Brian Corbin
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But see that just doesn’t make sense. Why is it I can play and HDV tape in the camera, and record it into the computer in real time and use the HDV-Apple ProRes 422 capture preset, and it works. It records in real time from HDV directly into ProRes no problem. It’s just a stream. Except I’m asking it not to use tape but the live picture instead. It’s still just a stream and so it shouldn’t care. It should still do the same job of recording HDV to ProRes on the fly just like the tape. I think it’s something in how the control preset is written by Apple as compared to the HDV control preset. That’s just my take on it.
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I thought the exact same thing. It has to be something with the transport. So we tried Non Controllable, HDV Firewire, HDV Firewire Basic, Sony HDV Firewire, and non of them like it. They all do the same thing. We get two frames of live video, then it stops and Final Cut says End of Tape. Now this is when we have the capture preset set to HDV-Apple ProRes 422. But it has no issue if we put a tape in the deck and record footage in using the HDV-Apple ProRes 422. I mean a stream is a stream whether live or from tape it’s still having to make a conversion on the fly from HDV to ProRes. It just make no sense.
But here is where is gets more interesting. If we set the Control Preset to just HDV, it will record live from the camera no problem no matter what device control I use. So I’m thinking there is something that Apple needs to write into their own HDV-Apple ProRes 422 capture preset that doesn’t make it care about the end of tape issue. Because the HDV capture preset doesn’t care and it works fine. That is just my take on what I’m noticing in all of this.
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We don’t have those kinds of capture devices. I know they can be kind of expensive. We are a non profit group so we have to be careful how we spend. I just don’t see a need for those things when I can digitize from the tape in the camera in real time to ProRes, but I can’t do a live to ProRes. Or why is it the HDV codec in Final Cut allows for a live record from the camera, and no the HDV to ProRes codec? It just doesn’t make sense.
The camera does have HDSDI.
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My only question on this would be how much bigger is the 1694 compared to the 1505? The other thing I’m wondering is if the makeup of the 1694F or 1505F are different and the HD-SDI signal can’t go as far as with 1694A or 1505A.
-Brian
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Thanks for this input. This helps a lot. Do you know if the Belden 1505A is pliable in that its not stiff like some cables can be? Especially since we have a roaming camera and it’s a pain for them if the cable is really stiff and heavy to lug around.
-Brian