Mixing 7D footage w/ JVC

[Steve Crawford]

I recently shot a fitness video using a JVC GY-HM700 as my primary camera, and two 7Ds as my secondary cameras. I'm having trouble with the footage on the backend.

I ran all the files through streamclip thinking that if I use the same setting, it would work together - but when I lay that footage on a timeline in FCP, I have to render and it takes FOREVER. If I use the native JVC footage, it plays fine on the timeline, but the 7D footage, native or converted, won't work.

Does anyone have any MPEG streamclip settings that I can run the 7D footage through to make it compatible with the JVC native footage? Or a setting I can run them all through to make them all work, but save me from a 5+ hour render before I even start editing?

Thanks!

[Dave Farrants]

The first question has to be - what setting did you convert all the file to in MPEGStreamclip?

The JVC is optimised for FCP, the 7D is not and neither is the H264 codec the 7D uses (it is not an editing codec). Your project settings in FCP are also crucial (as is having a machine up to the job).

Personally, If I'd used a 700 as a main camera, I'd have used (hired) a couple of HM100's as additional cameras - they use the same file format/codec as the 700.

[Alan Halfhill]

I have the HM-100 and a 60D. The best thing to do is convert the EOS footage to XDcamEX codec in Streamclip or Quicktime player 7.

[Zach Love]

If you have FCP, why not use log & transfer, compressor or media manager?

I'd say when you bring your footage in, use log & transfer & then you're set from the get go.

But since you're already past that & have started editing (Right?), media manager is probably the best choice. Just select a sequence with all the footage you want to use & then go through the media manager settings & select "Copy" ... select the best codec (Prores or XDCam EX I'd reccommend) & then all your assets will be in the same codec & less time to render.