HDV and FCP problems

[Robin]

Do not use the Apple Intermediate Codec, ever.

It was a bodge job before the HDV codec was released.

Use the HDV codec, should be in FCP already.

I always install the latest blackmagic codecs, I’m not sure if this makes any difference in this case, but it’s never a bad thing to do. http://www.decklink.com

You should look at my thread below that Walter Biscardi and Steve Connor have been involved with, it’s all about capturing HDV into FCP 5.0.2

[Steve Connor]

Have you set the easy setup to HDV 1080i and then created a new sequence after that? This is not a problem that is being reported at all.

Steve Connor
Cardinal HD

[Neil Harris]

this seems to have worked now i have created a brand new project, a new sequence using 1080i and captured in. a weird thing though – i’m not getting an image in my log and capture window?? but the clip is brought in…

thanks for the tip about intermediate codec.

neil

[Steve Connor]

That can happen depending on your hardware setup. It’s a good tip to put your hardware/software setup in your profile so people can answer question like these quicker.

Do you any HD output cards in your system?

Steve Connor
Cardinal HD

[Faryar Mansuri]

Steve,
I have to to do some on the road editing with HDV.
I am revisiting this issue…no luck the last time..
i have a G4 laptop 2gig RAM 1.67 GHz FIrewire 800 ext HD

what is the best workflow and settings for simply ingesting HDV 1080i from Z1
to just do cuts no efx..

thanks
faryar

[Hooper]

I am having trouble editing HDV with a 1 gig G4 that has 1.5 gigs of ram. I captured everything and it plays fine in the veiwer window and a full clip will play fine on the time line. But if I make an edit to the clip, it is no longer able to be viewed without rendering. It has no realtime editing capablities. I talked to the genius bar at an Apple store and they don’t even know if Final Cut can edit HDV at realtime. Do I need more ram, a G5, or to convert everything to DV just to get through the project?

Hooper