[Cjm1981]

hi there again,

you will have to excuse my ignorance, as i am new to HDV format and this camera….

Those settings worked well, on testing an export to quick time player, the footage reverted back to being squared and image out of shape, will this be fixed when using dvd studio pro with 16:9 settings? and will this be full screen on a 16:9 tv and letterbox on a 4:3 automatically?

cheers

[Cjm1981]

zach Smith!

thank you very much this has fixed my dilemma perfectly…

my first experience with forums has been very successful..

in response to zrb123 – i was attempting to use apple intermnediate codec to capture HD, as i had tried many settings. in response to USB external drive unfortunately my powerbook only has one fire wire port (12″) so i will be be resorting to use it for the time being or until i upgrade… i hope SD will be more forgiving on what limitations my system may have…

Thankyou to all that have offered information and suggestions…

[Cjm1981]

I would obviously prefer to edit in HD, but i will be compiling footage with another person, and they have only shot in SD…

Does anyone know the exact settings necessary? when capturing SD i have capture settings: DV PAl Anamorphiic
Sequence Settings : DV PAL Anamorphic
wanting to achieve 16:9 as shot by the camera….
(Am in Australia)

Keeping in mind that when i captured a SD tape (shot on fx1) these settings where sufficient to give me full 16:9, not a condensed version?

I now realise that my USB Lacie hard drive is responsible for my dropping of frames when capturing in Apple Intermediate Codec….

I appreciate all comments…

[Cjm1981]

Thank you very much for your response,

Unfortunately i only have a 12″ powerbook, so do not have an expansion slot for a card

I have been using a 250gb Lacie, with a usb connector…. I tried using Apple codec but my computer was dropping frames during the render process (i was not receiving any errors but on review was missing chunks of stop/start record clips)

That problem may be related to the fact that i only have 768 meg of ram???

Have you used the hd – sd converter with any luck?

and do you know if the FCP 5.1 update fixed any compatibility issues with the Sony Fx1….

Thanks again… cjm