Sony HVR M25U and final cut

[Shane Ross]

First you need to set the deck to output DV instead of HDV. Then you need to choose the DV Easy Setup in FCP.

Shane

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[John Condne]

Shane, I do have the settings you mentioned… when I play back my sequence timeline the audio levels appear on the deck and we see a still frame from where we started the video.

Essentially we cannot get the video from the timeline to play fluently on the deck.

[Shane Ross]

Shane’s Stock Answer #8: External Monitor Viewing

If you are working with DV, this is simple. First connect your computer to a camera or deck via firewire, Then connect the camera/deck to your TV/Monitor via RCA or S-Video.

Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp.

Go to the View Menu, choose > External video > all frames
VIEW>Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
VIEW>Audio playback should be Audio follows Video

Techinially, this should send synched video to your TV

If for some reason you can’t view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:

1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.

2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.

3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.

4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.

5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices

6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed

If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the PLAYBACK OUTPUT section.

If you are working with HDV footage, FCP 6 allows you to view this via firewire, but ONLY as downconverted DV. It won’t look the best, but you can see it. To do this,

If you need to view any format other than DV at full resolution, then you need to look into capture cards. Several standard definition and high definition models are available from https://www.aja.com and https://www.decklink.com. With these options you’ll need a proper monitor to view full broadcast colors, but all models allow for realtime standard definition downconvert, allowing you to view HD on an SD monitor.

Shane

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[Sergio Ornelas]

Hello

I need some help.
Recently i’ve been have some type of interruption during Print to Tape, this intermit-tin of certain projects and timelines in Final Cut Pro. I The time code will stop and then begin again during these interruptions.
I use the sony HVR-M25U in HDV mode.

Any suggestions to this issue would be helpful.

[Sergio Ornelas]

Shane can you help.

Recently i’ve been have some type of interruption during Print to Tape, this is intermit-tin of certain projects and timelines in Final Cut Pro. The time code will stop and then begin again during these interruptions.
I use the sony HVR-M25U in HDV mode.

Any suggestions to this issue would be helpful.

[Shane Ross]

Sorry, I have never printed back to HDV tape. Captured from only.

Shane

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[Sergio Ornelas]

ok, thanks