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BLEEDING EDGE – Sequence settings for new JVC GZ-HD7U???
Ok, I just got the camera delivered today from Circuit CIty…
Installed the Quicktime Component on the disk supplied by JVC – it installs a single file in Library>Quicktime – nsTODimporter.component
I shot some “full” HD footage on the camera, conntect via USB2, mounted the HD, and copied over the .TOD file. Quicktime Player opens and plays the file without a problem. QT Movie Info Shows:
FORMAT: MPEG2 video Decoder, 1920 x 1080, Millions+ MPEG2 audio, Stereo, 48.000 kHz
FPS: 29.97
DATA RATE: 160.18 kbits/sec
NORMAL SIZE: 1920 x 1080
Video Track properties show the format as “MPEG2 video” and normal size as 1920 x 1080 (preserve aspect ration checked by default)
So, JVC says in their literature that the QT component I installed also should allow editing in iMove and FCP. The clip “imports” into iMovie, but it is being transcoded (takes over two minutes to import a 44 second clip)
I can import the file into FCP as well, but I cannot determine what sequence settings to set to allow me to place in the timeline without the red render indicators – and no combination of sequence settings seems to give me a proper “fit” of the clip image in the sequence viewer. I also do not see any compressor liste when viewing the clip Item Properties –
I’m no expert, but feel I’m fairly competent. Perhaps I’m overlooking something obvious – any suggestions on where to start attacking this problem?
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24 Replies
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try making a new custom sequence matched exactly to the movie properties
size, aspect, codec….everything you can think of.thats where I would start.
its a shame they didn’t include an easy setup to install.
if you still can’t make it work, I’d transcode it to dvcpro-hd with mpeg stream clip.
that should definitely solve the real time issue. -
What ever you import to iMovie is transcoded to a DV Sequence, so just avoid it,
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My guess is HDV 1080i/29.97
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[walter biscardi] “My guess is HDV 1080i/29.97”
Actually for the FCP presets, it’s described at 1080i/60, I was thinking about the Kona presets.
From what I can gather from folks who own JVC HDV cameras, they are the least supported cameras in FCP. Consumer grade cameras are also generally not very well supported in FCP.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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That’s where my problem lies, I think – I don’t see a code to match in the sequence settings menu (nothing that refers to MPEG2 or the TOD extension on the transferred files…
MPEG Streamclip won’t open the file – gives me an error that it’s not valid….
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Right – seemed to be converted to HDV actually – it was a “HD”, but not the original format
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Thanks – if I can’t get this to work after speaking with JVC, the camera will go back – included software is not doing what it’s supposed to do.
I think what is key is that I would expect to see a new codec added to the list in FCP (and iMove) for that matter, for the applications to be able to correctly recognize it. Further, what’s odd is under a clips Item Properties in FCP, the CODEC entry is blank – FCP is not interpreting what it is….
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But remember, it’s not recorded with HDV compression – my test was “full” HD 1920 x 1080 using the CBR MPEG2 recording mode – allegedly, the Quicktime Component provided by JVC that I installed should allow me to work with this format natively (if in limited fashion, though this limitation is not defined)
But I don’t see a Compressor choice in the Sequence settings that correlates to the component I just installed.
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Can you put a small piece of the media on an ftp site somewhere?
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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[thrangster] ”
But remember, it’s not recorded with HDV compression – my test was “full” HD 1920 x 1080 using the CBR MPEG2 recording mode – allegedly, t”That IS HDV. HDV is an MPEG-2 stream, that’s why it’s so difficult to deal with in an editing system and why people like me advocate converting that format to DVCPro HD before editing.
Actually sounds like you may have a Windows formatted file. I had a producer with a JVC HDV camera come here one day and we could not open the files because they were windows formatted.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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