[Jon Zanone]

Could you create a matte in PShop or AE? Then put some cool flames in the matte….?

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

Thanks Michael!

If I’m ever in your neck of the woods (I pass through occaisonally on my way to visit family in Louisville) I’ll buy YOU a steak dinner.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

It looks like your video card is not on the ‘approved’ list:

https://www.avid.com/products/media-composer/systemrequirements.asp

It doesn’t mean it won’t work, just that Avid doesn’t offer technical support (including the knowledge base on their website).

The problem you are experiencing is related to the card settings and ‘overlay’. You can search the either the COW or Avid forums for the term overlay, and hopefully you can find someone with your card who experienced your problem. You can either live with it, Or you can buy a supported card. I definitely wouldn’t go changing drivers.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

This is from the supported devices list on the Avid webesite. FWIW, I’ve had a similiar problems with the DSR-11. Fortunately I don’t shoot DV much anymore.

Adjust Digital Cut Offset +/- 5 frames. Cycle power when switching between PAL and NTSC. Mojo or Adrenaline – If you lose communication with Mojo or Adrenaline after connecting a FireWire camera or deck, there are several things you can do
to correct the situation. Quit the application. Before re-launching, cycle the power going to the FireWire camera or deck. If the deck and camera goes into standby mode, unplug the power cable to clear the bus. After power is restored to the camera or deck, try starting the application. If there is still no communication with the Mojo or Adrenaline, power cycle the Mojo or Adrenaline. 1394 is not frame accurate for
Digital Cut.

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

What’s the audio project sample rate in your settings?

If you have a mojo, the quickest and easiest way is to hook your DVD player into the mojo, and digitize.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

What kind of deck are you using?

Jon

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[Jon Zanone]

You should be able to right click (I’m not in front of an Avid right now so I don’t remember where it is in the menu – maybe ‘clip>consolidate) on the clip and select ‘consolidate / transcode’… You should also be able to open the bin in your HDV project. Just go to ‘file>open bin’ and navigate to your new project. I would think you could transcode your footage in the HDV project.

Let me know how it goes. I don’t work with HDV, so it’ll be interesting to find out if my theory works…

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

If you are asking about the software differences, you get a lot. 9 streams of multicam, animatte and keyframable motion effects are the beginning. You can check out more differences at the Avid website.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

Have you tried opening a new project (at DV resolution) and capturing? What resolution are capturing at?

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

I don’t work with 24p stuff, but I looked at the supported devices list from Avid.

https://www.avid.com/content/8927/SUPPORTED%20DEVICES%20FOR%20AVID%20EDITOR%20PRODUCTS.pdf

Your Canon camera is not listed, but the Sony is. I’d be willing to bet the issue with the Canon is that it’s not a supported device. I’m not sure why the video isn’t coming in from the Sony – I’m assuming you are seeing the DV play on the pullout monitor? Maybe an internal menu to get DV out of the FW spigot? I really don’t think its a pulldown issue. Are you running on an approved system?

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”