Deck Capturing Odd Framerates

[Michael Cummins]

Thanks for the response. Glad to know I’m not the only one in this boat.

UPDATE! I ran some tests to see if I could pinpoint the problem and it is, in fact, an issue with Final Cut Pro. I shot a quick little interview in the studio on our Canon XH-A1, recording in HDV 1080i60 onto a Maxwell miniDV tape.

Test 1:
Captured via Deck: HDV > DV downconvert.
FCP Capture Preset: DV NTSC Anamorphic
Device Control Preset: FireWire NTSC Basic
Output FPS in QT: 29.94

Test 2:
Captured via Deck: HDV > DV downconvert.
FCP Capture Preset: DV NTSC Anamorphic
Device Control Preset: FireWire NTSC Basic
Output FPS in QT: 29.94 (seems to be consistent)

Test 3:
Captured via Camera: HDV
FCP Capture Preset: HDV
Device Control Preset: HDV FireWire Basic
Output FPS in QT: 29.97

Test 4:
Captured via Deck: HDV with no downconvert.
FCP Capture Preset: HDV
Device Control Preset: HDV FireWire Basic
Output FPS in QT: 29.97 (!)

Test 5:
Captured via Deck: HDV > DV downconvert.
FCP Capture Preset: HDV
Device Control Preset: HDV FireWire Basic
Output FPS in QT: 29.97

Test 6:
Captured via Deck: HDV > DV downconvert.
FCP Capture Preset: HDV
Device Control Preset: HDV FireWire Basic
Output FPS in QT: 29.97

Test 7:
Captured via Deck: HDV > DV downconvert.
FCP Capture Preset: DV NTSC Anamorphic
Device Control Preset: FireWire NTSC Basic
Output FPS in QT: 29.94

Test 8:
Captured via Deck: HDV > DV downconvert.
FCP Capture Preset: DV NTSC Anamorphic
Device Control Preset: FireWire NTSC Basic
Output FPS in QT: 29.94

So it seems to be the DV capture preset…. Any thoughts?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Michael Cummins] “So it seems to be the DV capture preset…. Any thoughts?”

Yes. Have you tried the fw NTSc or firewire NTSC NDF presets and not the Firewire ‘basic’ preset?

If I remember correctly, firewire basic is not used by the FCP default DV preset.