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    Strange capturing problem in FCP with XHA1, 24fps, NTSC

    Posted by Lasse rahbek Petersen on January 23, 2011 at 9:11 pm

    Hey guys. I hope you can help me with a problem I have been trying to solve for almost a month now.

    I have miniDV tape of footage shot a couple of years ago on an Canon XHA1 (NTSC).

    The footage is in HDV, NTSC, 24fps (this I am 98% percent sure of)

    I no longer have the camera at my disposal, therefore I am using a Sony GV-HD700 to capture the footage onto my mac (its bought in europe, if that has anything to say)

    The video plays back perfectly on the Sony tape recorder, but none of the HDV easy setups in FCP seems to work. Only thing that appears is the capture error message – no video is going to the mac.

    Here’s the strange part: the on-screen info of the Sony recorder tells me the footage is DV!

    So I have of course tried an array of NTSC setups – still without luck.

    I have to hand back the Sony in three days so Im really under pressure here.
    Hope you guys can help me!

    Thanks,
    Lasse

    Lasse rahbek Petersen replied 15 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Brian Louis

    January 26, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    [Lasse Rahbek Petersen] “The footage is in HDV, NTSC, 24fps (this I am 98% percent sure of)
    I am using a Sony GV-HD700 to capture the footage onto my mac
    The video plays back perfectly on the Sony tape recorder, but none of the HDV easy setups in FCP seems to work. Only thing that appears is the capture error message – no video is going to the mac.”
    The HD-700 will only output 1080 60i via firewire, if the footage you have is true 24p it wouldn’t output, you may need a deck like a sony M35U, another solution is a canon vixia HV20/30/40 camcorders can playback also, the HV20/30 can playback only the HV40 can playback and record

  • Will Granzier

    April 6, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    Hi

    I think kBrian kinda summed it up. Keep in mind we have 4 flavors of HDV and each of the major manufacturers rely on their own codecs, so the majority are not compatible.

  • Lasse rahbek Petersen

    April 6, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    I solved the problem by capturing from the HDV deck with Quicktime Pro 7 and then converting the .mov files before importing them to FCP. A hassle but it got the job done.

    Anyway, Im using a 60D now. so no more capturing for me 🙂

    Thanks!!

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