Ella Currer
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Update: the only thing that worked is creating a new sequence and copy/pasting the old sequence’s media into it. Somehow this one sequence got corrupted or something and just refused to respond to clicking the Toggle Clip Keyframes button.
Hmph. At least I’ve got it working again. Will be making a new project and trashing the old one in case of catchy corruption. -
I trashed my prefs and the “Final Cut Pro User Data” folder and restarted and I still have the same problem. This is very bizarre, have never seen this problem in my many years using FCP.
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Thank you for your reply.
I do get the orange render bar using Unlimited playback so I can see the stills play but there is a lag (it doesn’t play back real time). Since I need real time playback looks like I’ll have to render. My computer has 8GB of memory. I doubt upping that would change anything?
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You can expect some glitches mixing such different media. Your timeline settings should reflect what the majority of your footage is. Make sure you have correct settings by making a new timeline, then drop in a clip that is representative of the majority of your footage and allow FCP to change its settings to fit the properties of that clip (this will be an automated response to dropping a clip in a new timeline). Then either up/downconvert the rest of the footage to match those properties or you can try conforming the lower third-ed “archival” footage in your 1080p30 timeline by highlighting it and selecting Modify> Conform to Sequence.
Mac OSX10.5.8
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OK, finally got it. DVCPRO HD 24pA gets recorded to tape as a 60i signal. FCP is capable of yanking the extra frames out so it comes in at 23.98 no problem but the compressor will still read as 1080i60. Because P2 never goes to tape, it can come in at 1080p30. Both are progressive once digitized. You can mix them on the same timeline just fine because they are the same thing. Don’t worry about the 1080i60 v. 1080p30 compressor difference.
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We are shooting 24pA. Getting it to capture 23.98 is not an issue. Here’s more info on 24pA: https://www.thedvshow.com/faq-pro/index.php?action=article&cat_id=015&id=383
We’re curious, only, why our p2 media comes in with DVCPRO HD 1080p30 compressor while tape comes in DVCPRO HD 1080i60. It may be mixing the two on a timeline is no big deal. If others out there are using both P2 and tape-sourced 24pA, I’d like to hear about your experience.
Thanks.
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Try getting offline, disconnecting all superfluous connections (including ethernet) to your computer and then starting up. Could be you’re sharing a license with someone and FCP is shutting you out because it’s a single user license.
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Been looking into this more and it appears FCP defaults to compressor 1080i60 once our deck is hooked up (AJ HD 1400). Otherwise our Easy Setup of DVCPRO HD 108024pA defaults to compressor 1080p30. That must be why P2 comes in as 1080p30 compressor and tape-digitized media comes in as 1080i60.
Now my question is: how to make the deck allow capture using the 1080p30 codec or if it’s not possible, is mixing 1080i60 and 1080p30 compressors on same timeline no big deal? (All other properties of the P2 and tape-sourced media are the same: frame rate, dominance, size. The compressor is the only difference).
*Our media is progressive, 23.98 DVCPRO HD 24pA both on tape and on P2 cards so the above question relates only to codecs.
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Are you getting error messages or does it just snap closed on you?
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Hey Dave,
We actually shot 24pA and FCP removes the pulldown on capture just fine, giving us progressive 23.98 clips. 1080p30 is the correct setting for this kind of sequence. 1080p”30″ isn’t referring to the frame rate, although it does look misleading at first.
The only thing we’re stuck on is why our 24pA clips, captured off tape, have 1080i60 compressor vs 1080p30. The clips are progressive, 23.98 just like our P2 footage so we’re trying to get the same compressor applied to both.
Thanks again.