Sony HVR MRC1 Log Transfer Apple ProRes

[Tom Wolsky]

You don’t have to worry about capture presets. You’re not capturing. That’s for tape. Select the correct frame rate and frame size. You only have to create a sequence preset that matches your media. FCP will do that automatically when you first edit a clip into the timeline.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Kevin Monahan]

I don’t think you understand my question. I am not capturing and I don’t care about capture presets.
You use Log and Transfer to bring in assets from Flash and HD devices/cameras, not Log and Capture.
I don’t have a problem bringing the video into Final Cut other than there is not an option to bring it in
as Apple ProRes, except for 24P. I can bring it in as HDV only, apparently, if the video is shot in 30P or 60i. I am able to bring in P2 files and AVCHD files as Apple Pro Res but Sony only is allowing 24P files to be imported as Apple ProRes, at least that is what I looks like to me.

[Kevin Monahan]

Updating to Snow Leopard and Final Cut 7 did not improve the situation. It appears to have
gotten worse. It appears that the Sony Final Cut plug in for the MRC1 is not compatible with Snow Leopard. Is there anyone out there using an MRC1 with Final Cut 7 on Snow Leopard?

[Kevin Monahan]

There is a specific plug in for Final Cut 7, as it turns out:

https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/www/pro_hdv/fcp_plugin/

This at least got me back to where I was previously, but functionally the plug in is the same; Log and Transfer only allows HDV importing unless you are working at 24fps in which case Apple Pro Res is available. So I am still looking for a way to import my 29.97fps in Apple Pro Res instead of HDV, like
I can do from tape with the same camera (Z5U).

[Steven Coffey]

I was able to transcode from mrc1 to prores using mpeg streamclip in a 30 second test.

[Steven Coffey]

I used mpeg streamclip to go directly from mrc1 to prores but it took about twice real time. I capture from hdv tape to prores in real time. I’m kinda bummed.

[Kevin Monahan]

The idea is to have Final Cut transcode the data when you Log and Transfer. It will for 24P material from the MRC1 but not for anything
else which doesn’t make any sense.

[John Davis]

I just purchased the HVR-Z5U and shot at 30p. I used clipwrap https://www.clipwrap.com/. I’m new to the 30p framerate and I’m not sure if after using clipwrap that it stays 30p but I was able to use the video files and they looked good. Hope this helps.

[Steven Coffey]

Thanks for suggesting clipwrap. I bought it a few weeks ago. Wrapping works and I can transcode to prores for 1080p 30. Now I can easily use the Z5u with the ex1 in multicam.

[John Davis]

I’m glad that helped! It was a life saver for me, too. The HVR-MRC1 is much easier than my firestore to ingest media.