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Cant get AJ-HD1200A deck to work with FCP5.1.1!! PLEASE HELP!!!!
i am trying to dump some footage i shot with my HVX200 to DVCPRO HD tape. I imported the footage into finalcut and have everything placed on the timeline. My settings are for DVCPRO HD 720p24 and i have the AJHD1200A deck connected to my macbookpro via firewire. i have device control and FCP says it is OK. But when i go to capture or edit to tape. Preview is disabled. So i cant see if i actually dumped to tape. And i couldn’t see any audio meters on the deck when i did this. I’m assuming it is something with the deck. It is in 720p mode and that is all i know. please if anyone has any suggestions. i could really use the help.
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11 Replies
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Call the rental house and have them make sure it is setup correctly.
There are number of places that can get you and since this is not your deck the best thing to do is contact the rental house and so that they understand it was not set up properly for your needs.gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
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sounds like it’s not set up for Firewire Input. Do what Gary says and have the rental house walk you though the menus. the 1200A is menu intensive.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
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It’s in the menu on the deck…. page 800 I think. I’m guessing that your firewire is set to playout something other than what you’re expecting, causing FCP to barf.
This deck is like a swiss army knife… it can do just about anything, however, setting it up to do what you want can be a challenge. The panasonic website has a pdf of the entire menu structure for this deck, which can be a help when trying to figure out what setting you’re looking for.
Mark
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894 is the menu option for outputtng a DV or HD signal. In the 600s is the option for Video Input. 601 I think. Switch it to 1394 and it will then take a firewire signal.
I have been struggling with this deck for the past couple weeks.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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Hi guys:
we have between 3-5 of these decks (rental) in our place most weeks. I have ran into two of them where I would switch the I/O to 1394 and nothing would show up. It took resetting the master menu list both times, then all was well. There are a lot of other menu items that can effect things in ways you would never guess so when in doubt, do a factory reset.
Also, these decks seem particularly susceptible to head clogs, always have a head cleaning tape handy when you shoot with these decks.
Dan
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[dan brockett] “we have between 3-5 of these decks (rental) in our place most weeks. I have ran into two of them where I would switch the I/O to 1394 and nothing would show up.”
Dan
changing system setting require the the 1200a deck be powered off and then on again for the settings to hold.gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
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Hi Gary:
I thought just hitting “set” in the menu hierarchy did it??
Dan
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[dan brockett] “I thought just hitting “set” in the menu hierarchy did it??”
Not if you’re changing the main System Settings in the low number menus, especially 720 to 1080 or vice versa.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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I don’t work in HDV yet — but I had a similiar experience with my Canon GL1 mini DV camcorder ( it is my source and recording deck connected through firewire into the computer.
i very recently upgraded from FCP 4.5 and OS 10.3.9 to OS 10.4.7 and the crossgrade version of FCP STUDIO 5.1 ( which was updated to FCP 5.1.1 )
Right after doing the upgrade my CANON GL-1 ( which has been trouble free since OS 9 and FCP 1.25 ) was no longer recognized by FINAL CUT PRO 5.1.1 and I was unable to either record video to or from FCP 5.1.1 I spent days trying to resolve the problem…
I have just resolved the issue this afternoon. One of the suggestions made at this site was to remove the receipts for version numbered files of Quicktime. I did that at the time but saw no resolution to the problem. Today , I revisited all the steps and went back to the Apple File covering how to resolve suddenly losing video in 5.1.1. This time I realized that I also needed to download the latest version of quicktime AGAIN — even though I already had the latest version already installed… Once I did that , all functionality for my Source deck was restored. I can log and capture and export with no problems.
As soon as I activated my deck — the preview window disappeared and the video returned. i set in points and Out points and recorded the file –then worked with it in the timeline. When I set the view to external ALL FRAMES — I was able to see and hear the file on my source deck LCD screen.
Don’t know if this helps — but it seemed you might be experiencing a similar problem. The screen output to NTSC 720 x 480 (in my case ) was showing that it was missing. After the Quicktime download that and several other choices returned to the software display window in preferences and under the view menu.
Pete Collins
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[pjc10000] “I don’t work in HDV yet — but I had a similiar experience with my Canon GL1 mini DV camcorder ( it is my source and recording deck connected through firewire into the computer.”
The 1200A is DVCPro HD, not HDV. Very different formats.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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