• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  HDV print to video

  Posted by Julie Chabot on January 11, 2010 at 5:40 pm

  I am trying to output a sequence at a 59.94 frame rate on a Sony hvr 1500. I get the following message from FCP “this sequence is not compatible with HDV print to video”.
  I made an output yesterday at a 29.97 frame rate and had no problem. Now I need to output at 59.94 and FCP won’t let me do it.
  I did trash my pref. I also created in “Device Control Presets” a setting that match my sequence… I am at a loss… Do I need to use my Kona card to solve this problem or is there another way?
  Thanks

  Jules

  David Roth weiss replied 16 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  January 11, 2010 at 6:16 pm

  Sony HDV doesn’t do 59.94. That is a 720p format and not something it is compatible with. 29.97 only.

  Shane

  

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  David Roth weiss

  January 11, 2010 at 6:23 pm

  In addition to to what Shane said, let me ask, why are you mastering to HDV?

  When you master to HDV you lose a generation and it hits graphics and text with another bad and unnecessary compression hit. Better choices are archiving as a digital file or mastering to a format such as DVCPro or HDCam.

  David Roth Weiss
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  Los Angeles

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  Julie Chabot

  January 11, 2010 at 8:12 pm

  Thank you for the info. Although I am sorry to said I don’t understand your answer completely.
  We will be shooting in HDV (client’s request) and I am now making screeners from archival witch I converted to 1080i at 59.94 to match my future sequence (HDV 1080i at 59.94 frame rate) So why am I loosing a generation? I am doing so not to lose quality… trying to preserve original video rate codec etc. I apologize in advance if my lack of technical knowledge is sooooo broad.

  Jules
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  Julie Chabot

  January 11, 2010 at 8:17 pm

  Thank you for your answer and time.

  Jules
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  Shane Ross

  January 11, 2010 at 9:00 pm

  There is no such thing as 1080i 59.94 HDV. HDV does not run at 60fps at 1080.

  1080i60 is 29.97. Confusing, I know. But the “i” indicates INTERLACED, so 1080i60 60 interlaced fields, 2 fields per frame…30fps running at 29.97. 720p60 indicates PROGRESSIVE (“p”)…so it is 60 full progressive frames running at 59.94.

  Shane

  

  GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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  Julie Chabot

  January 11, 2010 at 9:32 pm

  Got it.
  Thank you so much.

  Jules
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  David Roth weiss

  January 11, 2010 at 9:55 pm

  [Julie Chabot] “So why am I loosing a generation?”

  You are losing a generation if you print HDV back to tape on the little DV tapes, because that is the nature of HDV. It does a process called “conform,” which recompresses all frames.

  David Roth Weiss
  Director/Editor/Colorist
  David Weiss Productions, Inc.
  Los Angeles

  POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

  A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.

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