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FCS2 HDCAM 1080i Playback & Capture/Layoff Failure
Hi here, all you bright minds out there in the pasture;
I’m an FCP veteran but new to HD, looking to tap a bit of knowledge re: HDCAM workflow in FCS2.
2 Problem(s) / Same issue:
– attempted to digitize HDCAM 1080i 59.97 footage (30 seconds duration)
and FCP kept searching for non-existent TC breaks on the tape (an issue I’ve seen
elsewhere in the posts— Attempted to capture at Blackmagic 8-bit 1080i 59.97;
did NOT yet attempt to capture at Blackmagic 1080i ProRes HQ (deck temporarily
servicing another project).– separate project: attempted to layoff an HDCAM tape, 1080i, from imported
Quicktime assets of correct dimensions @ Animation codec. In Edit to Tape,
the layoff would work splendidly through bars, tone, black, and slate, then drop
frames and quit within the first few seconds of program. Suspect: playback rate issue.The players:
– PowerMac G5 Quad, running OS 10.4.10, 4 x 2.5 GHz, 2.5 GB Ram, GEForce 6600 card
– FCP 6.0, Blackmagic Extreme Pro cardNotably: no external RAID(0); attempted to perform the Edit to Tape with the media first on an external FW drive (FW800), then with the footage on an internal drive. No go, same failure.
Is the lack of an attached RAID a death-knell for HDCAM FCP work?
If not, without the expenditure for a RAID, what might be a better working method for onlining short-form HDCAM projects in FCP?Thanks in advance for any guidance.
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[Sheik Yoboudi] “attempted to perform the Edit to Tape with the media first on an external FW drive (FW800),”
Well, that DEFINATELY won’t work with uncompressed HD. Uncompressed SD, MAYBE, but definately NOT HD.
[Sheik Yoboudi] “then with the footage on an internal drive. No go, same failure.”
Again, this will NOT work for HD. You really need that external RAID device that you don’t have. That is the only way you can work with uncompressed HD. You need 180MB/s write speeds for uncompressed HD, and you can’t get those with firewire 800 or internal SATA.
Raid 0 eSATA boxes like the CalDigit S2VR HD or Sonnet 500P or MacGurus Burly Boxes are the cheaper way to go. The Raid 5 External PCIe boxes like the CalDigit HD PRo, or Dulce Systems Pro DQ, or Sonnet Fusion D800…Walter Biscardi will have a couple more recommendations.
But for uncompressed HD, you really need an external FAST raid solution.
Shane
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Oh, and what Shane says. Also, if oyu can deal with the DVCPro HD codec, you can use that with a FW800 raid, but it’s not a technical ‘online’ codec.
Jeremy
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Much obliged— thanks for the quick response.
The Blackmagic card has a few tertiary programs, one that runs a test for drive speed;
the internal drive at best topped out for 8-bit Uncompressed HD content at about 10 to 14 frames per second…So it’s a’RAIDing we will go.
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