[Carolyn Dekkers]

Yep, took me ages, but I was wasting even more time trying to figure out my problem. Thanks again for your response. I’ll try again with the plug in next time.

[Carolyn Dekkers]

Thanks Mark,

I wasn’t having much luck with that plug in. Don’t know why but it wasn’t recognizing my files at all, maybe because I wasn’t importing directly from my camera but from a folder instead. I’ve just finished converting the last of my files into .mov so will be mixing it up. Have tried an export with both mpg/.mov – so far so good. Here’s hoping no problems pop up when it comes down to audio syncing… Cheers!

[Carolyn Dekkers]

I started with the trial but have since purchased it. Also I thought maybe it was because of a glitch in that converter but it shows up as a full mpg. file in Finder – i can play it in full. But when importing it in FCP X it imports only the partial file. Any thought on why that could be?

[Carolyn Dekkers]

Hi Neill,

Thank you so much for your very helpful response and the useful link as well. I’ll definitely be sticking with Pro Res 422.

My problem is that the ‘HDV – 1080i 25’ setting (that is ‘i’ not ‘p’) you recommended, doesn’t seem to come up as an option in ‘Audio/Video Settings’ under ‘Sequence Preset’.

The only choices are:
HDV – 1080i50 or HDV – 1080i60, and HDV – 1080p24, HDV – 1080p25, or HDV – 1080p30.

Or did you mean I should be picking one of the Apple Pro Res options such as:
Apple Pro Res 1440×1080 24p 48kHz / 25p / 30p and Apple Pro Res 1440×1080 50i / 60i

OR: the same as above except a frame rate of 1920×1080.

I’m hoping all the details make answering my question easier, not harder!!

Eternally grateful for your tolerance,
Carolyn

(No I/O card by the way)