Mike Johnson
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Rick,
I run into the same thing every so often. Not sure what causes it. When your render codec is set to ProRes, you shouldn’t have to conform, regardless of what you have selected in the render options. The first time this happened I went to my sequence render control settings and it was still set to ProRes. I clicked OK to get out of the settings window, and tried rendering again. My entire sequence rendered without conforming. I’ve had this problem a number of times since then, and the same thing works. Its odd I know. Almost like FCP needs to be reminded that it should be rendering to ProRes instead of HDV.
Mike Johnson
Final Cut Pro Editor
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Just change the scale of the two clips. No need to change canvas size or reformat anything.
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HDV is an anamorphic codec. Basically meaning that it is stretched out on playback to a 16:9 aspect. 1440×1080 is not 16:9, but 4:3. On export, go into the video settings and change the size from 1440×1080 to 1920×1080. Also, change the audio compression settings to AAC 48KHz. All of this can be done by clicking the Settings button in the Export QuickTime Conversion dialog.
Mike Johnson
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It is possible to capture a live feed from a camera straight into FCP via FireWire. I don’t see any reason why the HVX200 wouldn’t be able to do this, but you may not be able to go HD.
After hooking up your camera to the computer, start FCP and go to the Capture dialog. In the Capture Settings tab, change Device Control to Non-Controllable Device. Then just use the Capture Now feature to capture the live feed from the camera. You might want to double check your user prefs to make sure there is not a limit set on capture now, otherwise FCP will stop the capture after a set amount of time.
Mike Johnson
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You can use Option-L to make a stereo pair in your timeline.
To set FCP to do this on capture, go to your capture dialog and select the Clip Settings tab. Then click on the Toggle Stereo/Mono icon next to the audio meters.
Mike Johnson
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Are you getting an error on capture that says the timecode cannot be located? If so, this issue is directly related to the Long GOP format and is easily fixed.
In FCP, go to Final Cut Pro > Audio/Video Settings. Click on the Device Control Presets tab. Scroll down to find the HDV preset you are using and Duplicate it. In the preset editor, change the Pre-Roll to 8 seconds, and the Post-Roll to 5 seconds. Rename the preset if you wish, then click OK. The new preset will be automagically selected. Click OK to exit out of the A/V Settings then start capturing.
Mike Johnson
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Do you have both audio channels running from your VCR to your monitor? Could be that the original audio is on one channel, and the dubbed audio is on the other. As far as I know, VHS only has 2 audio channels – left and right.
Mike Johnson
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Oh, and just wanted to note that you don’t actually have to click on the edit. Your playhead just has to be aligned to the edit for the add default transition to work. Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate between edits. If you have good rhythm you could get through it pretty quick.
Mike Johnson
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To save time, you can use cmd-T instead of going through the right click menu each time.
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Go to File > Export > QuickTime Conversion. Then select Still Image from the dropdown menu. You can then click Settings to specify the file type and compression.
Mike Johnson
Final Cut Pro Editor
Drury Outdoors
http://www.druryoutdoors.com