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FCP has never had Tape Based Output!!!
… other than Firewire. Which was never frame accurate.
If I remember correctly there is no support for tape based output except Firewire in ANY version of Final Cut Pro!!! There was always a need to purchase additional hardware to get any form of deck control or analog/SDI input/output.
You people are complaining about a missing feature that was never included.
And the complaints about not having a Log and Transfer window are comical. Of course there are ways to import footage.
Lou …
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You had to purchase an AJA card or Blackmagic, yes, but they interfaced with FCP, right? FCPX doesn’t. Hence the problem.
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Michael Hancock
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FCPX doesn’t what?
Doesn’t interface with 3rd party hardware?
And you know this because how?The software has been available for 4 hours!!!!
AJA already has beta drivers available.
Im sure Blackmagic has drivers coming.Take it easy already. The FCP world of developers are not going to stop innovating and adapting because of a software upgrade. If you seriously thing that Apple hasn’t let these companies in on the code so they can keep supporting the software then you really haven’t been paying attention.
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@Lou Agreed !
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You could always use a $49 USB to RS422 adapter in FCP 1 to FCP 7. We used to use these back in the day when we would log beta tapes.
So to say it’s a “missing feature that was never included” is wrong. This has always required some hardware help as computers don’t have 422 ports built in.
Cheers
John
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Final Cut Pro has a list of professional deck control protocols including RS-422, RS-232 and even VISCA built-in. It is a part of the application. It is not third-party.
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And you do exactly what with that logged footage from that Beta deck?
Nothing!!!
Unless you had a capture card or external box.
No ingest.
No output.
No insert edit.NOTHING.
except with limited firewire support.
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Huh?
FCP is a software. Indeed, the software can’t do something without hardware. My iTunes never had audio support, you had to buy speakers or headphones.And tape based output is in the software. As was said the RS422 control is built in, as well as the Edit to Tape menu option.
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The point is that you NEEDED to buy 3rd party hardware for the Edit to Tape function to be useful outside of DV or DV50 footage!!!
For any type of mastering or ingest other than DV/Firewire you NEEDED 3rd party hardware.People are talking like it was something that was taken away.
Again. AJA and Blackmagic filled in these functionality holes in previous versions. I’m sure they will do the same here.
Besides the fact that now you CAN do 4k or Red very easily.
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But my point is that with appropriate hardware, machine control and ingest from tape has been there since version 1.2. Those who needed the extra hardware could buy it knowing it would work with FCP.
As Drew pointed out, FCP is just software, it’s always required hardware to work the way you want it to.
Cheers
John
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And with appropriate hardware FCPX will probably do what you want it to do by version 1.2!!!
Maybe even earlier since AJA already has beta drivers available.So stop whining there is no support for tape based output.
Other than Firewire IT WAS NEVER THERE.
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