Ian Lautsch
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Awesome thanks guys. There is a way to do it natively in FCPx. It’s pretty easy actually. Easier then using Cinema tools, which I’ve been doing for years!
Ian Lautsch
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Ultimatly it will be edited in Fcpx.
Ian Lautsch
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I have an XH A1 and use FCP and have had the same issue. WHat works for me is turning the camera off, but leaving it plugged in to the computer. Quit final cut. Turn the camera on, then start final cut. When you go to capture it should recognize it. THat works every time for me.
Make sure your on the playback (VCR) mode on the camera, and not down converting to standard def.
Hope that helps.
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OK so Avid software is HDV compatible. We are running SD Adrenaline 2.7.7.
We have XD cam files that are imported and we are editing with. The files are MXF. As far as I can tell, they are HDV in the sequences, but I am not 100% sure of this. As it turns out the film footage was converted to SD files. Why, I am not sure. I think we originally thought that our systems wouldn’t work with HDV files at all. But all these files are going into the same sequence and are editing together and playing ok.
Everything actually looks pretty good via QT H.264 export. But once it gets converted to flash and uploaded to the web it has all sorts of problems, stobbing, and skipping, delayed runtimes. But videos converted to flash from this companys inhouse video guy plays great. That is actually where we go the film footage from. A post house is converting the files to flash, and that could be an issue too. But they say there are using the same file formats as they always have for this site. Hmmmm…frustrating.
Ian Lautsch
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We took the footage and had it converted by a post house. I believe the sequences are 30i and we inported the MXF files that under that setting. I switched to the 1080/59.94i HDV setting after the fact and it didn’t seem to do anything except cut out our TV monitor. The thing is I am the 3rd editor on this project and everything is all over the place. I am the one who has been choosen to sort it all out….fun right? Our avids are set up for standard def editing and I thought we weren’t HD compatible, but then got the footage to import via MXF file. I’m not really sure if that mean we are editing in true HDV or not? Also I did an export “same as source” it gave me a standard def 16:9 quicktime file.
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Yes I just did an upgrade. I did however do a clean install of FCS2. I just have so much stuff on my HD, makes it hard to wipe it all clean.
Ian Lautsch
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Yes I am exporting directly to compressor. Won’t it take a long time to render a self contained QT and then longer again to render it down to H.264? Would a QT reference work the same?
I am wondering if there is an adjustment I can make to the text itself to export properly. And it’s strange because when I un-check correct for aspect ratio in the clip viewer, it changes it to what it looks like in the final render… ie stretched and cut off.
Ian Lautsch
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I am on 10.4.11 and FCP 6.0.3. Ya this is very strange. There has got to be an easier work around then exporting all titles and re importing.
Ian Lautsch
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I think it’s great. I have a canon XH A1 and have no problems mixing video types and doing graphics. And the look of the video turns out really cool!
Ian Lautsch
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Thanks so much guys, I appreciate all the great info. I am going to look into the sheer video, that seems pretty cool and if it work as seamlessly as it sound like, then it will be the way to go.
Ian Lautsch
Multimedia Specialist
http://www.lautschdesigns.com