[Alex Johnson]

Your old clips will not have good timecode, it should be noted, if you imported with any version prior to 5.1, you will have to re-import. In the first versions of 5, P2 media was randomly assigned a new timecode that was not reflective of reality.

—Alex

[Alex Johnson]

What size are the graphics? what size is your sequence?
Check to make sure they are the same framerate, pixel aspect ratio, etc.

[Alex Johnson]

Also, try using “capture now” after setting the capture window from “Firewire device” to “non-controllable device” in the capture window.

then rewind your tape, and hit play. Odds are that there is a bad frame, or messed up timecode on the tape.

If you need to stay timecode accurate, then you can modify the clips’ timecode after capturing it, and then you will still have a TC accurate recording of the tape.

(if you need more help on this topic, email me.)
—Alex

[Alex Johnson]

the answer to your specific question, however, is you just need to turn them on again. View menu, go down to “show overlays” and make sure it’s checked. then “Show title safe”

I made it a button and put it on my timeline, since I like to turn them on and off to see how bad my effects are.

—Alex

[Alex Johnson]

ok, I found somethign that seems to work, and I’m letting the future generations know.

Export the quicktime movie WITHOUT using quicktime conversion.
Export:quicktime movie

Then, for quick DVDs, you can drop that DVD file into iDVD. it handles the aspect ration correctly. (I’ve not yet burned the disc, but it previews correctly)

you can also open that same file in QT pro and pick “share” and then I picked “largest” under the “Email” setting.

it is SUPER SLOW. (at least on my Powerbook G4) but it seems to work.

Thanks jeremy and everyone for your help!!

[Alex Johnson]

you can put any amount of video on a DVD, it just matters how much compression you’re willing to put up with. you could put 10 hours, but don’t expect to recognize your video due to the heavy compression.

[Alex Johnson]

hmmm, now dropping the FCP formated QT movies into DVD SP seems to work rather well.

[Alex Johnson]

Last time I looked into a solution for situations like this I found something SIMILAR: https://www.scriptsupervisor.biz/
There is software there for logging what takes are good and bad, and how coverage works, however, the device to do it requires you’re running sync sound, and if you’re shooting video, you’re most likely not using an external sound recorder/tc generator.

Also, it does not export to FCP.

Perhaps, again, CatDV?

Besides the second time I’ve suggested this here this morning, I’ve never used it myself.

there’s also HDlog. Perhaps that may help.

—Alex

[Alex Johnson]

Yes, I have edits of footage shot with the HVX-200. My timeline is the “Panasonic DVCPRO HD 720p24” setting, which is correct to the footage shot. The Anamorphic checkbox is NOT checked.

All export:quicktime conversion options though seem to give me the squeeze. they all render the video in 4:3.
What settings should I use?

I even tried bringing the FCP movie in to imovie and using it’s “Share” feature, but that was fruitless.

[Alex Johnson]

I’d make sure to mention having your project file and your autosave files capture to different disks. Saved my butt once so far!!