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JVC ProHD HDV & Panasonic HD DVCAM in FCP
Complete nightmare workflow. I’ve jumped into a real mess and am looking for anyone who might have had the same issue.
My client’s system is based on the JVC BR-HD50 deck via firewire and all final outputs are going to that format. The shows were shot and edited in the JVC format using FCP’s 720p 29.97DF Square pixel setting. Works fine. Trouble is, for the presentation we are combining the show segments with a network image pack that was shot and cut using HD DVCAM 23.98NDF Non-square pixel 960×720.
I have no access to a panasonic deck so there is no way for me to convert the ProHD footage to HD DVCAM, therefore I’m stuck converting the Panasonic footage to JVC’s codec and it doesn’t want to cooperate. There are insane glitches that occur, i.e. many cuts are accessing the wrong area of the source clip and are slipped between 10 and 30 secs off requiring a manual adjustment of a few hundred cuts, also when trying to render HDV clips from the HD DVCAM material I get incomplete renders and a mess of black flash frames (same if I try to convert the JVC footage to HD DVCAM). Needless to say this has been creating havoc in making a usable master.
Has ANYONE worked with this nightmare combination of HD codecs and if so, what solutions if any did you find. This workflow is a complete disaster and was not my recommendation, I’m just trying to produce a final output that’s error free.
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[abransford] “Trouble is, for the presentation we are combining the show segments with a network image pack that was shot and cut using HD DVCAM 23.98NDF Non-square pixel 960×720.”
HDCam should not ever be 960×720
you keep calling it HDcam, but you say you need a panasonic deck.
They are not compatible which is it?[abransford] “therefore I’m stuck converting the Panasonic footage to JVC’s codec and it doesn’t want to cooperate.”
the opportune thing to do is convert every thing to one codec using a 3rd part hardware card like the AJA Kona Cards.
all of the content could be captured to one format and codec. That is about the only way from your problems.then capture both as 720p 59.94 DVCPROHD and edit as normal. the board will also allow you to output to HD or SD in realtime.
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The Panasonic source is DVCPRO HD using a 23.98 timebase at 960×720 using a DVCPRO HD 720p60 compressor – sorry for the naming confusion.
I agree with your solution, however, it’s not possible as there’s no capture card and I’m working with material that’s already been digitized and edited on a hard drive – the company that did the image campaign used these settings so I’m stuck trying to convert their material into something usable.
Right now, I think I’ll have to render everything of their into a single DVCPRO HD file and then convert that file into 720p30.
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