capturing from my Canon HV20

[Jerry Hofmann]

Does the camera work with iMovie? If so you don’t have a cable or FW port problem… check it out and post back.

Jerry

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[Dave Foster]

Being that I just purchased and hv20 today, and I’m totally new to any variant of hi-def, I too was having trouble getting FCP to capture. I tried iMovie, and capture worked fine. So, I went back to FCP and checked out my Audio/Video settings, and discovered they were off. It was trying to do DVCPROHD60. I set sequence preset to HDV-1080i60, capture preset to HDV, and device control preset to HDV firewire basic. I tried to capture again, and was greeted with a different looking Log and Capture interface; similar to the one I see when capturing dv, but different. Everything then captured beautifully, and I was able to lay it on the timeline with no rendering required.

Hope this helps-

dave

[Adrian Tapia]

I’ve tried all that, and the computer still doesn’t recognize my camera. At this point I’m almost certain that the firewire port is kaput. Thanks for the help.

[Zach Bradshaw]

I own an HV20 and I use FCP 5.1 with a Mac Pro. I can’t capture 1080i24p with FCP. I haven’t tried capturing 30-frame HDV, but it probably works. Mostly, I shoot with the 24p option turned on. There is an “easy setup” in FCP 5.1 called 1080p24. This is not the same! It still requires a long render, and I am not willing to sit through it.

Does the new Final Cut Studio 6/FCP 2 have a 1080i24p easy setup? If so, I’ll buy the upgrade. But, I need to be sure.

Thanks!

[Johnny Bob]

i have the same problem ( not being able to capture the FP24 option, it always captures at 29.97!!!) : I called Canon: they claim it is a FCP problem: I also wonder if it FCP 6 will fix it: please let me know

Tanks

JB

[Jackie Gross]

Hi guys,

I’m still having trouble getting my computer to recognize the HV20. It used to capture just fine on my old MacBook Pro, but now that I bought the newest MacBook Pro model I’m having all sorts of problems. It doesn’t have a FW400 port to use with the original cable, so I bought a FW800 to HDV/DV cable. I still can’t get the camera to be recognized in FCP or iMovie. Does anyone know what adjustments need to be made in order to get my camera to work with the new Macs??

Thanks!