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Canon XH A1 and final cut 6
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What converter box are you using–Matrox MXO or something else?
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What converter box are you using–Matrox MXO or something else?
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Hello. I am not using a converter box.
I am cutting on FCP studio 2.0 and would like to send the videosignal via the XH A1 camera by firewire and further to by monitor.
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Therein lies your problem. In order to view HDV video on an external monitor, you need a device that will convert the HDV signal to SD or HD. I’m using the Matrox MXO, which cost me just under $1000. Simply put, it’s a small box that links the Mac tower to your secondary display. It supplies a very pristine image, and it also gives you the capability to output to tape in real-time, minus the long render times of the usual print to tape process with HDV. You will need a tape deck with BNC connectivity, though (the MXO doesn’t have a firewire input for outputting to tape). There are other options, but possibly more expensive ones. I think Convergent Design has a converter box as well. To find out more, as I am no expert in HDV, I’d post an inquiry in the COW HDV forum. Hope this helps!
~ Cathy
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Last night I discovered the same problem. I did have a slight work around. BTW, we are outputting to a small NTSC Sony TV. What we did was put the camera in DV mode and not HDV. Then we setup video output to the Apple NTSC Firewire profile. We saw video output on the TV screen but it locked on the first fame is displayed. Not the right way to do it, I know. But we were able to get a preview of the output even thought it was one frame and that was good enough for us at the moment. I also think theres a box called AKA Io that will do it the right way, not sure how much it costs.
Hope this helps.
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