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Capturing HDV as SD in FCP Studio 1
Hello,
We are trying to edit a project offline, some of which was shot HDV. We would like to edit the whole thing SD and then online later in an avid and recapture the HDV footage. Our new HDV Sony deck communicates fine with FCP when we are capturing a DVCam. Then I set FCP to capture with NTSC presets from an HDV tape. FCP will only allow me to do it as Capture Now, even though it communicates with the deck as far as timecode and controls–it won’t allow me to put in and out points to log the clip. Does anyone have any experience with this and knows a way to work around? Either a setting in FCP or on the deck?
Thanks very much for your help.
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There is another section for capturing HDV. One is Apple’ HDV Standard which utilizes Capture NOW, and the other should say like Sony HDV, which gives you the ability to create in and out points to log.
look in to your Audio/Video Settings. under the FCP name on the menu.
-Raymond Tuquero-
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Thanks for the reply. But doesn’t this make the clip an HDV clip? We need it to be NTSC Standard Def, not HDV or HD.
Thank you
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Sounds like you’re getting your knickers in a twist.
If you want SD DV from a HDV deck you need to set your deck to downconvert. You’ll need to read the manual – it’s a setting on the menu somewhere, I think it is called something like iLink downconvert – but when it’s set up then use FCP Easy Setup and treat it just like a DV project – use the DV preset. FCP will then simply see it as a DV deck and treat it as DV material. FCP won’t do the converting, and if you’re trying to set FCP up using an HDV preset you’ll be confusing it as well as you!
HTH
Jason
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Thanks for the reply. I do have the deck set to downconvert right now. I actually was told by someone told me to turn off downconvert to get the deck to be controllable. Has anyone actually done this?
Any HDV to SD success stories?
Thank you.
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Talia,
Are you saying that the device isn’t controllable? Will FCP not see it as a controllable device?
make sure you have the setup correct (DV NTSC I’m assuming) and the deck is being seen – I think you might have to turn the deck off/on to ‘reset’it in to downconvert mode.
Reboot FCP too – it wouldn’t hurt.
FCP should just see the deck as a DV deck. You might try manually setting the device control settings (under A/V settings menu) and trying different settings if you can’t make it work.
HTH,
Jason
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It sees the device but as non-controllable when capturing HDV footage but controllable when doing DVCam. I have the tape detect set to auto. Downconvert is on. I can capture the HDV footage as DV, but the device is not controllable when doing so, and our director won’t accept this. Anyone out there know the solution?
Thanks
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