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Any non FCP way to capture native HDV? also OT forum view has changed..
Hi all,
Im setting up a small studio and looking at using an imac and a sony deck for capturing quantities of of HDV. I believe FCP Express captures HDV non-natively. Was just wondering if theres a cheaper way of setting up my capture station than paying for FCP full which will not be used for editing?
Also my view of all the cow forums has changed. I used to see each topic with it’s response tree, now only the topic listing the number of replies. Did i mess up my view, and is there a way for me to change it back?
Thanks everyone as always.
Jase
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[Jason Allen] “Also my view of all the cow forums has changed. I used to see each topic with it’s response tree, now only the topic listing the number of replies. Did i mess up my view, and is there a way for me to change it back?”
The Cow folks changed something the other day. Just click on the green and white “T” and you will see the so called “thread view” just like you used to.
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u can use other s/w like Edius, or Adobe Pro for capture native HDV
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Get the free DVHS-Cap from Apple (part of the developer stuff). It can capture incoming HDV native as an MPEG-Stream.
Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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Hello Uli,
Thanks for that. I’ve been searching the apple site but haven’t been apple to find it, you dont have a link or know what it’s under do you please?
Also i havent tried to take a native sdtream, into fcp before. I usually capture straight from the camera, ending up with quicktime captures. Can I take it straight in asthough i’d captured it in the classic way?
Thanks again.
Jase
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Hi
ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/XFireWireSDK20c.dmg“The FireWire SDK for Mac OS X provides developers with useful tools, example projects, documentation, and debug components. It also contains source-code for most of the FireWire stack from OS X Tiger, version 10.4.0 and Panther version 10.3.9.
FireWire SDK 20 contains a number of new and updated tools including FireBug, FireCracker, PhyTool, FWBusyBus, FWPlugOMatic, and AVCBrowser. It also contains source for a new AV/C DV & MPEG2 streaming framework called AVCVideoServices, and example projects which use this new framework, including an updated version of VirtualDVHS.”
from this page:
https://developer.apple.com/sdk -
Thanks a lot guys.
Going to give it a shot if it could help save 2 grand.
Jase
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Jason,
Check out BTVpro, it’s a really neat little capture app that may do HDV by now, not sure, but it does everything else, including great time-lapse capture.
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I’m not sure I understand what you really want to do. You can’t use those native streams in FCE directly. One thing you can do: Get MPEG Streamclip too (free again) and convert your native HDV stream into something you can use in FCE, like DV. Is this what you are looking for?
Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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