Michael Johnston
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There’s really no reason why you shouldn’t be able to open and convert the four good clips in Streamclip. Another possibility is to upload each of the four clips to YouTube and see it it converts it. Just keep in mind the YouTube clips will be highly compressed.
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If Ian’s advice doesn’t work, and MPEG Streamclip won’t work, you’ll need to get your hands on an EX1 or EX3 to try a clip repair.
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As a starting point, here’s the settings I use for the EX3 profile:
EX3 Picture Profile
Matrix – High Sat , All 0’s
Detail – level 5, freq 0, crisp 3,
Gamma 0 STD3
Black -5
Black Gamma -1I’ve posted my NX5 profile settings in other threads on this site under Sony NXCAM. You can do a search and probably find them. That will get you close.
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Two things here. One, copy the cards (BPAV Files) to a hard drive. They should have no problem using those. Also, in FCP7, you can import using Log & Transfer and the clips should import, transcoding to .mov files while maintaining the XDCAM EX codec. Those .mov files will also work in Premeire with no problems.
Now, keep in mind they’ll only be able to view the clips in Premiere. To view the clips on a PC in another program such as Quicktime, you’ll have to put the clips on a timeline in FCP7 and export it out as a QuickTime file using the .h264 codec.
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The NX5U’s picture profile options allow for a very broad range of picture options. I’ve been able to match the NX5 to an EX3 in the past so you should be able to do the same with the EX1. Sorry that I don’t have specific settings I used in the past. You just need to take the time to experiment to get a match.
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Not worth more than $2500 and that price will fall every month because its an outdated camera and P2 cards are getting cheaper. A year from now, I’d say $1800 so either sell it now or keep it forever.
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AVID has been, and always will be, a piece of crap, over-priced, editing system with millions of bugs and problems the company will never fix. AVCHD works flawlessly with Adobe and FCP with no need for 3rd party software. After working with FCP over the past two years, I dread tomorrow when I have to go back, against my will, to editing on AVID. Total piece of junk.
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It works fine for me once you go on Panasonic’s site and install the drivers. I also bought a cheap “video to PC” converter that allows you to capture analog video through USB. Online, the description said “for PC only” but when I got it the box clearly said its works for MAC too. I’ve found a lot of devices that say they only work on PC but will actually work on MAC too once the drivers are installed.
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Scratch face detection off that list. It’s not a function you’ll find on a pro camera. It’s a consumer feature only that you’ll find on $200+ cameras sold at Best Buy.
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Here’s an Expresscard to Cardbus adapter that does work with P2 cards: https://m299.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/svp_photos/P2Adapter.jpg.html?newest=1
I have one. This adapter was specifically designed with P2 in mind and its worked perfectly for more on both my PC and 17″ MacBook Pro to load P2 cards. I’m not sure if they are still being sold so you may want to look on ebay. I bought 5 of them so if one broke I’d have backups.