Capture Question

[Gary Adcock]

[Mike Allen] “apturing 1080 (24p native) from a Sony Z5u to ProRes 422 using a Kona LHI with the HDMI input. The kona control panel says that I am really getting 1080 60i in through HDMI.”

what’s the issue?

Native recording is only supported via the CF cards, and you would not use HDMI for that data transfer.

If you are shooting on videotape it is still 24/ 60i and that the HDMI in this camera is v1.2 which does not support 24fps capture.

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[Lee Hoffman]

Hey Gary-On this note maybe you can help-this is wierd. I’ve got a Z5-U and have been capturing HDV footage with no problem for over a year using FCP 6.0 on an older Power PC MAC tower-duel G5-running 10.4.11, out of the camera into firewire 400 with these A/V settings:

Sequence Preset: HDV-1080/60
Capture Preset: HDV
Device Control Preset: HDV Firewire
Video Playback: Digital Cinema Desktop Preview-Main
Audio-Default

Now here’s the wierd part: I’m trying to capture on my new MacBook Pro-using Snow Leopard. I’m just looping the camera into the Firewire 400 connection through my external drive, then out to the laptop through the FW800 connection. Tested a capture using IMovie to check the connection and that sees it just fine, but with the EXACT same A/V settings, FCP on my laptop says the device is not connected. I’ve tried every other sensible Device Control Preset in the menu-including the Sony HDV presets-no dice. Nothing works-This baffles the hell out of me.

Is it some Firmware or codec issue with SnoLeopard, or am I missing something stupid? Please help. Lee