FCP settings for the JVC HM750

[Chris Tompkins]

You didn’t mention what version FCP you have but if it’s new enough when you drop a clip into a new/emty sequence FCP will prompt you to alter the settings to best match your clip. Makes it easy.

If you don’t have this, then choose an easy setup that matches what you shot. Create a new sequence AFTER you have choose an easy setup.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Simon White]

It’s FCP version 7.0.3, and yes it does prompt me to do so but once I’ve edited it, I need to export it as an HD clip still and that’s where I’m lost.

[Zane Barker]

Well first we need to know what codec that camera uses for it’s video files.

**Hindsight is always 1080p**

[Chris Tompkins]

Your original post said what settings b/4 adding to timeline….

Edit HD.
Export “Current Settings”
Drop that file into a compression program to create files for web or dvd or BD

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Zane Barker]

“original post said what settings b/4 adding to timeline” Chris Tompkins

No it didn’t tell what settings all the original post said wad mov file. That could mean any one of hundreds of codecs.

The reason it’s important to know what codec that camera uses to record is because many cameras do not record in a format that is naitivly FCP compatible, so they need to be converted to a proper editing codec before bringing it into FCP.

**Hindsight is always 1080p**

[Simon White]

This is the camera:

https://www.jvcpro.co.uk/jpe/en/global/product.3410.140.html

[Simon White]

What the camera is telling me for HD:

system definition – HD(MPEG2)
file format: QuickTime
camera resolution: 1920×1080
frame & bit rate: 50i(HQ)

[Simon White]

The codec is:

XDCAM EX (35mbs) for HD

25mbs for DV

[Chris Tompkins]

Camera Specs:
Record footage directly in ready-to-edit QuickTime™ MOV files,
the native file format of Apple’s Final Cut Pro™, or in MP4 format
(XDCAM EX™ workflow-compatible) for direct editing in other
major NLE systems, including Avid Media Composer, Adobe
Premiere and Canopus Edius Pro. Native file recording means no
transcoding or file-wrapping is necessary,
resulting in more efficient workflows and no loss
of image quality.

So Shoot HD.
Edit HD.
Export “Current Settings”

Drop that file into Compressor and create a file for DVD, Web, BD

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Simon White]

Thanks Chris,

Ultimately some of my clips are going on TV so I send them on to an ftp site, so the file needs to sit on my desktop until it’s ready. Would there need to be different settings, as the file could be too large to send via ftp.

I’ve set the easy setup settings to XDCAM EX 35mbs