[William Carr]

Thanks, Mark for the info.

The Apple Support alert about Unexpected Quit is specifically for the HDC-SD9, not your HDC-HS9. So maybe that’s why I still cannot ingest with the settings that work for you.
The clip durations in the Log and Transfer window are normal when moved to the Queue and during ingest, but the clips that appear in the Browser are shortened durations. If FCS doesn’t crash, I end up with speeded-up clips and truncated audio.

Since you have the IoHD, have you tried capturing from your camera via HDMI or component? Does that work?

[William Carr]

Thanks, good to know. I will be on the lookout.
People complain about there being just too many formats, but when it comes down to it there’s always– or will eventually be– solutions and workarounds to get anything into anything and out again!

[William Carr]

Thanks for the hard info, Jeremy.

Perhaps a play-through capture to a card or external box via HDMI or component, or one day soon a software solution…

[William Carr]

I have the SD9 and have shot plenty in 24p mode, none of which I have yet been able to properly ingest.

When FCP decides to ingest instead of crash the resulting clips are speeded up, such as in this thread:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/977982#983444

What system/versions are you using?

[William Carr]

From NYC, and now South Florida… but in this business we need all the adjectives we can get.

My dictionary informs me “grotty” is a 1960s derivation of grotesque. Whadda ya know.

[William Carr]

You could adjust the key frames on your original stereo pair, then double it, then link the 2 pairs, then highlight the new aggregate and choose Modify>Levels>Make Changes Relative, and adjust the slider to increase the overall gain by increments until you have the “volume” you want. FYI, the key command for this is option-command L.

This is still a grotty workaround and you should eventually give Soundtrack a try!

[William Carr]

FYI, I use a MacBook Pro with Firewire 800 1TB and 1.5 TB G-Raids and I’ve cut a feature length project in 1080 24p with 900GB worth of source clips. No problem unless you’re piling on the effects and video streams. 720 projects are no sweat at all.

A 2nd Firewire bus (less than a hundred bucks) in the express slot allows for 2 G-Raids at once, or a G-Raid plus a Firewire camera-to-monitor. I also monitor sometimes with a 23″ Cinema Display, especially when more than one person needs to watch something for review.

eSata would be great and a Matrox is the solution for monitoring seriously from the MacBook. But in the meantime, you can make do with Firewire and save your pennies for a Mac Pro and whatever magic hardware will be available when you’re ready.