VARIPAL

[Sergio Deustua]

I can capture 1080i50.

Is it posible to capture 720 progresive at 25fps?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Sergio Deustua] “What I need is to capture the material and work in 25 fps. I have tried many Easy Set up combinations but none of the work.”

Is your deck set up correctly for 720/25? You need to change the frame rate on the deck itself for 25 playback.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR
The new Color Training DVD now available from the Creative Cow!

Read my Blog!

[Sergio Deustua]

First I have set the deck to 25 HD. With that I have managed to capture in 1080i50, but can´t capture 720p25.
FCP has this Easy Set up setting wich I think is the one I need: Blackmagic HDTV 720 p 25 Varicam. But I can not capture nothing with this setting yet.

I have tried also to set the deck in 50i/25p frequency, but in this case the deck itself shows an error message and does not playback anything from the tape.

So, the question again is: does FCP can capture 720p25 from material shooted with Varicam at 25fps? and, if this is posible, how can I do it?

Thanks

[Jeremy Garchow]

I bet your deck in 1080i mode in one or place or another. Dig through more of the menus and make sure you find the one that says 720p out -> 1080i. Change the 1080i to 720p.

I will look at a manual to get the proper menu number. It’s towards the end in the ‘Video’ settings.

Jeremy

**Edit**

Quit FCP before you do any of this.

First make sure menu 020 is set for 720p then powercycle the deck. If it already is then:

It’s menu number 632 720p->HD OUT. Make sure you set it to 720p.

Jeremy

[Sergio Deustua]

Hi Jeremy,

The problem is the following:

If my deck is set up as 25 HD or 50i/25p frequency, then both menus 020 and 632 are disabled, they just don´t apear in the menu list. They only apear if the deck is set up with frequency 59/60. The onclusion I supose: there is no available 720p output if the deck is set up to 25fps.

Hope I´m missing something because I realy need to capture 720p25 from Varicam.
I trust the “HDTV 720 p 25 Varicam” FCP Easy Set Up is real.

Does anybody have ever cature 720p25 from Varicam?

[Jeremy Garchow]

I could be wrong but I think you have to put the deck in 59/60.

Actually I am sure of it. You have a 25p/60 tape if shot on a Varicam so you have to put the deck in 50/60. This assumes that the camera was in 60 mode and not 59.94.

Jeremy

[Sergio Deustua]

If I put the deck in 59/60, then I can´t capture in 25.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Shoot, I think I am wrong about this. It’s the 1400 deck than can output 25p. What you need to do is capture @ 60p then use the FRC to convert to 25p, or capture @ 1080.

There’s also a Varicam forum. I bet a quick search will bring up what you need.

Jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

A quick search brought up this:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/120/856678#856678

[Sergio Deustua]

Thanks Jeremy,

I did what that last post says, but it doesn´t work for me. If the deck is set to 59/60, and the FCP to 25, there is no way to comunicate them (for me at least).