[Dean Fragola]

Hi,
Thank you very much. As I will now indeed do that.

[Dean Fragola]

Hi Jeff,

Thank you so much … as you just enabled me to go from what I thought was the “impossible”, to the “very simply and easy” …

As you were totally right … as I just plugged the camera into the tower via USB …

And then on the computer screen appeared a box asking me if I wanted to import from the “device found” … so I just clicked on that … and then footage from the camera/card automatically uploaded onto my computer and made its own folder on my desktop … and then I just imported that right into AVID.

What do I now do with the footage on the memory card? … how do I erase a memory card so I can re-use it?

Thanks.

[Dean Fragola]

Hey Jeff,
Thanks so much for the insight … as your message was indeed very, very helpful.
Thanks again.
Dean

[Dean Fragola]

Ok, thanks.
If you know anyone who uses AVID MC, please have them email me. As this should be real simply and take like 30 seconds … but I’m in no mans land here and totally stuck as I can’t get AVID to recognize the NX5U deck so I can then capture the footage.

[Dean Fragola]

Hey John,
Would you happen to know how to configure the deck settings in AVID MC 6.5 to capture from the Sony NX5U? … as there isn’t an “NX5U” option under the Sony drop down menu for selecting a Sony deck?
I’m totally baffled here as I can’t get my AVID to recognize the deck when I have the camera plugged in.
Thanks.
Dean

[Dean Fragola]

Hey John,

Thanks again for all your help as I just bought the NX5U …

And I was wondering if you could help me with a few quick settings suggestions.

How do I set the white balance to “auto” for now?

And as far as the recording modes, I thought everything would be separate in the menu … for example, choice for HD or SD … then 1080 or 720 … then progressive or interlaced … then bit rate, etc (all separate selections) …. but it looks to me (unless I’m not getting into the part of the menu that I really need to be in), that the “settings” are clumped into an overall setting … so in other words, 1080 at 24fps in progressive at 24 Mbps is all just one setting?

So basically I just want to select “HD” “1080/24p FX” … to then get the high definition resolution at film-like 24 progressive frames per second at the highest bit rate available on this particular camera?

Does “FX” simply mean 24Mbps?

Any other technical tips or suggestions you might have off the top of your head for someone who is just starting out with this particular camera?

Thanks so much for all your help!

Merry Christmas.

Dean

[Dean Fragola]

Hi John,
Thank you very much for such a detailed and informative reply as it is indeed very, very helpful.
Sorry that I haven’t responded sooner, but I had a death in the family.
At any rate …
I think I now have a pretty good scope of what I need to look for in a camera based on how you broke down the various specs as well as then explained their various purposes and functionalities.
And from here, hopefully you can now guide me to a final decision.
I now realize that I definitely need to go with memory-card camera (and forget about a tape camera even though they have good specs).
So now I just need to make sure that I get a camera that will shoot true full HD at 1920 X 1080 in native 24p at a decent data rate. Does the NX5U do all that?
Oh and, is there any difference between the “Sony HXR-NX5U” and the “Sony HXR-NX5U NXCAM” or are they the same camera?
Thanks again so much for all your help as I really do appreciate it.
Dean

[Dean Fragola]

Hey Michael,

Thank you very much.

Do you know of any tricks on how to capture 1080/24p footage in AVID MC6.5 (I guess as it’s own project??) … and to then somehow get that footage into my current project that has already been started as an SD 24p project (where a bulk of the already editing content is footage that was shot in SD 24p on a Canon XL2)?

I’m more of a videographer than an editor, so all of these little editing related snags are very confusing … and I’m trying my hardest to learn as I go along. As (and I know this probably sounds naïve on my part), I was just thinking that the AVID would simply capture the 1080 footage (into this already started SD project) … but then I could just edit in little segments (cut-aways, etc) where all of a sudden the shot was a much sharper (1080) image.

And just on a quick side note, are there any consumer lever cameras out there that shoot in true full 1080p at true native 24fps? … and if so, is AVID MC6.5 able to then edit that resolution?

Thanks again for all your help Michael as I really appreciate it.

Dean

[Dean Fragola]

Hey, thanks so much for the response … and for helping make sense of that for me.
As I thought maybe version “x” was different than version “v” (as you tell, I’m not exactly a software wiz as I’m much more of just a videographer … lol) … so I was thinking I really need to check if there is a technicality in some of these versions.
Thanks again as I really appreciate your help.
Dean

[Dean Fragola]

Hi Paddy,

Would you happen to have any idea why I’m getting this message box popping up when I try and create a simple motion effect on a clip in MC6.5?

MESSAGE BOX:

“A motion control cannot be created from a clip with a non-native frame rate. You must open a project matching this clip’s frame rate to make a motion control from it.”

And it’s weird, because I never got that message in AVID Xpress Pro (and I’m working with the same clips/content/media) that I transferred into MC6.5

Is there a settings (regarding using ALL / various / mixed frame rates) that I can change/set/alter in my MC so that it will then be able to handle working with all different frame rates within the same project? ….

It just seems odd that Xpress Pro was be able to handle all different frame rates within the same project, yet now MC can’t?

Thanks.

Dean