Dan Obrien
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All that extra work for nuthin! Thanks for the answer… worked like a charm…
Dan
Mesh Media LLC
Maui, Hawaii
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Try exporting with Export>Quicktime movie using “current settings” and see if you have the same issues. The resulting quicktime will indeed be 1920×1080 29.97. You can double check this by opening the mov in quicktime and hitting “command-i” to get the movie information. Unless 8-bit uncompressed is required, I would use this setting.
The USB drive probably isn’t the fastest place to store your media, but I don’t think it would cause sync issues.
Dan
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Hey John,
iDVD will automatically convert your dv quicktime to mpeg once you add it in the iDVD project. I would just use export>quicktime movie, use the current settings, and then put that into your iDVD project.
If you have an anamorphic sequence that you want to letterbox, just nest your anamorphic sequence into a regular dv sequence, do a full render with audio mixdown, then export that sequence using export>quicktime movie with “current setting”.
Good luck,
Dan
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try downloading this pdf from apple. it explains working with xdcam footage in fcp.
images.apple.com/finalcutstudio/resources/white_papers/Sony_XDCAMHD_whitepaper.pdf
you should have some xdcam easy setup options if you installed the xdcam transfer software. if you use one of these easy setups, your sequence should match your footage and you should have no problem…
Dan
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I would start with the deinterlacing. My guess is that’s what’s causing the jagged edges on your motion.
Also, what kind of file are you exporting when using quicktime conversion? And what was your reason for using quicktime conversion for export? The only reason I ask is that the conversion may be causeing the jumpiness in the video.
Just trying to get some more info…
Dan
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Thanks for the response, but unfortunately I already tried opening all of my autosaves from this project (see original post).
Dan
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Yes, other projects will open. But I found that another HDV project from a few months back won’t open either (same error message). But it’s strange. I’m currently working on a newer HDV project, and it’s opening no problem. I wonder if it’s connected to the HDV material in some way, but I really have no clue what’s going on.
Dan
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Thanks everybody for the responses. I did set playback to HDV on the camera, and connected via firewire before launching fcp. It still didn’t recognize the camera, or allow me to capture. I’ve read from lots of forums that there seems to be “hit or miss” problems working with the XH A1 and FCP. Some people have ’em, some people don’t.
Currently, I have FCP ver 5, a G5 mac power pc with 4gb ram. It’s a non-intel based mac, which may be part of the problem – not sure.
What’s the advantage of capturing and editing with the prores versus the native HDV codec? I’ve read Chris Poisson’s article and the responses, but I’m still unclear what the advantage of prores is.
Again, thanks to all for adding their thoughts.
Dan
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I’ve used the following method with lots of HD projects…
Most of my stuff is shot using 1080/59.94fps. So first, I capture and edit the HD footage in an HD sequence/59.94fps. Once the edit is done, I create a new SD sequence with a matching frame rate of 59.94fps. Then I nest the finished HD sequence inside the new SD sequence. The HD picture is automatically resized to letterbox. If you prefer a full 4×3 picture (no letterbox), simply resize the nested HD sequence back to 100%.
Once that’s done, I export the SD sequence at 29.97fps and voila – I have an SD movie that’s ready for iDVD.
Hope this helps