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Panasonic 1200A deck printing to tape?!
I am trying to print to tape from a FCP sequence to the Panasonic 1200A deck and am encountering some problems (like many i have read on other threads)
We shot P2 footage in 720p60 at 23.98 fps and now I need to deliver masters on Panasonic DVCPro HD tapes.
I have tried changing the setting, but not sure if they are correct. Every time I try to play the footage back on the tape it comes out as green lines.
I have a feeling either my settings are off, I haven’t updated the software or the firewire is faulty. Have tried many options but nothing seems to work. Help!
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The deck needs to be set to 720p 29.97, as it cannot record 23.98fps. Nor will it flag the footage as 23.98. It will be 24p at 29.97. You need to set your output (Kona? Decklink?) to DVCPRO HD 720p 59.94 8-bit Varicam.
You cannot output 720p23.98 to the 1200 via firewire. At least I haven’t figured out how to. This is why we used the Kona 3. Well, ONE reason.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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and no insert editing without a special trick if I’m not mistaken.
the 1400 is much friendlier.
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I definitely realize the 1400 is much friendlier… i am just stuck with this deck for the moment.
The setting are a bit off I think… I uploaded a frame grab of the audio and video settings to see if anyone can point me to the right settings (I know Shane tried)
Here is an image of my setting now. Thanks for the help!
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Those are all good. NOw…in the AJA control Panel…what is your Frame Buffer (should be 720p 59.94), and what is your output setting.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
Ok I switched my setting to the image below… so hopefully this works! Thanks for the help
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Lookin’ good!
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
Ahh still not working. This is what happens when the editor goes home for the holidays and the AP is delivering tapes 🙁
Back tomorrow for more Print to tape tackling. Thx for the help Shane.
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I do not know what is going on here. The product manager for Panasonic has addressed this issue on Creative Cow (I will try to find this old post, and repost it). THERE ARE NO FLYING ERASE HEADS ON A PANASONIC AJ-HD1200A. YOU CANNOT DO AN INSERT EDIT ON THIS VTR. Anyone that tells you that they can do it, is taking serious drugs. The AJ-HD1400 is not “friendlier” – it has flying erase heads, so it can do an insert edit.
End of story.
I will try to find the Panasonic post that was on Cow.Bob Zelin
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I just started the google search for this, and the FIRST THING I found was from Shane Ross –
“Don’t hold me to this, but I believe that the 1200 didn’t allow you to master to it with ETT. YOu could only crash record to it. The 1400 was the first deck to allow Edit to Tape.
Walter would know better. ”
by Shane Ross on Jun 30, 2008 at 2:23:35 pm
Bob Zelin
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This is from Shane Ross
copied from
https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1445853Re: Edit to Tape not working for me!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Posted: Mar 17, 2008 9:00 AM in response to: alignment1That deck cannot do insert editing or assemble editing with proper show time to the 1200 deck. That is that decks big weakness. Only the 1400 deck has this ability. You’ll have to crash record and then get the tape dubbed at a dub facility with the proper show code.
TRUST ME…I have been down this path.
Shane
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