either HDV or use the HDV to ProRes setup.
Arnie
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Amy,
First, your camera uses DV tape and it will record either SD as DV or HD as HDV on the same tapes. You don’t need a different HD tape to shoot HDV, so that’s not an issue for you and you can dismiss that.
And, what Arnie means, is that your Sony camera shoots HDV, not DVCPro HD. DVCPro HD is a completely different format used by Panasonic in their cameras.
You need to choose the HDV 1080i 60 Easy Setup. If FCP has a problem recognizing your camera or properly capturing after choosing this easy setup, it’s because there is a setting in the camera menu that is incorrect and you’ll need to come back and ask about that.
Do you understand?
BTW, what version of FCP are you using?
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Hi David,
Been awhile sorry… I’m using FCP 6. I solved what might be part of my problem by using ProRes to capture. I read about on this forum. But is 1080i60 easy set up better? ANd more importantly why don’t I have that option in my pulldown menu? I understand now HDV and and DVCPro are different formats for different cameras. Thank you for explaining so graciously. I am learning as I go. I read cow forums all the time. Its very helpful. Is there a book or site you can recommend for information about all the different capture, sequence settings and compression settings? Its hard to navigate all the forums to find exactly the information I need.
I’m on a new project now. HEre are the specs: Sony cmos camera, using HD minidvs with HDV 1080i settings on camera. I will output eventually to DVD and web. Currently my settings for capture are:
sequence- HDV 1080i60
Capture- HDV
device- Sony HDV firewire.Should I be using sony HDV firewire setting or sony HDV 1080i50 firewire for device control?
Now when I put the clips in my timeline the pop up menu says change sequence to match blah blah blah and when I say yes my clip is too big. Why?
Can you explain the use of the ProRes settings?
I read elsewhere on this forum that one should delete clips after capture from browser and then re import from finder. Why?IF you have the time I would love a response, if not I understand my questions are elementary and if you could direct me to a good book or website I would be just as grateful.
Best,
Amy
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