[Henninc]

hi there,

you could use sebsky tools:
https://www.dharmafilm.com/sebskytools/

which is free…

hope that helps,
henning

[Henninc]

hi luke,

thanks for the response.

cheers,
henning

[Henninc]

I had several issues with HDV capturing…
can you at least capture anything (audio?) with the deck control disabled (set to non controllable
device)? I once had this – only way to overcome this: reinstall os-x & fcp (trashing prefs might work too – the machine I was working on deserved a fresh start…)
I guess you triple checked the menu by now. did you search the apple site for sth. like “hdv”?

hth,
henning

[Henninc]

not sure if that’s true for the camera but on the sony hdv deck you have to
disable “auto” in the menu where you switch between hdv and dv mode (setting it to hdv)
to get the deck recognized by fcp.

[Henninc]

thanks for your input james.
but no – all settings are correct and I often worked with image
sequences in FCP 4.5. I just upgraded – so this is the 1st time in FCP 5.
it doesn’t make sense… because setting the still frame duration
to other than 1 just works. i do not have a problem getting my job
done using a quicktime wrapper instead but it’s annoying that my
usual workflow does’t work anymore.
anybody else sharing some experience? please post here.
thanks,
henning

[Henninc]

Thanks for that, Peter.

[Henninc]

target would be cinema (24fps), here in europe.
thanks

[Henninc]

one thing I’d like to add:
We use to “blank & timecode” our digi-beta tapes with
capstan lock set to “8 FD” and when inserting set to “2 FD”.
I’ve been told by our technicans this ensures ultimate
accuracy when inserting to tape.

hth,
henning