Don Greening
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[Ty Ford] “Can anyone explain to me the shooting, importing, exporting workflow settings that will result in full screen 16:9 instead of letterbox?”
You bet. Capture your tape using FCP’s DV NTSC Anamorphic setting. Make Sure your timeline is also set to the same thing. Do your edit and export your movie using the same codec: DV NTSC Anamorphic. If you’ve done it this way in the past but somehow finished up with a letterboxed 16:9 instead of full screen 16:9, it wasn’t anything you did wrong in FCP but something that changed after the fact. Since you didn’t say what you’re doing with your master after FCP I’ll stop at this point for now. If you’re putting it on a DVD I can offer more info once I know more about your final output/media.
– Don
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Mike, could you post a link to that tech doc? I’d be interested in what it has to say. TIA
– Don
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[Tom Wolsky] “Anybody know what this, or what its current equivalent is. “
Yep. It was called “Spindown Fix.” You can get it here as a .dmg download:
https://www.macmaps.com/software.html
It looks like it’s been tested to work up to OS 10.4.2. If your software is more recent you might be on your own
– Don
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[pvanwest] “What else could you ask?”
Well for one thing: that the Sony DSR-11 would play back tapes without issue that were originally recorded using Canon cameras. I’m not speaking from experience mind you, just from what I’ve read and from people in my geographical area. Sometimes there are audio issues and sometimes the video won’t capture properly, but mostly it’s sync issues.
If you use a DSR-11 for playing back Canon recorded tapes and have had no issues I’d be delighted to hear about it, because I’d be the next one in line at Sony to buy one.
– Don
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I refer you to my reply in your original thread.
– Don
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You can use any DV camera to capture your 24p footage. Read the article at the link below:
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/24p_in_FCP_nattress.html
About half way through the article look for the heading “Capturing 24p with the DVX100.” This will explain why you can capture 24p without using a 24p capable camera like the XL2. Just insert the name “XL2” where it says “DVX100.” It’s all the same.
– Don
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Found a tut online. I withdraw my request.
– Don
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You’d be hard pressed to find a DV deck for the price you’re prepared to pay. However, any inexpensive MiniDV camcorder will do. All it needs is a firewire port and the ability to connect it to a wall outlet (so you don’t have to use the camcorder battery). I use an inexpensive Sony DCR-HC30 as a deck all the time and it plays tapes from my XL2 just fine. Remember, there is no quality loss when transferring footage from tape to computer using this method.
– Don
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That IS wierd. If it happens again (and I hope it doesn’t) could you start a new thread explaining your problem? I’m sure others here would want to know in case they run into a similar situation.
– Don
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Have you tried trashing the FCP preference files yet?
– Don
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