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FCP capture from XM2 problem
I am unable to capture into FCP rushes shot on a DSR 450 (run time per tape 45 minutes) from my Canon XM2, despite being told by the hire firm it would run oK.
I’ve unchecked “abort capture on dropped frames” and set control to “non controllable device”. Tape runs for 2 seconds then displays the error message “Capture encountered a problem reading the data on your source tape. Could be a problem with the tape. Capture aborted and clip saved.” If I don’t try to capture, the tape plays through on to the edit screen, with some horizontal “jointing” but no sound. Do I have to re-hire the camera to capture?
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Please explain “jointing”?
What it could be – the DSR450 is a DVCAM camera. XM2 I am pretty sure is DV only. If you have recorded in DVCAM, a DV player is not gonna help – and you will get weird banding on playback. Possibly look like it’s dropping frames (sometimes half a visual frame?).
You could re-hire, or find a dubbing house to do a check on the tape and do a DV-format dub if you have a DVCAM tape.
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Thank you for your swift reply. What I described as jointing fits well with your description of “banding” – an occasional corruption running horizontally across the screen and about half way up. There is also a slight slow motion effect.
Audio is displayed on the FCP audio bars but no audio is heard either on the camera o/p or on the computer.
Just got the free use of a DSR next week! I feel fairly confident that that will solve the prob!
For future reference, I guess there must be a way of forcing the DSR to record in DV mode which would then make rushes playable on my XM2
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DVCAM is a Sony proprietary format. No Canon camera will play it back, but any Sony miniDV camera or deck will play it back. Only a DVCAM device will record DVCAM however.
All the best,
Tom
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