Smooth Cam will not analyze

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Bret,
Try trashing the FC preferences.
Cheers,
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Bret Sanders]

Thanks Rafael,

Any other possible solutions?

[Bret Sanders]

Also,

OS X is 10.5.8, and not to sound ignorant–but what is “trashing” FC Preferences? I mean, I believe that we’re talking about user preferences in FCP, but do I just deselect current settings under each tab and then return settings to default? Or is more involved required?

In need of enlightenment with many short HH clips that need to be run through smooth cam before finishing the project.

Many Thanks,

Bret

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Bret,
I can not open FC right now.
You know that when SmoothCam analyze the footage it creates a kind or report.
Try to find if there is already one of these documents and delete it.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Gabriele Sartori]

“Any other possible solutions?”
What type of clips are you analyzing? FC smoothcam doesn’t analize all the clips including some supported clips, particularly if they come from consumer cameras and are in highly compressed formats like H264.
I got that problem when I bought a consumer camera the Sanyo Xacti 1010. I was really misled because I bought the camera during a trip abroad and in my hotel room I analyzed the clips with smoothcam in imovie 09 and it worked. Once at home in FC 7 it didn’t work. I spent a weekend trying to understand the problem.
Now I always transcode these clips before editing them.

Gabriele – California

[Bret Sanders]

Hi Gabriele,

Clips are captured via firewire from Sony HVR-Z1U in FCP 6.06–and this brings up a whole new issue. A/V capture settings are set for HDV, yet for some reason FCP knocks down the capture from 1080i HDV to DV/DVCPRO NTSC at medium quality with a frame size of only 720×480??? Anybody have any ideas on this oddity?

But back to the subject at hand. So, I have successfully use smoothcam in the past, but recently upgraded to OS X 10.5.8 and upgraded all programs, and now any attempt to analyze footage causes a blip of the background processess’ window to show up for a fraction of a second and the footage is left unanalyzed.

Thanks,

Bret-Also California

[John Fishback]

There are many tutorials as well as FAQs which explain these basic operating principles. Here’s a link to one on trashing prefs

John

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[Rafael Amador]

[Bret Sanders] ” yet for some reason FCP knocks down the capture from 1080i HDV to DV/DVCPRO NTSC at medium quality with a frame size of only 720×480??? Anybody have any ideas on this oddity?”
I don’t think is FC fault.
I guess that your camera converts to DV and you been capturing DV thinking that you where capturing HDV. As long as I know FC can not convert HDV to DV on capturing. To transcode and downscale on the fly, FC needs a video-card.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Bret Sanders]

Hi Rafael,

Camera on screen display shows 1080i HDV being taped as do other indicator lights, and won’t synch with FCP without matching settings. Could I possibly be knocking down the capture quality unwittingly?

Mac G5 has ATI Radeon 9600 (ATY, RV351) installed via AGP Bus. Any Thoughts?

Thanks, Bret

[Rafael Amador]

Bret,
If you want to have a happy life with FC, read the manual now and them.
Is great.
Probably is the element of FC that have been most improved since I met FC 2.5.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com