Mike Johnson
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You will need a digital to analog converter box that connects to your computer via firewire.
Here are two options. They are very similar, except the ADVC-300 adds component output (not sure if your running composite or component through your BNC cables)
Either one will plug into your computer via FireWire and will allow you to output your Canvas and Viewer in FCP to whatever you have plugged into the unit. Not sure if iMovie has an external display feature or not.
Mike Johnson
Final Cut Pro Editor
Drury Outdoors
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We use the HV30s as a secondary angle. It produces a surprisingly good image, but lacks in low light conditions as expected. Cutting together footage from the HV30 and XL-H1a I’ve noticed that the HV30 has more contrast and saturation as compared to the H1. I’ve heard a lot of consumer level camcorders and still cameras do this.
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Something like this might be an option:
Mike Johnson
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I’ve figured out that the jitter is caused by the resizing in Compressor. I dropped an HDV clip into an NTSC sequence and after rendering there were no problems. I then exported a test through Compressor without resizing to 16:9 Letterbox NTSC. No problems here either. So I decided to export using ProRes422 at 1920×1080. The export through Compressor goes a lot faster than if I exported a QT Conversion from FCP – and I can submit a whole batch rather than do one at a time. I still have to render everything once I place it in the master timeline, but I will let that run over the weekend.
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I just finished exporting with best settings for all frame controls and it took 4 min to export 15 frames.
We print a DVCAM master that gets sent to an authoring house. They compress to MPEG-2, build the DVD elements, and print a check disc. If the check disc is good it is sent to the replicator. Why we don’t do the MPEG-2 compression and DVD authoring, I don’t have a clue. I’ve done it many times in other positions. But if I had to guess, its probably because no one in the company understands compression or DVD authoring and they don’t want to learn. That’s the way its been done since they made the transition to DVD. I don’t know. But it sure would be a lot easier.
Mike Johnson
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I gave it a try with a few different combinations of what you suggested. I tried fast resize and best rate conversion; best resize and best rate conversion; and best resize and better rate conversion.
None of these combinations changed the jitter in high detail areas. The rate conversion did not seem to make any difference, while the resize setting made a big difference in the overall quality of the image.
Mike Johnson
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Drury Outdoors
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Before I upgraded to Studio 2, I had FCP 4.5 running on my MacBook with no problems. In fact, it ran better on my MacBook than on my G4. Follow the instructions here: https://www.geekymac.com/?p=243
Only works for the 4.5 update – won’t work with version 4. Install the update first then it will work.
Mike Johnson
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That’s funny. Last week I was trying to get FCP to split my HDV capture into segments, and it refused to do it. Verified all settings were correct and restarted and it didn’t fix it. I would try trashing preferences. I would have tried that but didn’t have time to mess with it.
Mike Johnson
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Drury Outdoors
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Canon’s 24F mode does not play well with others. It does not fit the 24F into 60i using a pulldown pattern as is typical with many SD cameras. I have not worked with this format, so I’m not really sure how it is written. Maybe someone else on the Cow knows…
As far as cameras go I did a quick search on B&H for Sony HDV camcorders and found 3 that have a 24p option with 2:3 pulldown. They are the HVR-S270U, HVR-Z7U, and HVR-V1U. I figured since you have a Sony deck, Sony camcorders would be the best place to start. If you are looking for something else, be sure the camera does 24p in some form of pulldown. This basically converts the 24 fps signal into a 60i NTSC signal. FCP does have an option to remove a pulldown, but again, I’ve not worked with that before so I’m not really sure how it works.
Hope this helps!
Mike Johnson
Final Cut Pro Editor
Drury Outdoors
http://www.druryoutdoors.com