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Capturing 24p DVCPro 50 with FCP Academic – C’est possible?
Hello,
I’ve got a bunch of 24p DVCpro 50 footage to capture with the Panasonic 1200A deck via firewire (was shot on the SDX-900), and I’m getting the “encountered a problem… could be source tape… etc.” error when I try to capture.
I did come across this post: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/926372#927091 and some other related threads, but I think I have all of my settings correct so I’m wondering what could be up.
The only possible reason I can come up with is that I’m using a machine that has the academic version of FCP 6.0.4 loaded (my regular machine is tied up with another project and I can’t use it to test my theory), and perhaps it doesn’t support DVCPro 50. Is that possible?
The deck is set to manual on 022, and 422 (#0002) on 023, as well as firewire on 600.
The DV50 Easy Setup settings don’t solve the problem. The reason I’m thinking it might be the academic version is that I can capture fine using DV NTSC 48kHz. What do you think?
Thanks a lot,
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8 Replies
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No, can’t be that.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
I think Academic is a full version of FCP, but I could be wrong. The only difference is that you can’t upgrade the academic version.
It’s all about the deck settings. Make sure that you don’t have a tape in the deck when changing the settings. I will have to double check your posted settings to make sure that you got it all. This is definitely possible though.
Jeremy
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Thanks a lot for your help and for double-checking.
I’m considering reverting back to my full version of FCP 5 on this machine to see if it helps, but I really don’t want to do that. I’ve got the deck rented for one day and you know how it is when you’re eating up time. I haven’t had to work with DVCPro50 before, it’s always been HD so this is new. I assumed it would be simpler. Ha!
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Check menu 895 and change the 50M -> DIF OUT to 50M (number 0000).
Jeremy
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Sweet!
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Jeremy
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Hehe, seriously though, thanks a lot for your help. No matter how confident I think I am with these Panasonic decks there’s always a sneaky little menu item (or twenty) that I miss.
I owe you one,
Joni -
You don’t owe me, I’m just glad you’re up and running.
The 1200 is a highly menu driven deck and the interface leaves a bit to be desired as all the required settings are spread out all over. The 1400 is a bit easier to use, but it’s similar.
You should see the higher end SonySR deck. You would swear you are launching the next mission to mars with that thing.
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