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HDV Print To Tape Nightmare
Hi Everyone,
I just finished a 50 minute documentary shot in Sony HDV and cannot get it to print to tape. My system is a G5, 2gb Ram, with a stand alone LACIE HD with only OSX, OSX 4.6 combo, QT 7.1, FCP 5.04 installed,with 80 gb freespace…The media files are the only thing on a GRAID 320GB HD, fw 800. Both drives are connected directly to the computers ports, no PCI’s. The film plays fine on the timeline but print to tape yields a 9-11 hour processing time that as soon as I start the Sony HVR deck, it starts dropping frames, TC stutters and then it fails.I’ve tried both Sony Firewire and HDV firewire settings same results. I”ve spent hours on the phone with Apple, and tried everything they suggested and it doesn’t work. The film needs to be delivered and even with a clean erase/install of the Lacie HD it still won’t print. Last night I bought a new GRAID 320GB, transferred the film via media manager, hit print to tape…Sometime during the night it crashed the computer. Does someone have an absolutely fail safe way to get this film out of the computer? All advice will be greatly appreciated. Desperation is growing by the hour.
Thanks
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3 Replies
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to start it would be advisable to render out your finished movie using Export > Quicktimew Movie… using Current settings and Make standalone movie
once thats finished close the original project and create a new one with the same settings, import the previously exported movie from the first step, and then try to Print to Video again
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does it have to be on dv tape? in a pinch, sometimes, I like to export my files and then either create a dvd movie or just put the file onto a dvd disk for playback in a computer…if all else fails, you can probably print to tape in SD mode I think…
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I think I’ve heard of people having problems with both the hard drive and (DV) video device plugged into the same firewire controller. If you don’t have a 3rd party firewire controller then that might be your problem.
Of course, things may have improved since I first heard that a few years ago. It kinda makes sense though… you’re trying to pull video off the hard drive, process it and send it out to the camera over the same circuits.
Can you view it on the deck while playing the timeline? If so, just crash record it.
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