Control of BetaSP UVW-1800 using Final Cut Pro

[Steven Gonzales]

I believe most people are using the USA-28X usb to serial adapter from Keyspan. This plus a mini-din 8 cable to 9 pin, and the software drivers from keyspan, should do the trick.

https://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/USA28x/

cable source:

https://www.addenda-elect.com/product.htm under Serial Cable products, mac to RS-422

[Fred Gasser]

Thanks for the info. This site is great.

[Kevin Monahan]

You’ll likely need to create a new device control preset in your prefs, though.

Kevin Monahan
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[Shane Ross]

Good frist post.

Here is the workflow on how to capture the beta footage routed thru a DV camera or deck:

https://proapptips.com/tips/article.php?story=20050801043306611

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[David Fortin]

Are you just starting up with FCP and have a lot of BetaSP footage and still shoot BetaSP?

I purchased the BlackMagic DeckLink SP card and it has worked great for me. Using this I am able to capture 8bit Uncmopressed.
Unless I’m missing something, if you shoot in BetaSP, I think you’ll want to be capturing it that way and editing in 8bit Uncompressed.
Text graphics and moving JPEGs are so much clearer when editing on an 8bit Uncompressed timeline.

I realize it’s more money, but if you’re use to BetaSP quality, I think you’ll find editing on the DV codec to be a let down.

For what it’s worth. (it may not even be 2 cents)

David

Dual 2.5 G5 {OS 10.3.7}
4.5 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
DeckLink SP
ATTO ExpressPCI UL4S
Medea Video Raid RT320
Sony UVW-1800
Pansonic AG-DV2500
FCP Production SuiteHD 4.5
Media Cleaner Pro 6
Squeeze 4.2 (PC)
ViewSonic 19″ LCD
Optiquest 21″ CRT
Bella EZ Keyboard

[Chris Poisson]

I control my 1800 through the RS422 cable from my Kona LH, and previously through the same cable on my Decklink SP. Also remember to set the far left hand button to remote.

Have a wonderful day.