outputing to HVR-Z1U

[Shane Ross]

[Mark Ritter] “Trying to playout and crash record on either HVR-Z1U or HVRM25U and don’t get any video output”

Can’t do this. The only way to get HDV from FCP back out to an HDV device is to PRINT TO VIDEO. FCP needs to conform the sequence back to a camera format.

[Mark Ritter] “Also have noticed that under Audio Video Settings/Video Playback that the HDV 1440 x 1080 is grayed out and not selectabe. “

Because unlike DV, HDV is not a playthrough format.

#25 HDV external Monitor Viewing

Shane’s Stock Answer #25 – HDV external Monitor Viewing

To view HDV on an external monitor in high definition you are going to need to purchase a capture card, like the ones Decklink (https://www.decklink.com) or AJA (https://www.aja.com) offer. They will both play out HDV in real time. The catch is that you cannot view this on a regular TV or NTSC monitor. Since this is HD, an HD monitor will be needed. HOWEVER, both cards are capable of down converting the signal so that it can be displayed on an SD monitor. This won’t be color accurate

HDV cannot be played out of FCP as HD via Firewire because it’s Long GOP structure is too taxing on your processors to spare the system resources needed to drive an external monitor.

The best option you have is the Matrox MXO…$1000. This coupled with an Apple 23″ display gets you color correction quality.

And there are the Decklink Intensity and Intensity PRO cards as well.

You can, however, view HDV out via firewire as DV…lowering the resolution to that of DV, but still viewable. This is not full quality nor should it be used to judge the quality of your footage or used to color correct to. This is just a way to view the footage on a large monitor.

Here are some examples of some of the possibilities:

– DV or HDV sequence output to an SDI signal on a third-party interface
– An uncompressed NTSC or PAL sequence output to a DV FireWire output
– An HDV sequence output to a DV FireWire output

Sequence and output formats must have compatible frame rates. For example,
sequences with a frame rate of 60, 30, or 24 fps can be output to a 30 fps device,
but not to a 25 or 50 fps device.

Shane

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[Mark Ritter]

Thanks Shane!