George Strother
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You posted that you have an HD100U. The CreativeCoward post was about the HD100E/101E. The U model is for the US, the E model is for Europe. Different cameras.
The HD100U will capture DV and HDV over firewire. Getting the right settings in FCP and the camera can take a minute.
For 1280p24 the FCP sequence needs to be set to HDV 720p24. If you open Sequence / Settings you will see 23.98. That is correct.
The camera needs to be set to 720p24. Switch from VTR to CAM (button behind LCD), open the menu, VIDEO FORMAT / FRAME RATE to 24 / EXECUTE / REC to HDV, HD24p / EXECUTE.
Switch from CAM to VTR
Cue tape, press play/still for still.FCP File / Print to or Edit to / select Start Automatically / Wait for conform / watch for beginning of record.
Almost easy.
If you still have trouble, check the JVC manual carefully. It really does work if all the settings are right.
George
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Walter- Isn’t Start/Stop Detect a post capture function that let’s you locate timecode breaks in DV formats that WILL capture the entire reel, even if breaks are present? Start/Stop Detect is greyed out when an HDV clip is selected in Viewer, so it can’t be used to find HDV T/C breaks post capture either. Is this function somehow active during HDV capture? Is there a way to turn it off prior to HDV capture?
The problem imperialpnd is having is common with HDV tapes. In addition to breaks at timecode start/stops, some breaks also occur in continuous clips where no start/stop happened. The closest to a fix I have heard of is to set pre-roll and post-roll to 1 sec. This will reduce the lost material to 3-4 seconds, rather than 6-7 seconds with default pre/post roll settings. If you batch capture, some have had success by also setting Handles to 15 frames, reporting as little a 1 second of lost material. Still a problem at the lost sections where the camera WASN’T stopped. Sometimes hard to edit around. This is most commonly reported with JVC ProHD cameras, but I have mid clip breaks with a Canon XH A1 also.
Apple claims to be working on the problem.
On future shoots, the videographer should give 7 to 10 seconds of pre-roll on each camera start. Many of us have lost the art of pre-rolling since DV will capture over T/C breaks. HDV usually will not.
George
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This is a common problem with the JVC ProHD series of cameras.
You can find a lot of information about it if you search this forum – https://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=98
There is a firmware update for the JVC BR-50 deck and the HD200/250 series cameras. It has been posted that JVC will release a firmware update for the HD100/110 series cameras, but no release date has been posted.
Some users say they get better results with JVC HDV tape, some with faster drives. I use a 200 MBs RAID and an internal SATA dedicated data drive with good success using mini DV or HDV tapes. From the posts, Firewire drives appear to have the most problems.
You may be able to reduce the length of the breaks (lost footage) by logging your clips, setting FCP pre-roll and post-roll to one second, then setting “handles” of 15 frames in the Batch Capture window. This can reduce the gaps from 4-7 seconds to as little as 1 second.
The only other fix I can suggest at this time is to record with a Firestore drive in additon to or in place of tape.
George
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Bob-
The suggestion to delete filters from all remaining clips and paste the new filter will work if there is only one filter on each clip. If you have more than one filter on all or some of the clips, or if the filter stack or some settings vary for some clips, it gets a little more interesting. Careful.
To save the changes to a filter, drag the filter to your Effects tab Favorites folder. I suggest you then double clik the Favorites folder version and rename the filter in Viewer.
George
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Sorry I’m late responding here.
Apple Support and AJA Support feel the files should have been converted to interlaced in the downconversion processes I have tried.
FCS2 makes reference to this in the online User Guide –
page III 688
“Progressive clips added to an interlaced sequence are interlaced during export or output.”
This works with 720pXX shot in DVCProHD format, but not when shot in HDV 720pXX format.
The animation is shown beacause it was created on an HDV 720p timeline and now the artifacts don’t go away when downconverted. The animation artifacts will go away when created on and downconverted from a DVCProHD timeline.
I’m just looking for a work around while the support teams are sorting it out.
George
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Final Cut sometimes gets grumpy if the Viewer window overlaps the edge of your monitor screen or any other window by even 1 pixel. This can result in jumpy/sticky playback.
Control-U sets everything neat and tidy on the display, cleaning up any overlap.
George
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Chris
The “interlace” artifacts work backwards from normal interlacing – which is smooth while playing on an interlaced monitor, but shows interlace ripping when paused.
These down conversions show interlace ripping when playing, and it is much stronger or coarser than normal interlace should be, even when a normal file is paused. These down converted clips get smooth when paused.
One file is a JVC KY-HD100U 720p30 clip captured by component in AJA Kona LH: 720p59.95 8bit and placed it in a matching sequence, AJA Kona LH: 720p59.95 8bit.
Also an animation on the same timeline using only FCP Text and DVE (Basic Motion).
The clip workflow in this case was realtime component down conversion to BetaCamSP tape, then to BetaSP tape by component to Kona LH, captured as NTSC DV/ DVCam. Saved DV clips as reference movie from FCP timeline.
This gets a clip small enough to fit the 15MB file limit on the site I’m using, but preserves the details of the problem. These DV clips look exactly as the output to BetaSP looks.
I get the same results with every workflow I have tried.
George
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Do you have “Report drop frames during capture” checked in User Prefs?
Are you getting drop frame messages during playback?
What format are you playing?
And last – What Shane said!
George
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There were several responses to my second post, a little higher on the page. “More serrated SD downconvert”.
Haven’t found a solution to my problem yet, but there may be something in those responses that will help you.
George
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If I create an animation in DVCPro HD, the downconvert is fine.
If I capture JVC HD100U 720p30 footage as DVCPro HD the problem stays with the footage.
If I make a simple animation in an HDV 720p30 sequence, save as a reference movie and bring that into a DVCPro HD timeline, the problem stays.
It’s the same for Kona 720p59.94 sequences.
It seems to be an HDV issue, not just a JVC issue, since animations created in the HDV 720p30 codec inherit the disease.
George
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