HDV in 4.5

[Jerry Hofmann]

Not really… you can transcode them to DVCPROHD though and edit those files.

Time to upgrade man… FCP 6 and Color are worth 20 times the upgrade price. PLUS you get Motion, Livetype and more… so I’d seriously look at that. All for 500 bucks? It’s a no brainer.

Jerry

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[Mark Mann]

my machine wont run beyond 4.5 and i’m trying to avoid buying a new one right now…..is there a workaround? can i export the original HDV footage from a better machine and maintain the timecode so i can upconvert at the end if I have to? is there a way to get 4.5 to recognize HDV quicktimes?

[Jerry Hofmann]

I don’t think there is a way to work natively in HDV in FCP 4.5… There was a way to convert the HDV to something else though using software that does it… Can’t remember the name. I’d suggest you search this forum on FCP 4.5 + HDV. The old threads will likely come up. It was being done alright, but with a transcode process to “i think” the Apple Intermediate Codec.

HOWEVER using DVCPROHD would be supported in 4.5 and will likely look cleaner than the intermediate codec… a lot cleaner.

Jerry

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[Zane Barker]

[Mark Mann] “my machine wont run beyond 4.5”

If it wont run anything beyond FCP 4.5 then honestly in don’t think you are going to enjoy editing any format of HD on the machine. Being at the low end of the specs for 4.5 means that you don’t have much power there at all, any render times at will be SLOW. And even if you by some means get it to use that HDV footage, please remember that HDV already takes a long time to render on newer on machines much newer then yours.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!