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Canon Vixia HV30 AV->DV settings not enabled
I bought recently a Canon Vixia HV30 and am trying to capture footage to Final Cut Pro 5.0.4
I am using the easy set up for 1080i60 and FCP allows me to control the camera in the Log and Capture window but I cannot see the video image. I can see the time code running, and after testing a “capture now” I got a black clip with audio, so for some reason the camera is not sending out the proper video signal. I read in the manual that the AV->DV setting must be switched to OFF for playback, the problem is that when I try to access this setting in the camera it is not enabled – all I see in the screen in a dotted line —-
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4 Replies
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Hello Sam;
You did not say what format you recorded in; my HV30 can record in 5 different formats (DV 4X3, DV 16X9, HDV, HD “24P” and HD “30P”). I think that any HD format is actually recorded on the tape as HDV, so you have to use one of those easy setups. The only format that I have put in FCP6 is HD 24P or 30P, but it is still HDV on the tape. See the Apple support paper on the subject, such as
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2410?viewlocale=en_US,
or search the internet for topics like “HV30 to FCP.” That’s how I found the above thread, and it got my footage in. It plays jerky on my G5 during pans, but it plays, and it is HD.
Hope this helps.Terry
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Thank you Terry.
I think that the problem is with the VCR function of the camera and not with the settings in FCP.
I recorded mostly in HD24p, but as you say, I can use an easy set up for that.
I am puzzled why the AV to DV setting is not accessible in the camera.
I’ve done extensive searches on this and haven’t run into anybody else with a similar problem.
Will keep trying.
Sam -
I don’t have a definitive answer for you, but the av/dv bit shouldn’t have anything to do with capture unless you’re using the HV30 as a transcode device (running audio & video from another source via composite into the HV30, for example) into the HV30 to transcode to a dv signal. In other words, if you’re capturing via firewire, that setting shouldn’t make any difference.
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Thanks for your advice. I figured out that much. I’m upgrading my system to a newer version of FCP and I hope that these problems will be resolved.
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