[Luis Guerrero]

Is there a way to record to dvd directly from the hard drive without having to process the video using compressor to format it it dvd?

[Luis Guerrero]

Thanks Mark.

It sounds like it would be best for me to edit the clips and export them from FCP using H.264 rather than trying to upload my unedited .mov files.

At this point I just want to provide the station with footage they can broadcast as cutaways during the interview in the studio.

[Luis Guerrero]

David I just burned a dvd and played it on a dvd player to a standard television.

The footaged is letterboxed as expected and proportially correct. I did not use the anamorphic settings in FCP at all eventhough my original video footage was shot using the xl1s in “16:9” mode. Since i am playing it on a standard 4:3 TV it’s not a problem. What would happen if I played the dvd on a wide screen TV?

[Luis Guerrero]

David,

I started out with the following setup (See Below) in FCP but when I went to DVD Studio it did not work. However I believe I have figured it out. Please scroll down to see if my new settings are correct. I Believe that the most significant error was to select the Anamorphic setting in either the Audio/Video Settings dialog box and/or selecting the Anamorpic option directly in in the sequence settings menu. With the new settings I am able to export to DVD Studio and maintain the “16:9” look.

If you have time could you explain what true 16:9 is on video and what does the XL1s do to achieve that look?

How do the XL2 and the GL2 work in 16:9 mode?

Thank you to you and everyone on the cow!!!

-Luis

SEQUENCE PRESETS
———————————
Frame Size: 720 x 480 Pixels
Editing Timebase: 29.97 fps
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: NTSC – CCIR 601 / DV
Anamorphic 16:9: On
Video Processing: YUV allowed (8-bit)
White Point: White

Compressor: DV/DVCPRO – NTSC
Millions of Colors (24 bit)
No Data Rate Limit
No Keyframes Set
Quality: 100

Audio Settings:
16-bit 48.000 kHz Stereo

CAPTURE PRESETS
———————————
Frame Size: 720 x 480 Pixels
Editing Timebase: 29.97 fps
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: NTSC – CCIR 601 / DV
Anamorphic 16:9: On
Video Processing: YUV allowed (8-bit)
White Point: White

Compressor: DV/DVCPRO – NTSC
Millions of Colors (24 bit)
No Data Rate Limit
No Keyframes Set
Quality: 100

Audio Settings:
16-bit 48.000 kHz Stereo

NEW SETTINGS NEW SETTINGS NEW SETTINGS NEW SETTINGS
————————————————————————–

SEQUENCE PRESETS
———————————
Frame Size: 720 x 480 Pixels
Editing Timebase: 29.97 fps
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: NTSC – CCIR 601 / DV
Anamorphic 16:9: Off
Video Processing: YUV allowed (8-bit)
White Point: White

Compressor: DV/DVCPRO – NTSC
Millions of Colors (24 bit)
No Data Rate Limit
No Keyframes Set
Quality: 100

Audio Settings:
16-bit 48.000 kHz Stereo

CAPTURE PRESETS
———————————
Using DV Video for video input
XL1S using NTSC
29.97 frames per second
DV/DVCPRO – NTSC at Best quality.
24 bits per pixel
720 by 480
Using DV Audio for audio input
Input: First 2 channels
Rate: 48.000 kHz
Speaker: on
Volume: 100, Gain: 0

[Luis Guerrero]

David,

Thanks for you comment. I plan to do more single person interviews with a lavalier setup. I would like to know if the following order of operation is standard procedure for what I am doing.

Equipment: Xl1s, wired lavalier,

1. record audio on tape with wired lavalier
2. capture into FCP with settings at video + Ch 1
3. Pan captured audio to mid position between L & R

I believe that I have attempted this before with the settings at video + ch1. The result was that I ended up with no sound on ch 2. In other words, when I dropped the clip into the timeline audio tracks 1&2 were part of the clip. Track 2 introduce noise. I understand that part of my problem getting to know the program better.

Thanks to the Cow at least I can have a place to ask these basic questions.

-Luis

[Luis Guerrero]

The question I have is does it matter if I have audio only on 1 channel as long as I pan it to the middle so that it plays on left and right?

[Luis Guerrero]

See if this works.

Turn the camera on.
Press Menu
Use the iris scroll wheel to scroll down to VCR Set Up.
Push the iris scroll wheel in once you have higlighted the VCR Set Up option.
Scroll down to Power Save and press the iris scroll wheel.
You should now have two options. You probably want VCR Stop rather than Shut Off.
Press Menu to exit the menu screen.

I don’t know why the cameras took so long to shut down.