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P2 HDV capture probs – Help tomorrow AM is my deadline!
Hello
I am trying to capture HDV footage off a tape coming from a P2 camera which is attached via 4to6 pin firewire. I shot the footage with the Film setting – shooting 480i/60i onto what I thought was an HDV tape but here is what it says on the actual tape: Panasonic miniDV ME DVM60.I am guessing that this was not an HDV tape to begin with because the error message I am getting says to check capture presets or it might be because its actually a miniDV tape. Considering its almost an hour of footage shot at those settings what should / can I do.
The 2nd part of my question is about the project itself – most of the footage was shot at DVCPRO HD 720p60fps and the project is meant to be HD – I have some footage that was also shot using P2 cards but at the 1080i 60p setting – of course if i also got this dv footage as well things clearly get complicated here – again the majority of footage on this HD project was indeed shot at 720p60p.
I would very much appreciate if any has a sec to give me some assistance,
Thank you
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Not sure I can fully help and might be talking above my knowledge level but a couple things:
– I’m 98% sure HDV is just a format that lives on miniDV tapes – i.e., whether a tape is standard DV, DVCAM, or HDV has nothing to do with the kind of tape.
– You don’t say what camera you’re trying to use. If it’s an HVX200, I’m 99.9% sure that it doesn’t play HDV-formatted tapes. You’ll need a deck that plays HDV-formatted tapes. (On the other hand, if you’ve got an HVX200 and the tape is playing in it, then you know it’s a regular DV format tape and you can adjust accordingly.)
– What is the final output for the project? You’re right that your life will probably be easier if you work at the same format, although FCP 6.0 does support multiple resolutions on the same timeline. Anyway, whatever workflow means you’re transcoding the format the fewest times is the best (imo), and the final output will drive that.
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The HVX camera DOES NOT SHOOT HDV. Not at all. DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, and DV to P2 cards and Firestore and Cineporter hard drives…and DV to tape. ONLY DV to tape. That might be your issue…you are thinking it is HDV.
Treat it like it is Dv and see what happens.
Shane
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[BklynHunger] “I am trying to capture HDV footage off a tape coming from a P2 camera which is attached via 4to6 pin firewire”
Panasonic P2 cameras only shoot DV, DVCPro and DVCPro HD. NOT HDV. They only record DV to tape.
[BklynHunger] “I am guessing that this was not an HDV tape to begin with because the error message I am getting says to check capture presets or it might be because its actually a miniDV tape.”
HDV can be captured on any MiniDV tape, but again, this is NOT HDV footage coming from a Panasonic camera.
[BklynHunger] “The 2nd part of my question is about the project itself – most of the footage was shot at DVCPRO HD 720p60fps and the project is meant to be HD”
Not if it was shot onto the MiniDV tapes. P2 cameras CANNOT record HD to tape. They can only record HD to P2 cards. Your tape will be SD, hopefully shot in 16:9 anamorphic so you can up-convert it to match your HD footage.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Hey thank you everyone for replying to my post i really appreciate all of your time and effort. The camera is the Panasonic HVX200P and I am still unable to ingest the footage but i can see it on the camera so i know its on the tape.
I still am having trouble ingesting this footage from the camera into final cut 6.0.1 so i am hoping someone can walk me through the settings in that I have to ship this camera back by noon.
Again here are the settings I shot this Mini DV tape at – I inserted a miniDV tape and set the camera to FILM not Video and then 480i 60i with the Cine V scene file selected. The Aspect Conv setting is at Normal and I am not sure how to tell whether or not i was shooting Anamorphic to answer you Walter.
I need to capture this footage and I have tried a few different capture settings (DV, DV anamorphic, etc.) I have no clue what setting to use but before it was giving me an error message when i selected HDV obviously now i know it is NOT HDV but at least by choosing any of the DV setting in capture it opens up the log and capture window – unfortunately i have no deck control of the camera and cannot seem to ingest it.
I am hoping i just need to correct the settings so please anyone who has some ideas and can help please respond or call me asap.
your desperate editor,
BK
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Honestly have no idea how to set that camera up for capture and don’t know anyone who is using it that way. We use VTRs for capture.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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ok well thank you for trying to hello sir. When it comes down to it – it is a mini dv tape which i am trying to log and capture from the camera via 4tp6 pin firewire – womething i have done plenty of times with fv camera’s i must have a setting wrong rither on the camera or in FCP so if anyone has some ideas please help
thank you
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Just to check you have to hold the “mode button” down for 2 seconds to flip the camera into the VTR mode, then you can capture.
Hope I’m not too late.
Tim
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Yeah, that button is on the back of the camera, near the scene file dial. That will give you output from the camera via FireWire and also deck control via same. Then, just use DV NTSC easy setup (unless you have shot 24PA).
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