[Gérard Angé]

For over a year since we bought the new NEX FS-100U ~ I have also shared these exact same issues that you have talked about. I tried many ways to fix the problem: First switching NLE’s = we switched from FCP-7 to Adobe Premier CS6… Thinking it was a FCP issue… Because, the raw footage looked fine right out of the camera on a monitor. But looked like VHS footage after editing… But, after we switched NLE’s… we still had similar issues with the NEX FS100 footage we had with FCP. So I spent days on the phone with Adobe’s Techs and Adobe has yet not be able to solve the problem… After that… I upgraded to a brand New MacPro 6 Core with 32 Gig of ram and a Huge Raid… BlackMagic cards etc… but that didn’t help. Along with the NEX FS-100 camera we also have a Sony F-3 that shoots XDCAM HD. The interesting thing is…We have never had any problems with the XDCAM footage ~ The F-3 footage is always beautiful every time! XDCAM HD is solid as a rock!!! I Love It!

We bought another Camera for our CineStar-8 Copter this time another Sony, a”CRX 760″ a GyroCam… That CRX-760 also shoots in Sony AVCHD… What I found with that camera, is very similar to the NEX FS-100U footage directly from the CRX 760 HDMI port viewing on a monitor out of the camera the footage is beautiful!!!! But when you try to edit it in either FCP or Premier >>>> You get the exact same problems as the NEX FS 100U ~ pixel issues jittering but… even some new Problems! Now along with the NEX FS-100 issues that we are all getting the Sony CRX-760’s AVCHD footage in Adobe Premier CS6 would also turn “Bright RED!!!” Audio would be fine…but no video on some clips… just a Bright RED RASTER! Adobe had never heard of this… Adobe wanted me to send them my footage… and when they got it… Adobe had the exact same problem as I did= A bright red screen etc and poor video quality!! But, So far Adobe can’t seem to fix this problem either! Everything points to the “Sony AVCHD” Media.

So… That brings us to the latest new development with the NEX FS-100U. Researching my problem with Sony’s AVCHD Media a few weeks ago…I went to the Sony site and their blog and found that Sony recommended using the “Brorsoft MTS Converter”. So, I bought the “Brorsoft MTS Converter”… I decided to use the NEX FS-100 shooting a project for Standard HD Broadcast TV. Simple enough…I set it up the NEX FS-100 to: (HD 1080/60i) [interlaced} & SHOT MY FOOTAGE… But again… upon editing I noticed those same pixelation problems with the “Brorsoft MTS Converter”… But… when I looked at the Raw video files on a monitor they were fine.. I compared the raw MTS video data shot on the NEX FS-100 with both converters= “ClipWrap” &”The Brorsoft MTS Converter” But comparing the info data of the footage ~ To my amazement!!! I found that both converters said the Raw Video files were all shot in 30/progressive ??? But, Looking on the the camera’s display it shows clearly the NEX FS-100U is recording in (HD 1080/60i) [interlaced] ????

I have tried shooting test files and everything that I shoot… regardless of what the camera’s diplay reads is all reading “30 [Progressive]” not…. 60 [interlaced]!!!! Has anyone else noticed this? { Flaw ? }

I have waisted countless hours and tens of thousands of dollars trying to fix this stupid problem… What I am noticing is all these problems are all “Sony AVCHD” Related… I have ruined countless hours of shoot footage for many clients… Footage that looks perfect on an external camera monitor but… CAN’T BE EDITED without looking like VHS footage! The only thing that has kept me from complete disaster was using my F-3 as the primary camera with the NEX-FS-100… Because (both) cameras shoot in Super 35mm but.. the F-3 media is XDCAM HD…

At one time… I wanted to buy a NEX FS-700 But, the only thing that stopped me is that the NEX-700 uses Sony’s Headache AVCHD Media.

I am sorry to see that others are going through the same hell I have been going through… The Question is for all of us…. Is there a firmware fix for these AVCHD issues we are all having… Or is it possibly… that some of these AVCHD cameras we own are just totally defective or our firmware is corrupted, Or maybe the only real solution is that we just get rid of these Sony AVCHD headaches altogether. I am real tired of continuing to deal with these added AVCHD problems…. These are Problems that I didn’t have before!

Thanks for your input and thoughts,

Gerard

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[Gérard Angé]

Thanks for the heads-up

Yes, I downloaded the software off of a link off of the Apple FCP website. It linked to a program the allows you to adjust when the fan comes on. I set the temp lower 12* to start sooner. It seems to help “a little”. I have built a platform with two rails that elevate the laptop 3/4″ and have a 12 volt Whisper fan blowing in from behind, that seems to help the most.

Gerard
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[Gérard Angé]

Walter,

My thoughts are that “if” Final Cut Express was a truly workable tool for the road. It should be a transparent transition to enable a project to be moved between my G-5 Quad and my laptop in FCE with no problem at all. The design of the software should allow that to happen transparently. All this other stuff about Express not having motion etc. and not having added features, is not what the key point is here. “The Key issue is being able to go in the studio and go out on the road and go back into the studio and get your work done without big headaches. ”

I have found that the laptop is much slower that my G-5 Quad That’s very obvious even with Final Cut Express. Yes! I noticed first hand that there are big performance issues when the temp of the chip goes up. The Intel chip goes into a pre programmed protection mode cycle and the chip slows down! If you are rendering at that time or capturing video it can cause errors. Now I was told that with the FCP-5 version on the MacBook Pro that heating problem only got worse.

And Yes I agree… Danger! Don’t wear shorts and put it on your lap when rendering or capturing video! Ouch!

Walter, what have you heard about people running FCP 5 on their Laptops?

Thanks Again,

Gerard
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[Gérard Angé]

Thanks Tom for your suggestion. I will try that export with XML and see it that works. Question: Is there also a problem with the mpg files and express?

I’m almost to a point to just remove Final Cut Express all together and put FCP-5 on the laptop just to get through the project on Monday. It seems like there are a lot of bugs between these two versions that will be a problems down the road that could affect this project and others to come. The only thing that stopped me from the beginning was the heating problems with the intel chip set… That is another issue. Even with the express version installed I had to take steps to boost the cooling of the laptop with added fan and some internal software changes. I’m sure that other people that workout in the field a lot too must be having the same heating problems… especially in hot climates with no air conditioned place to work in.

Thanks Again Tom,

Best Regards,

Gerard

[Gérard Angé]

Walter,

Thanks for your answer to my post so quickly.

So then, in fact.. FCP Express rather than being a light version built for the road, is more of a training wheels version for beginners.

So the soluition to this problem is to put FCP-5 on the MacBook Pro Laptop which, I was warned by a friend at Apple that the intel processor couldn’t handle the full version of FCP because of heat problems. That’s great planning and great engineering too!

Thanks again Walter.

Very Best of Regards,

Gerard
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