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Posted by Jared Kirshenbaum on March 2, 2007 at 7:44 pm

Hi all, please excuse my stupidness! I have read alot of the threads and looked around the net and still have some questions. g5, dual 2 ghz powerpc, 3 gb ddr, with 2 dell 24 in monitors, a flat screen hd plasma to view playback as well as a sony trinitron field monitor to view playback and the sony z1u camera, I have been shooting in hdv format and inputting that into FCP via the same presets. It looks great on my monitor, however, it will not playback on my either monitors? Why? I feel it is because I do not have anything that is taking the signal from the computer to the monitors right?
If that is true, what do I need inorder to playback the HD footage on my monitors?
Also, when I export the sequence to quicktime via quicktime conversion, I use the same settings as I recorded the footage and brought it into FCP with and left FCP with the HDV 1080i. the quicktime is great, then when I exported the sequence via quicktime conversion again, I used the h264 codec thinking i would get just as good quality with a smaller file size, but I was wrong. Why? Please help.

And since i am shooting and editing in the hdv format, what is the best way to export the sequence for SD use?

So please I need answers to the following. why cant i see the footage on my monitors, what do i need in order to see it for playback, and why is the file size bigger when exporting hdv 1080i footage via h264 vs. the HDV 1080i?

Thanks
Jared

Thanks
Jared Kirshenabum

Ron James replied 19 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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Steven Gonzales
March 2, 2007 at 8:20 pm

You need an additional device to convert the HDV for monitoring.

Here’s Shane Ross From this post https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/917706? :

“The HDV signal is too complex to be sent out via firewire for monitoring. HDV requires a capture card of some sort. AJA, Decklink, MAtrox MXO, and now the Intensity that will allow you to connect to an HDMI monitor.”

Decklink and Intensity are from blackmagic-design.com
Jared Kirshenbaum
March 2, 2007 at 8:56 pm

Thanks so much that is what I thought, but I still need to know why , when I export the sequence to quicktime via quicktime conversion, I use the same settings as I recorded the footage and brought it into FCP with and left FCP with the HDV 1080i. the quicktime is great, then when I exported the sequence via quicktime conversion again, I used the h264 codec thinking i would get just as good quality with a smaller file size, but I was wrong. Why? Please help.

why is the file bigger with h264 vs. hdv 1080i

Thanks
Jared Kirshenabum
Shane Ross
March 2, 2007 at 9:23 pm

[jared Kirshenbaum] “when I export the sequence to quicktime via quicktime conversion, I use the same settings as I recorded the footage and brought it into FCP”

Why are you doing this? This recompresses the footage, even if you choose the same settings. If you export a QUICKTIME MOVIE, self contained using sequence settings…then you are simply copying the data from one place to another. No recompression.

If you export as H.264, but keep the same dimensions as your original, the file size may increase. That codec is meant for web delivery, and the window size is supposed to be smaller.

Shane

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Ron James
March 2, 2007 at 11:27 pm

And remember that HDV is highly compressed already, so the last thing you want to do is introduce MORE compression.

These are not stupid questions, by the way. :O)

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