[Clay Porter]

Hey Steve,

For impedence are you refering to the Trim Ch-1 and Trim Ch-2 settings?

When you say “Shouldn’t the EXT audio be set to ch1 and ch2?” are you refering to Monitor CH in the Audio Output Menu?

Is Audio Pros a website?

Thanks for the help.

Cheers,
Clay

[Clay Porter]

Hey Stephen,

Thanks for the advice. I like the quote your colleague gave to you. Good stuff.

You say mixing and HDV format kind of screws things up but isn’t that the point of the newest version of FCP, that you can mix formats/frame rates no worries?

Cheers,
Clay

[Clay Porter]

Hey Craig,

Thanks again for the reply.

I am not deliberatly shooting all 3 formats. I will however be mixing two 30p and 60p as I cannot over crank with 60p. 60p however is the format I will be using most. I shoot sports documentaries where we occasionally mix in TV footage of the event that is neither 30p nor 60p and usually BetaCam or another non HD format. Basically, I am just trying to weigh my options and see what timeline I should use.

Is it that uncommon to have a project that contains both 30p and 60p footage?

Thanks,
Clay

[Clay Porter]

Hey Craig,

Thanks for the reply.

So 60p is a better format then? It would seem this way. 60p has more infomation to it. And 60p is the most similar to HDV 1080i60 in terms of look. Is this correct?

Why can you not overcrank with 60p footage? When I want to overcrank I have to shoot 30p.

Say I am shooting all 3 formats, which timeline should I use? Should I just use the format that I have used the most in the project?

Finally say I am mixing HDV 1080i60, EX1 720p60 and EX1 720p30. What should I make my timeline in FCP?

Cheers,
Clay