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PPls help with tape to edit via firewire onto a Sony Z1 camera as tape deck?
Hello,
I’m trying to “edit to tape” from FCP to a SONY Z1 camera via firewire cable. FCP can see and control the camera. When I try to record a couple of minutes of black screen the camera goes into record mode, but it doesn’t record any time code or the black screen.
If I try to assemble then the tape in the camera start forwarding to find the time code and after an error message it quits.
Your thoughts
Bela Molnar
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In View menu, make sure the ‘video playback’ is set to ‘apple firewire PAL'(or whatever you are using)
From same menu, ‘refresh AV devices’ especially if you turn the camera on & off or re-connect it
From same menu, External video set to ‘all frames’
this sets the output so you can play direct from the timeline (after rendering) You should see the video on the camera’s LCD screen even before you record.
To do an assemble edit you need a bit of timecode on the tape to start things off and you need to check under ‘Final Cut Pro’ menu, Audio/video settings, A/V devices that the different settings for output to tape in the bottom half are not ticked (assuming you set playback as above)
Its unlikely but also try another firewire cable
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