[Daisuke Kinouchi]

Thanks for the info. I’ll see my IT person can do this.

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

Thanks. I’ll try re-recording. The file was originally recorded in 4 channel mono, and I’ll probably loose that but it sure will sound better than camera on board mic.

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

Thank you for a quick response. I imported the file in Wave Agent, but it does not play back. Only Info that show up are Filename, Channels (4 poly), Starting TC, and Date, which seem correct. The Length shows 00:00:00 on Wave Agent, but when I play back on VLC the file is 7:20 long.

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

Whoa, this Clipwrap thing seems to be just what I needed. I was thinking of MPEG Streamclip to do straight m2t to Apple Prores instead of Log and Transfer in FCP, but MPEG Streamclip doesn’t carry over the original timecode. On the other hand, Clipwarp does! This works for me for various reasons.

1. I’m on low budget production.
2. The show will be shot while we are on the road non stop for 2 month and because of schedule we need to start offline editing while we are still on the road but can’t afford too many drives to bring with me.
3. The primary outlet for this show is webcasting, so this might just be more than good enough.

i haven’t found many reviews on this softeware, but I tested and it does what it says it does. I’m excited about this. Thanks alot!

There is a downside in my planed workflow. Timecode on CF card files and the tape is few frames off, so in any event that I lose all backup files and need to go back to the tape, the FCP sequence needs to be tweaked after batch capture. But what’s the chance that will happen anyway.

Oh, and ClipWrap is in Apple Download site. How could I have missed it.

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

AJA Ki Pro looks good except the price is out of our reach for our low-budget production, and may become a bit too much for the reality show where I and the other camera person will be shooting handheld chasing around actions all day long.

Sounds like what I need is to be able to transcode files to Apple Prores right off the CF Card reader, without expensive equipment, whether purchase or rental. Is there a way within Z7U, or an equipment/ software in $300 to $500 range that transcodes HDV format to Apple Prores while ingesting off CF card?

How about ingesting in HDV format and up-res to Apple Prores using Compressor before editing? Is it the next best thing I can do if I can’t afford additional and expensive software/ equipment?

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

Thanks for reply. One thing I forgot to mention was that, from what I read, if video was shot in HDV, HVR-MRC1 won’t ingest video other than HDV unless shot in 24A mode, and I was planning on shooting in 60i for the reality show project for webs. Or is there a way to ingest in Apple ProRes?

Also, I’d still like to know how to re-capture CF card clips from the tapes, and reconnect media in FCP timeline, in the unlikely but possible event where all the drives fail for whatever the reason and need to go back to tapes.

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

Thanks for great insights. I’ll have to look into different approach for the menu then.

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

I seem to have solved the problem by not linking the one chapter to another, meaning, in Connection window, for example, I had chapter 2 assigned when chapter 1 ends. I undid this and left it blank, and the problem went away. I’ve been doing this all this time and never seen the problem before. It must have something to do with the computer’s processing speed?

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

Thank you for reply.
Would you elaborate what you mean by 3rd setting down?
Do you mean using Two-Pass VBR and Motion Estimate to Best?

[Daisuke Kinouchi]

Thanks. That’s what I thought but wanted to confirm.