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Blackmagic DV capture – with FCP
Hi There,
This is kinda a Blackmagic and FCP question.
I have Decklink SP – and usually capture in 8 or 10 bit uncompressed. But sometimes I want to capture in using the Blackmagic DV setting – which was set up for me by the company I bought the G5 from.
Capturing using the card is fine – but when I drag that onto my FCP timeline it needs rendering – which obviously I dont want.
I know I have to change my timeline settings in FCP (Audio & Video Settings) but no matter what I seem to change it to it still needs rendering. Does anyone know what FCP settings I need – I have duplicated the Blackmagic 8bit uncomp setting, then changed it to a DV codec but that doesnt seem to work? Any ideas?
Cheers
Xavier
PS – All this is in PAL, 16:9
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4 Replies
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New project, use the Blackmagic DV PAL easy setup and it should just work – it does on our system.
Steve Connor
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You might need to change the field order on your timeline as well. Depends on what standard you are using (NTSC/PAL).
Trevor Kinsey,
Technical Producer,
CVP Film and Television,
Melbourne,
Australia -
Hi Xavier,
Steve is right. Just use one of our easy setups. Make sure you’re dragging the captured clip to a sequence created [b]after[/b] choosing the easy setups.
If you want to output the DV clip captured using our easy setups to your deck/camera via firewire, then rechoose the Apple DV – PAL setup and drop the captured clip in there.
regards
Kristian
Blackmagic Design -
A long-shot here.. One “gotcha” that you have to remember: when you chance the easy settings to DV be sure to create a new sequence afterwards. Changing the easy settings does not change sequences that are already in existence..
hope that helps.
jason
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