Bouke Vahl
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Although the Sony tool can rip (note, i’m not using ‘capture’, as it is a file transfer!) the logged clips, you still need the time info be present there.
FCP cannot feed the Sony software the clips it needs!
So, if you have ripped entire clips, you can redo that and FCP will link.If not, you need to rip the entire clips and pray FCP will link to those. (It probably will, if you keep filename / path intact.)
If you want to rip partial content, you need some custom software from me. (Contact me direct if you want to discuss it)
Or, capture like a traditional deck, but that of course cannot be done with a PDW-U1.
Bouke
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Math is easy.
30 seconds * 25 frames per second makes 750 frames.
Set FCP to 23.976, switch master TC to frame counter and be done with it.Bouke
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Just work in 23.976, but keep in mind that your output will be shorter.
At the last stage, render out to a self contained file, use Cinematools to conform to 25 and play out / render to your needs.
Saves huge amounts of time and worries, and gives you the option to go to film or 29.97 as well.
Bouke
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Hello Dave!
You are my wife now, Dave! -
Rafael is right, BUT:
10 bit does do the trick, but is not the solution, as your work probably ends up in 8 bit anyways…
(Broadcast is most of the time 8 bits nowadays…)Experiment with noise….
Bouke
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If you have timecode somewhere in the neighbourhood, you can use a black box to convert LTC to 422, and have FCP look at that.
Besides black boxes, my latest version of LTC reader outputs 422 as well. You can run it on any computer you like, and it could run in the background of the FCP machine capturing.
Contact me direct if you want to toy with it,
bouke at videotoolshed dot comBouke
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Beeli,
It is possible, but requires a bit more work.
Trouble is, all the clips have identical filenames, and that is bound to give you trouble.I’ve got about the same question from the BBC, and thinking about something universal to cope with this.
Logging software is not a problem, transcoding is not a problem, timecode is not a problem, renaming is not a problem. I’ve got all the code needed.
What is missing is a rock solid / practical workflow.
Contact me off list if you like to discuss this further, i could use some end user feedback.
(mail me at bouke at videotoolshed dot com)Bouke
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More advice:
Forget AE. It soften things.
My best way to do so was using Avisynth.
(You have a lot of options to choose scaling algorithms then)
However, for that you need a PC.Bouke
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or, try this:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/15/offloader/2it also converts your video to Prores or native Avid files.
(or any quicktime variant on your system).And it is about 99 dollar cheaper…
Bouke
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No, it was transferred right.
It now has a 1:1 frame relation, instead of a lot of non-existant ‘made up’ frames.
And afaik, 18 fps never had sound, so it has been re-edited already, making it very unclear what the ‘correct’ speed should be.There are several ways to get back to the original speed, but it highly depends on your output format.
I’ve done it with a 18 FPS movie by giving each frame an extra field, thus ending up with 27 FPS. Not perfection, but close enough.
(mind you, back then 18 fps was ‘average’, could be 15, could be 21, depending on the quality of the cam / operator)But if you render for Internet / computer display, just set the playback FPS to 18 and you’re done.
(Qt change can do so, you can get it from my site)Bouke
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