Problems importing QT file into FCP

[Shane Ross]

How are you capturing DV as ProRes? You need a capture card to do this. And WHY are you doing this? You aren’t gaining any quality…the damage has been done when it was recorded to DV. All you are doing is increasing the file size.

Shane

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[Barbara Santi]

I do have a capture card – I do this all the time. Regardless if you think that Pro res is not better (I have done tests myself and read numerous forums that say it is better) have you any ideas why this is happening as this has never happened before. I am an editor and this problem has never happened…

Its shot on Sony HDV Z% on HDV (I always use appleprores (hd) and fine this excellent. What damage are you toalking about?

thanks
Barbara

[Shane Ross]

I didn’t know you were talking HDV…you said MiniDV in your original post. MiniDV is Standard Def…HDV is high def. Be sure to say HDV so that you avoid confusion please…

[Barbara Santi] “I do have a capture card – I do this all the time. “

Which one?

[Barbara Santi] ” Regardless if you think that Pro res is not better (I have done tests myself and read numerous forums that say it is better) “

It is better if you capture from a source that is not already compressed. HDV is HIGHLY compressed…4:2:0 color space. If you capture HDCAM say…ProRes capture is better than capturing it as HDV. HDV fits on the same type of tape as DV…has the exact same data rate as DV, which is an SD format…1/10th the dimensions. That gives you an idea on how compressed it really is.

BUT…we all agree that capturing HDV as ProRes is a better way to do things.

Why not mark an out point BEFORE the end of the tape? There might be an issue with the video cutting off, crashing FCP, and it wasn’t able to finish off encoding the QT file.

Shane

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[Barbara Santi]

thanks for your response – no it stops a few mins before the end of the filming…I have tried to stop the filming (by pressing esc on the keyboard) but it crashes…any other ideas?

[Shane Ross]

It would REALLY help to know what capture card you are using….

Might be good to uninstall the drivers for it, download the latest drivers and install them.

Shane

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[Barbara Santi]

have no idea sorry. I have the latest i7 imac and mac book pro – I dont think it has anything to do with the card as the 2 machines have different ones…

[Shane Ross]

Well, iMacs can’t use capture cards…and MacBook Pros have limited option.

HOW EXACTLY are you capturing? Via firewire? The HDV to ProRes capture trick via firewire? We can’t help you unless we have exact details.

Shane

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[Jim Burns]

I’ve had FCP crash on import from my Z1 when I was using the HDV to ProRes “trick”, as Shane calls it.

I suspect it’s something to do with timecode, or lack thereof, but, of course, I have no basis for this – just my software engineering suspicious mind 😀

Might I suggest that you try stopping the HDV tape deck by pressing the stop button at the point at which you have finished capturing? This is the only way that I can get FCP to respond timeously. Pressing the escape key does not work for me, and, in fact, FCP has crashed a few times at this point.

Please let me know if this works for you 🙂

:-j

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Barbara,
Which kind of HDs are you using for capturing?

[Barbara Santi] “..I have tried to stop the filming (by pressing esc on the keyboard) but it crashes…any other ideas?”
Pressing “Escape” works if you are using “Capture NOW”, otherwise just aborts the capture.

[Barbara Santi] “have no idea sorry. I have the latest i7 imac and mac book pro – I dont think it has anything to do with the card as the 2 machines have different ones…”
Are you talking about Capture/IO cards, or about Graphic Cards (GPU)?
rafael

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[Barbara Santi]

Hi Rafael,
not sure what you mean – Ive shot the 30 mins interview in HD digitising with applprores (hd) as I always do…just did exactly the same a few days ago with no prob…
I’ve tried it on different machines…
do you think the tape has got corrupted in some way? The tape plays fine on the deck. The file on the computer is in the capture scratch folder but it is not recognised & wont open in QT viewer…
all very strange…
and when I stop the transfer FCP crashes (which it never really does)

I’ve trashed FCP preferences

any advice would be great
thanks
B