[Ian Cook]

There have been very few reports of “bricking” or other failures. The #1 issue that gets reported to our tech group is “no communication between the camera and the PC” and this is almost always a result of people not reading the instructions and connecting to the wrong port.

[Ian Cook]

You may want to try David Rice @ AV Preservation. We have referred a number of people to him for recoveries and un-deletions and he’s had a good amount of success recovering EX files..

David Rice
AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
350 7th Avenue, Room 1603
New York, NY 10001

ph: 347-213-3517
dave@avpreserve.com

Obligatory disclaimer: this does not constitute an endorsement or a guarantee of success with recovery; any attempts at data recovery are performed at the user’s own risk, etc…

[Ian Cook]

No, I wasn’t saying that. Rendering to ProRes is almost definitely the better option. The render times will be shorter and technically the render files will be of higher quality due to the higher data rates and 422 sampling.

[Ian Cook]

Hi Richard,

Setting this to ProRes creates ProRes render files instead of XDCAM or HDV render files. The difference (aside from the higher data rate and color sampling etc) is that ProRes is an ‘I’ frame codec so the GOP does not have to be rebuilt. The result is shorter render times.

It’s best to do this before building a sequence. FCP will allow you to change it for existing sequences with media in them but when you do this all your existing render files go offline and new ones need to be made..

Ian

[Ian Cook]

Hi Richard,

When you ‘Delete All’ you erase all files and folders (remember the folder naming below CLPR is keyed to the titles of clips that you record) so it is in most cases the same thing as re-formatting. All that will remain after a ‘Delete All’ is the basic BPAV/CLPR/TAKR directory structure with no file contents.

The one really significant difference is that if you format you also delete any picture profiles you have stored, since formatting wipes the whole card and not just the Clip folders.

Cheers,

Ian

Ian Cook
Sony Broadcast and Professional Company

[Ian Cook]

Are you sure your monitor can accept an SDI signal? Are you feeding the SDI into an analog input? If the port can take SDI it will almost definitely say ‘SDI.’ If it says ‘Video in’ it is probably an analog input. If it’s not the monitor it may be an issue with the output of the camera.

[Ian Cook]

Yes but you can save them and recall them. Others–>Camera Data–>Store/recall. You’ll need a media card in the camera to store the file.

[Ian Cook]

Try resetting the camera from Others–>All reset. Also you might want to try with a different monitor just to be sure. The SD output is 480/60i so you should not need a particularly high end display to get a signal.

[Ian Cook]

Tom-

You are clicking ADD SOURCE or File–>Add Source? Using 2.12? See below..

You can also try using Clip Browser to File–>Import the MP4s into a new BPAV, but the loose MP4s should be showing up.. You may want to clear the cache (Prefs–>Cache) and delete any old sources that referenced these files.

[Ian Cook]

What format is the camera set to? If it’s set for 23.98, does your monitor accept 23.98? In playback of 23.98 the camera output is 60i but depending on the setting of Menu–>Video Set–24p the ‘Live’ camera head output can be either 24p or 60i. Can you verify this?