What capture settings should I use for 1080i HDV from a Canon Xl H1 via Firewire?

[Bill Kelly]

Have you tried the HDV 1080i Easy Setup? I’ve brought in material from a Sony FX1 HDV camera and the easy setup has worked perfectly for both the capture and timeline. I had previously tried to do my own sequence & capture settings and didn’t have the greatest luck.

[Stuart Simpson]

Sounds like you might have the DV downconvert option in the camera turned on. Check your camera is set to HDV over firewire in the settings.

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[Greg Mulvey]

I checked my settings and the AV>DV is set to OFF and HD DOWN-CONV is greyed out.
When i play the tape back it says HDV60i in the view finder.

When I try the HDV-1080i60 Easy Setup i get this error:

Unable to loacte the following external devices:

HDV (1440×1080) 30 fps

When I go to capture I get this error…

Unable to initizlize Capture Device and Device Control

Any ideas?

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