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  • Cant see DV PAL footage through FW

    Posted by Paul Harb on March 3, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    I just got a tape from a guy in Europe and he sent me a PAL DV tape, my Sony DSR 45 will play the tape, but my preview in FCP says disabled even though it is all set for PAL….any ideas what I might be doing wrong? thks…

    Paul

    Paul Harb-Producer/Director
    Wrong Beach Multimedia
    Dual 3.2 GHz Quad/10.5.5/8GIG RAM/FCP 6.0.4/QT 7.5.5

    Steve Eisen replied 17 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Ben Holmes

    March 3, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    Choose the PAL DV Easy setup. Check that video is not disabled on the audio/video section of the log and capture window. Check your firewire connection – power down the computer, disconnect deck, repower computer, connect deck, open FCP.

    Any joy?

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  • Paul Harb

    March 3, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    Yep, tried all that, no good…either says preview is disabled, when its not or its just greyed out….I can hear the audio….just no video….I trashed pref as well…Im stumped. Bug?

    Paul

    Paul Harb-Producer/Director
    Wrong Beach Multimedia
    Dual 3.2 GHz Quad/10.5.5/8GIG RAM/FCP 6.0.4/QT 7.5.5

  • Steve Eisen

    March 3, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    Not sure if you can capture PAL from the DSR-45. Even though it plays the tape, you can not change the setting on the deck to pal like you can the DSR-11.

    I captured a pal DV tape yesterday with my DSR-11 and converted it to NTSC using compressor. The process was flawless and fast. 7 minute video converted in 2 minutes.

    Steve Eisen
    Eisen Video Productions
    Board of Directors
    Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

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