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HDV Monitoring and output
Okay, since this is my first HDV project, I realize there is a lot I don’t know and/or understand yet. To be fair to myself, I’d like to start out with letting folks know that I was called on Monday afternoon to work Tuesday and Wednesday on a FCP system in a client’s office. There was no mention of HDV until after I got to the scene. I had worked with this client eons ago when I was on staff at a post house, but I’ve not had any contact with them for over 6 years.
The system they have is not set up properly, and I’m getting a sense that they bit off more than they needed in this HDV venture, and do not themselves understand the difference in workflow with HDV. It’s a dual 2.7 G5 running FCP 5.0.2. I don’t remember all the specs, and obviously, I’m not there at the moment! As I type this, I don’t have access to the FCP 5 manual, so please bear with me if some of this is a RTFM. Anyhow… It’s supposed to have a Kona card, which apparently isn’t functioning properly. I’ve been working for two days without external monitoring. They have a 14″ Trinitron. It could be an L1, but I’m guessing it’s an L5. I didn’t take the time to look. I had access to a small Sony HDV/DVCam/MiniDV deck. I do not know the model number. It had the LCD screen on the front and it’s about half the size of my DSR-45. I may not have access to that deck on Thursday. This is their first FCP system, their other edit systems are Discreet Edit.
What dawned on me is I don’t understand at what point this HDV signal gets downconverted to DV/NTSC. The producer mentioned that we’d be outputting to DVCam for the presentation. Everything was captured at the 1440×1080 HDV codec. This was done by the owner of the company days before I was brought on board. Basically, I need to know if this is a screwed up workflow that’s going to bite us in the tushie when it comes time to get this to tape.
So there’s the background. What do I do? I need to have an external monitor, and I need to be able to output to DVCam. How do I do this? I don’t want to throw up my hands and say,”It’s not my system, I don’t have any friggin’ clue!”, ‘cos that’s just bad for business! I would like to have real, well-informed answers to why this isn’t going to work and alternative ideas. Like can I output from FCP to the HDV deck and make a dub to DVCam?
Anyone, please?!!?
debe
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Here’s some reading: https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/hdvxdv_wright.html
Jerry
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Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Thanks, Jerry!
I had read through the first one, and found some of what I think I needed.
I’m printing the first one to take with me. Hopefully, there will be good nuggets in there that will help convince them that the system isn’t quite right yet, and it’s really not because I’m not so experienced with HDV!
As always, great resource! Very appreciated!
debe
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