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FCP 2 JVC HDV incompatability?
I’m trying to capture HDV footage shot on the JVC GY-HD100. When I capture a tape (capture now, fyi) Everything is randomly broken up into clips ranging from 2 minutes to 30 seconds. Kindof unacceptable considering its interview footage. I’m trying to capture straight from the camera to our FW800 externals.
I’ve cruised the cow multiple times in multiple forums and tried unchecking create new clip on start/stop and Ive added handles, but really to no avail. Is FCP just incomatable with the JVC? Should I consider trying premier? Is it because of captureing from camera instead of a deck? Any ideas on salvaging these interviews, and should I consider letting our JVCHDV camera go in favor for the HVXP2 flow that seems to be working flawlessly
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Its not the camera, its an HDV thing with Final Cut.
The same thing happens with sony cameras.
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its because of the GOP structure that HDV uses
If you plan on working in the format I sujest you learn about the format
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Does XDCAM have this issue?
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I haven’t had much trouble with gaps, some have lots of trouble.
Here is a thread on HDVInfo that discusses “fixes” for the 3-4 second gaps in captured HDV material from the JVC ProHD cameras. If you don’t find enough information here, try searching that forum.
Top 10 solutions suggested –
1. Use only JVC M-DV63PROHD tapes. Some say only on HDV work, some say even for DV shooting to avoid contaminating the transport. These are about $10 each.
2. Upgrade your camera to the latest firmware.
3. Capture in AIC, not HDV.
4. Only capture to firewire 800 drives.
5. Only capture to SATA drives.
6. Only capture to RAID drives.
7. Use a Firestore DTE recorder.
I can’t recall 8 through 10 at the moment, but if you search well I’m sure you will find them. Maybe more.
All of these solutions have been reported to fix the problems for some and not for others.
I’ve used drugstore grade Fuji DV tapes, top grade ($$$) Sonys, Panasonics, regular and ProHD JVCs. I’ve captured to internal SATAs, firewire 400 and 800 drives and my 220 GB/sec RAID. No real pattern of gaps in the middle of clips, but lots of dropouts on the very expensive Sonys. (???)
If you have to capture over firewire, using DVHSCap to patch the dropped bits is the best fix I have found, but they will capture as M2T streams. You will need to convert those to .mov with MPEG Streamclip. At least both apps are free.
If you have an HD analog capture board you can capture in component without gaps too.
George
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