[Kent]

prem pro 1.5.1 in an HDV timeine doesn’t have firewire monitoring to the camera. You have to to to projects settting, and click on playback, and then click on a play on external monitor. And it’ll send the video to the 2nd monitor. I don’tknow about your card. I have thenVideo 6600 GT, and it’s working great.

[Kent]

I love the Panasonic 24P mode, and I think that when HDV gets that worked out, it’ll be great. I just did a couple probects with the SONY HDV and used P.Pro 1.5.1 and aspech HD, and outputted them, and they looked wonderful. I also just did a 6 mnute industrial promo for a spa manufacturer on my Pansonic dvx100a in 24p mode. I usually run the 24P stuff through my dpsVelocity, which handles it extremely well. But I felt, what the hell, I’d cut it in Premiere Pro and see how it goes. At first I had some problems and posted some things, but I don’t think anyone understood it. For one, I couldn’t get a strange flicker to settle down, but when I tried it again, being careful about setting up the projects etc., it went It ended up looking great. The producer was extremely happy with the output. So I’m not sure what the 24P problem is in P.Pro is right now.

I’m now holding off buying the SONY HDV camera and waiting to see what Panasonic will do. If it has a 24P mode and does HD, even if it’s DVCPRO HD, I’d be tempted to move on to that codec. I hope P.Pro can handle it becasue I prefer cutting in P.Pro than Final Cut Pro.

[Kent]

I’ve exported to DVD 15, 30 and 60 minute sequences. The longest is 60 minutes to keep the resolution high, and it always take a very long time. I’d say easily 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours for a 60 minute show. But those have been screeners from HDV timelines, so I think that has a lot to do with it.