can’t see DVCPro HD on an IMAC G5 with FCP 4.5 HD

[Walter Biscardi]

What are you trying to capture from and how are you connected?

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[Mickavid]

the footage is already captured on a drive. it is a usb2.0. i have also transferred a clip to the harddrive. i hear it but see white on both quicktime and fcp.

[Mickavid]

if the apple download updates the quicktime components that fcp uses, shouldn’t i at least see the footage? i applied the dmg file onto the imac harddrive and restarted. is there a specialty to this step?

[Tom Lietz]

You might want to make sure you have the DVCPRO HD QuickTime component installed. If not, you can download version 1.1 for FCP 4.5 from here:

https://www.apple.com/support/downloads/dvcprohdcomponents.html

Hope that helps,
Tom Lietz

[Mickavid]

yes, that is what i downloaded. shouldn’t i be able to see the footage either in quicktime or fcphd?

mick

[Walter Biscardi]

[mickavid] “the footage is already captured on a drive. it is a usb2.0. i have also transferred a clip to the harddrive. i hear it but see white on both quicktime and fcp.”

USB 2.0 is not fast enough for DVCPro HD from what I understand. I certainly wouldn’t use it for editing.

Are you sure it’s DVCPro HD? Usually a white screen means that you don’t have the codec installed on your machine.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

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[Mickavid]

Dimensions: 1280×720
Codecs: DVCPRO HD vout 720p60
Imdc, Integer (Big Endian)
Timecode
Channel Count: 1
Duration: 29’58

that is what appears on the get info window for one of the clips. this footage was captured at a post house using the dvcpro deck and fcphd.

i downloaded the codec from apple and installed it. so what else is there?

mick

[Walter Biscardi]

[mickavid] “Dimensions: 1280×720
Codecs: DVCPRO HD vout 720p60
Imdc, Integer (Big Endian)
Timecode
Channel Count: 1
Duration: 29’58”

That’s not a DVCPro HD clip. DVCPro HD is 960×720 which is stretched by FCP to 1280×720 on the way out. Its dimensions in your browser will appear as 960×720.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Mickavid]

so what do i do then?

mick

[Walter Biscardi]

Either have the post house recapture the clips using a DVCPro HD preset or cut on a system that supports uncompressed 720p like the Kona 2.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters