[John Ford]

I will, after a week, of editing and wondering what i am doing wrong, I have the tapes here, but no way to capture them.

I just read this post on DV-Doctor.net:

GUY 1:

With the Sony z7, is Compact flash captured DVCAM in a native format for Final Cut? So it can be dragged from the card to harddrive for direct ingest to timeline?

I’ve heard it is in either .avi or .dv format (as apposed to .m2t for HDV)

GUY 2:

Hi Yes it is .DV or .AVi format for DVCAM and .m2t for HDV.

Sony have a plug in for final cut studio 2 ver 6.0.2 and above that makes the CF unit appear in the log and transfer window, you then just drag and drop for ingest and it goes in as 3X real time.

Also for HDV it goes in as apple Pro Res.

You can use the sony CF unit or I use a £45 sandisk firewire CF reader for input.

More here:https://www.sony.co.uk/biz/view/ShowC…Context =true

I love my Z7 it is a perfect camera for me.

So now i dont know whats gone on..

He will speak with a friend of his to help me resolve this..

Thanx alot for follow this so much..

Cheerz man

J

[John Ford]

Ok,

He recorded to TAPE on the SONYZ7.. He says its HDV native format..

He captured/recorded in from the camera into his PC with Premiere, and then gave me an AVI file..

I dont know, I am really pissed now..

Since the file is not what it should be, i dont know what settings to set.

Anyway.. About the Pullldown thing, what sound all that stuff me set too?

Going on what the footage should be… ?

Thanx

[John Ford]

You know, I flipping knew it..

I told my camera guy to give me the native format it was recorded in, and he gave me these avi’s. I aked him ” WILL THIS BE THE SAME? ” and he assured me that it was going to be.. I should have trusted my gut..

I will try and find the guy and ask him whats going on..

I did not mean 853×720, i meant to type 854×480…sorry if i did that..

But what should the native format of the sonyz7 be? because he is probably gonna try and bullshit me.

I hate when people do this stuff to the unknowing…

The pulldown thing, i dont know why its set, its been since i got final cut a few months back, Like i said before i am new to VIDEO editing..

Should it be HDV?…

Please tell me what settings it should be at…I will try and find the guy..

Thanx

John

[John Ford]

Ok, I gave it a go..

No luck, Infact its just degraded the image so much its starting to make me laugh, I cant wait to full understand this…Its annoying but some part of me like the learning curve..

Ok, Just so we are all on teh same page again, Here is the info, And the problem AND i have uploaded Snapshots of the problem…

Tell me what you think of this:

VIDEO:

SONY Z7

Vid Rate: 29.97 FPS
Frame size: 720×480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO NTSC
Data rate: 3.6 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: NTSC CCIR 601
Anamorphic: (Ticked)
Field Dominance: Lower (even)
Alpha: None/ignore
Composite: Normal

(When i open this video with Quicktime player and push Command+I , It says size ” 853×720 ” Just to let you know.)

SEQUENCE SETTINGS:

Frame Size: 720×480 | NTSC DV (3:2)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: NTSC – CCIR 601 / DV 720×480 ( Anamorphic NOT ticketed) (When ticked the image becomes too stretched)
Field Dominance: Lower Even
Editing timebase: 29.97
Qucktime Video Settings: Compressor – DV/DVCPRO – NTSC | Quality 100%
Audio : as normal

FINAL CUT:

EASY SETUP:
Format – (all formats) | Rates: (all rates)
Use: Custom setup

AUDIO / VIDEO SETTINGS:

Sequence Preset: DV NTSC 48khz – 23.98
Capture Preset: DV NTSC 48khz Advanced (2:3:3:2) Pulldown Removal
Divice Control Preset: Firewire NTSC
Video Playback: (Missing) Apple FIrewire NTSC (720×480)
Audio: Default

PROBLEM:

RAW VIDEO PLAYED IN Q.T or VLC LOOK GOOS BUT WITH INTERLACING BLUR ( fast movement makes ghost like trailing)

AFTER EXPORT IN FINAL CUT WITH NO DE INTERLACING, THE GHOSTING TRAIL NOW BECOMES HORIZONTAL LINES

APPLYING DE-INTERLACING FILTER ELIMINATES LINES BUT IMAGE BECOMES PIXELATED AND ALL SMOOTH EDGES NOW ARE BLOCKY.

TRIED:

• EXPORTING IN DIFFERENT SIZES and FORMATS
• DE INTERLACING IN FCP ( ODD & EVEN)
• EXPORT SELF CONTAINED MOVIE (Re-compress frames UN-Ticked) AND IMPORT TO COMPRESSOR, FRAME CONTROLS ON & OUTPUT FIELDS PROGRESSIVE, FRAME GEOMETRY : 16:9 OUTPUT

BELOW ARE THE TYPES OF CLIPS RESULTS:

ORIGINAL (NO MOVEMENT):

ORIGINAL (TRAILING IN FAST MOVEMENT):

COMPRESSOR( LEFT is Original images with no De-Interlacing Filter, RIGHT is with De Interlace from Compressor):

I am not sure if these images here will be clear enough to see the problems. If not i will be happy to e-mail them if anyone can help me solve this.

Thank you again for your patience and help with this..

I really dont want to compromise on these clips.

Thank you

John

[John Ford]

Let me give it a go !

Back soon

[John Ford]

hehe, Cheerz for the patience man..

Ok…

For the moment, it will be on our website, and youtube..

I am exporting H.264 (i dont like the faded colors).

FILE>EXPORT>QT CON>

H.264 (high)
The size i have tried different setting but i am exporting 854×480
Preserve A.R (Crop)
DE INTERLACE TICKED

Thats it..

BUT i see the pixels in the canvas before export also..

Ok man,

Cheerz J

[John Ford]

Its on a computer screen.

I know that fcp needs a video monitor, but that should not matter with this, as i will be online and everyone will see using computers.

Also, These pixels are there when i upload so its not the way i am seeing it in FCP or even my export. They are really there…

[John Ford]

Ok…

So when i export i change the pixel ratio to square then export?

I uploaded a few version in the start for this and did not come out well.

I get what your saying but i am exporting my final for the web strait from FCP. I am not doing anything to it after.

do you think that will get rid of the pixels?

Cheerz J

[John Ford]

Download DV KITCHEN.

https://www.dvcreators.net/dv-kitchen

Its has a thing called time freezer.

Just export your images as movie and you can take pictures of freeze frames..

I just downloaded it yesterday to try it and its killer.. Same aspect ratio, same size exactly, You can even de interlace frames if needed.. PLUS it comes with a load of other stuff..

It3 the demo , to buy it is 79 USD, but you can use it for 19 days..

I have tried exporting stills from FCP, not worth the head pain, better export then picture it with this//

Hope it helps..

[John Ford]

STILL desperately wait for some help with this…

Can anyone help me with it?

J