Andy Mees
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>I’ve played with this and I recall it needs to be rendered …. MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM
Hmmm … think that might depend on chosen sequence codec and particular system config John, doesn’t need rendering on my lowly first gen MBP with any of the supported camera native codecs, uncompressed etc Checking now tho and it does only seem to manage preview quality with ProRes sequence settings. Thanks for the heads up.
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Here you go William, have a read of this … for the time being just concentrate on the info regarding patching, save the section on auto select till your comfortable with the former.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/auto_select_fcp_4_balis.html -
William
Do you hear both channels if/when you play the clip in the captured Viewer window?
Do the clip’s item properties correct reflect multiple channel audio is present, and do you see multiple audio tabs if/when the clip is loaded in the Viewer window?
Did you set your source / target patching in the timeline for both channels?
Cheers
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Yep.. thats the demo watermark … IIRC only half the image is displayed with a grid over the other half.
The demo is fine for checking that your system will recognise and work correctly with the plugin but you’ll need the full version to use it properly. It costs $80 (USD). -
Or just buy the XD Decode component from Calibrated Software … will let your PC read and use your mac captured HDV files.
https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/downloads/Calibrated{Q}XD.zip
It’s available for Mac OS X system’s that don’t have FCP, and/or for Windows XP or Vista systems … and it works a treat.
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Ken
Its just a rewrap where the actual video content (the essence) is moved from an MXF or MP4 wrapper to a MOV wrapper .. this is the same for both the Sony XDCAM Transfer software and the Sony XDCAM EX Log & Transfer plugin. No transcode, just a rewrap, like taking a tuna sandwich out of a sandwich bag and putting it in a tupperware container instead … its still the same sandwich.Cheers
Andy(Note: No actual sandwiches were harmed in the making of this post)
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Ken
There is no direct transcode on import option but you can do it in a round about fashion by setting up a compressor action to work on the import folder … seem to recall folks saying you lose timecode that way tho (?)
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[Brian Semple] “I I’ve been shooting in HDV and capturing in HDV… and then have timeline compressor in ProRes 422.”
Working in a sequence codec that doesn’t match the source is unlikely to provide impressive timeline response as there is a lot of realtime transcoding going on … for some thats unavoidable, for some their Mac’s are sufficiently beefy to make light of the task, but for others then working native is still the best bet. Try setting your sequence settings such that they exactly match your source and see if that imporves things for you.
Bit more info on your hardware setup would be useful too. Is your’s a Quad or Octo core Mac Pro, what kind of storage system are you using and how is it all hooked up?
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awesome family name by the way Cleo 🙂
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yup, Final Cut Pro menu > User Preferences >> Editing tab …. last checkbox option on the right is “Always scale clips to sequence size”