• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  NDF DF warning capturing DVCAM NTSC

  Posted by Brenda Goldstein on May 21, 2010 at 7:43 pm

  Hello all,

  I am having a problem with the following warning:
  “you are about to capture NDF media from a device currently detecting or configured for DF media.”
  (running fcp 6.0.6 on Macbookpro with OS X 10.5.8)
  I am working from flx files from cinema tools (35mm, NDF xfer to DVCAM) which I have imported to be digitized. I am using a sony pd 150 to capture the clips. For some reason FCP is reading that the PD-150 sending a DF signal. I have reset the camera tc. The only way i don’t get the warning is if I go in to cinema tools and resave each clip as DF. Then import–but that is only a temp fix, production is to be finished on film, and I am worried about sync issues.

  I have double checked with the lab.

  What is going on?

  Brenda Goldstein replied 16 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Pale

  May 21, 2010 at 8:51 pm

  Try playing the tape a bit before attempting to batch capture. The camera probably is outputting a drop frame signal by default when nothing is detected. When you actually play the tape it gets a taste of that non-drop TC, it will then know what to do. There may be a setting somewhere to make it output NDF by default, also.
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  Brenda Goldstein

  May 22, 2010 at 4:09 pm

  OK! I will try that tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

  Thanks so much

  .b
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  Brenda Goldstein

  May 23, 2010 at 7:17 pm

  Hi John,
  Sad to say this did not work either. still got the warning…
  BTW, the camera was set to NDF in VCR mode.

  Any other suggestions?

  Brenda

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