Capturing 1080i from Sony HVR Z1E to Final Cut Studio 3

[Steve Eisen]

No support for your system from the Cow. Good luck, you are on your own.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Shane Ross]

Doesn’t matter if you bought the OS and all the apps legitimately…but if you installed it on a non-mac, that breaks their license agreement. So that, basically, is illegal. But I also know that you can’t install the base MacOS on these Hackintoshes…you need to get a cracked version that allows you to configure it for the parts you used. So installing a HACKED version of the OS on a PC… not quite legitimate.

All you need to do is choose the HDV 1080i60 EASY SETUP. It should work. If it doesn’t on your HACK, then something might be up with the config…who knows? It takes a tech to make a Hackintosh…I know someone who did. But if it won’t work on the LEGIT fully MAC system…why not? what happens?

But us trying to troubleshoot a non-supported edit system? C’mon…

Shane

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[Michael Gissing]

On your Macbook you should be able to capture HDV. Three things to check – the settings on the camera are correct to output HDV (not DV downconvert), secondly you have the correct easy setup to match the flavor of HDV. Finally that you are capturing to an external drive, not the system drive. An SSD is a waste of money for HDV. It is the same data rate as DV. Any decent FW400 drive will cope with HDV capture and playback but never use the system drive to capture media.

As for the Hackintosh, I doubt anyone here can advise why something doesn’t work. We are largely industry professionals here so few of use would risk our career using non standard hardware to save a few $. As your problem is on both machines, I would suspect a setting being wrong on camera or FCP.

[Michael Gissing]

On your Macbook you should be able to capture HDV. Three things to check – the settings on the camera are correct to output HDV (not DV downconvert), secondly you have the correct easy setup to match the flavor of HDV. Finally that you are capturing to an external drive, not the system drive. An SSD is a waste of money for HDV. It is the same data rate as DV. Any decent FW400 drive will cope with HDV capture and playback but never use the system drive to capture media.

As for the Hackintosh, I doubt anyone here can advise why something doesn’t work. We are largely industry professionals here so few of use would risk our career using non standard hardware to save a few $. As your problem is on both machines, I would suspect a setting being wrong on camera or FCP.

[Gary Adcock]

>>As for the Hackintosh, I doubt anyone here can advise why something doesn’t work. We are largely industry professionals here so few of use would risk our career using non standard hardware to save a few $.<< Here, here. FYI - windows runs better on apple hardware. gary adcock Studio37 Post and Production Workflow Consultant Production and Post Stereographer Chicago, IL https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640

[Ken Eakins]

Shane, I’m afraid you’re mis-informed, the hackintosh I am using is running a version of Snow Leopard that I purchased from the Apple Store. Also, you should really re-read the license agreement before rattling off your opinion. It’s perfectly legal to install OSX on any machine at least once per copy.

As for buying a illegitimate machine to save a few $$, I am starting up and cannot afford a Mac Pro at the moment. Sorry I don’t have the disposable that you seem to have.

I have sorted the issue now. It was the scratch disk that caused the problem. I used to respect this forum, but it’s just turned into a bunch of wealthy snobs. I hope you learn to treat newbies with a little more respect, and do a little more research before you start throwing around your knowledge on Apple policies.

lame

[Gary Adcock]

Ken,

the same copyrights that protect this software package protect your rights as a creative artist. Since the majority of users here call themselves working professionals- yes we are expected to buy gear to do our jobs, no different than if it were screwdrivers and wrenches or punch-presses.

Why is it that people want to be paid for their efforts but choose not to honor paying others for their time and effort spent building the products.

for the Record you are totally incorrect on the SLA licensing issue.

[Ken Eakins] ” I’m afraid you’re mis-informed, the hackintosh I am using is running a version of Snow Leopard that I purchased from the Apple Store. Also, you should really re-read the license agreement before rattling off your opinion. It’s perfectly legal to install OSX on any machine at least once per copy.”

Lame is not reading the document you refer people too.

2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. Single Use. This License allows you to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.

gary adcock
Studio37

Post and Production Workflow Consultant
Production and Post Stereographer
Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640

[Gary Adcock]

Ken,

the same copyrights that protect this software package protect your rights as a creative artist. Since the majority of users here call themselves working professionals- yes we are expected to buy gear to do our jobs, no different than if it were screwdrivers and wrenches or punch-presses.

Why is it that people want to be paid for their efforts but choose not to honor paying others for their time and effort spent building the products.

for the Record you are totally incorrect on the SLA licensing issue.

[Ken Eakins] ” I’m afraid you’re mis-informed, the hackintosh I am using is running a version of Snow Leopard that I purchased from the Apple Store. Also, you should really re-read the license agreement before rattling off your opinion. It’s perfectly legal to install OSX on any machine at least once per copy.”

Lame is not reading the document you refer too.

2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. Single Use. This License allows you to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.

gary adcock
Studio37

Post and Production Workflow Consultant
Production and Post Stereographer
Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640

[Ken Eakins]

Sorry I didn’t see your response.

It actually doesn’t break any law, just Apple’s EULA, which is different.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter now, I got paid for a large job and got a 12 core Mac Pro 😀

I’m actually still having the same issue though. I have 2 500GB SATA drives, and firewire 800, and I’m still dropping frames from the SONY Z1E..probably a fault in the camera I’m thinking.