NLE Mac / Final Cut questions from 2006

Darin Boville · April 20th, 2006, 03:05 PM

Hi,

I recently purchased an fx1 and FCE HD and ran into a problem with a thin black line showing at the top of the screen. At first I thought it was an fx1 issue (and posted the question on that forum) but now I'm thinking it might be an FCE HD issue...so here I am.

Here's what I know:

1) A think black line appears (top edge) on my videos when shooting in HDV and downconverting to DV in-camera.

2) Changing steadishot settings and on/off has no effect.

3) The black line is visible on playback from within FCE, so it is not a QT conversion issue.

4) Here's what leads me to this forum: I experimented by shooting a white wall in HDV and importing it as HDV into my slow ibook (not a process for real work!). At first the black line was clearly visible on playback. But then I moved the head marker to an arbitrary point near the beginning and the black line vanished--I converted to Quicktime and that is o.k., too.

I'm going to experiment some more--I'm posting this hoping that the problem will sound familiar and someone can point out the solution (or lack of one).

Thanks!

--Darin

Aric Mannion · April 21st, 2006, 06:33 AM

I have after effects 5.5, Does anyone happen to know the best compisition and export settings to import into FCP 5 for use with Sony HDV video?
Thanks!

Yohann Kouam · April 23rd, 2006, 10:28 AM

i just tried to capture footage via a sony trv 900 camera(final cut express) and here 's the message i get:
"an error occured while configuring wuicktime using the current capture preset. please quit final cut express and check your hardware configuration"
no later than yesterday i was still capturing with that deck and it worked well, any idea what could be wrong?

April 23rd, 2006, 10:55 AM

I did a search and did not see any mention on this in the forums so I wanted to post a link -

Mercedes-Benz USA
High Performance in High Definition

http://www.apple.com/pro/video/mbusa/index.html

Interesting excerpt from the article -

“We generally shoot two days per vehicle to acquire the running footage and then maybe another day or two dedicated to lifestyle shots, scenarios of how the car will be used,” says Campbell.

From these shoots, the crew amassed 10 hours of footage, most shot at 720p at 24fps (the aerial was 1080p), from which they, using Final Cut Pro, created “digital signage” for a launch event and press presentations.

Peter Wiley · April 24th, 2006, 09:33 PM

It looks like Apple has put up some new promotional material at its Web site for NAB 2006, at least to judge from this link:

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/...06_reel01_h640

Note "nab06"

I would love to know what camera they used to shoot the stories about FCP users. Some of the material is just stunning -- take a look at the piece on the BBC. Can someone who is at the NAB show kindly ask the Apple folks.

Mason Dixon · April 24th, 2006, 11:38 PM

I am Exporting my Final project shot in 24p with the 2:3:3:2 removal.
When i export an uncompressed movie, there is a black frame in between every cut. Can anyone explain? What is the best codec to export? This project will be burned to DVD. Maybe film(hence pulldown).

Kevin Dooley · April 26th, 2006, 08:38 AM

Is there any way to render in 4:2:2 Profile MPEG 2 from FCP and/or compressor, or do I need some seperate plugin? I can't seem to find a way to change the profile...

Andy Graham · April 26th, 2006, 09:47 AM

I've been really busy lately with work and I've been trying to follow the news from NAB about native HD100 support for HDV 25p and 24p in FCP.I did a quick search and have read a few threads but there is no single answer.

From what I can gather from various threads:

1)there is still no native HD100 support for HDV 25p 24p in fcp at this time
2)At NAB they had an example of fcp capturing HDV 24p from an hd100 as a preview of a future release (which i assume will also mean 25p support).
3)There should be a release soon.

As I said i've not had alot of time to read up on this stuff so if any of the information above is wrong let me know and if there is any other information anyone would like to add please do.

Andy.

Michael Dominic · April 30th, 2006, 09:20 AM

When I apply Quicktime Brightness & Contrast with or without other filters it SOMETIMES but often has an odd color flux for about 3 or so frames.

Even after rendering it is still there.

Thanks.

Josh Woll · April 30th, 2006, 02:23 PM

When I export the movie from Final Cut doing the standard Quicktime movie link, it drops some of the audio halfway through the music?? I look at the sequence and everything seems fine, it plays fine?

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

Bill Barclay · May 3rd, 2006, 07:08 AM

Had a client give me a mini DV tape, it had been recorded with
all 3 settings, 24P, 30P, and 60i. Did not have any timecode notes on when
the rate changes took place. I am cutting the video on FCP 5. Desiring a
24P look. How should I capture this tape and make it all work. There will be talking heads in parts of the video.

Please advise...

Bill

Cole McDonald · May 3rd, 2006, 01:41 PM

Has anyone been able to get the tascam us428 control surface to run the sliders in the mixer in FCP?

Boyd Ostroff · May 4th, 2006, 05:48 AM

http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/05/...attery.recall/

Quote:

The problem appears to affect MacBook Pro models with serial numbers up to W8608, meaning that only the first two weeks of MacBook Pros produced are potentially affected, according to one report.

Harry Bromley-Davenport · May 4th, 2006, 06:04 PM

I have taken some footage from a low budget feature shot on Canon XL H1 at 24f and digitized it under DVCProHD 1080i via the SDI output. It looks fine, but I have to deliver a 23.98 finished product.

I exported it to Quicktime.

The I put it through Cinema Tools and did reverse pulldown to 23.98.

I re-imported it into FCP into a 23.98 timeline and rendered.

Now everything is fine timing and pulldown-wise --- except that I have a light blue bar running around the Canvas frame on my computer monitor - and this line chops off a little of the right hand side of the image ---

and on my monitor screen (via blackmagic to Dell 24") there is a one inch black line running down the right hand side.

This has the general effect of squishing the image laterally very slightly on the Dell monitor.

What on earth have I done? What is this blue frame outline in the canvas?

Many thanks for any ideas.

Harry.

A. J. deLange · May 5th, 2006, 06:28 AM

I can't decide whether this goes here or in the sound thread but as it's really an FCP related problem I decided to put it here. The moderators may move it at their discretion.

The TASCAM HD-P2 is a fine machine but it produces BWF files. These are .wav files with an extension, the bext chunk, which contains meta data including the time code which stamps the beginning of the take. FCP will open the files and find the audio but doesn't extract the bext data so time code is lost. There are software tools which supposedly do this for you producing QT .mov files with timecode tracks but some of them don't work. Correspondence with the developer of one of these pointed to the fact that the TASCAM implementation of the bext chunk is not standard. Indeed there are 20 extra 0 bytes between the end od the 'Identifier' field and before the start of the creation date/time group. Sebsky tools bwf2qt does properly produce these files but has not been updated in over a year.

So the questions are: "Is anyone using an HD-P2?" and, if so, "How are you getting timecode?"

April 20th, 2006, 03:05 PM	#46
Darin Boville Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montara, California Posts: 127	Black line at top of image? Hi, I recently purchased an fx1 and FCE HD and ran into a problem with a thin black line showing at the top of the screen. At first I thought it was an fx1 issue (and posted the question on that forum) but now I'm thinking it might be an FCE HD issue...so here I am. Here's what I know: 1) A think black line appears (top edge) on my videos when shooting in HDV and downconverting to DV in-camera. 2) Changing steadishot settings and on/off has no effect. 3) The black line is visible on playback from within FCE, so it is not a QT conversion issue. 4) Here's what leads me to this forum: I experimented by shooting a white wall in HDV and importing it as HDV into my slow ibook (not a process for real work!). At first the black line was clearly visible on playback. But then I moved the head marker to an arbitrary point near the beginning and the black line vanished--I converted to Quicktime and that is o.k., too. I'm going to experiment some more--I'm posting this hoping that the problem will sound familiar and someone can point out the solution (or lack of one). Thanks! --Darin

April 21st, 2006, 06:33 AM	#47
Aric Mannion Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 616	After effects, and FCP Sony HDV? I have after effects 5.5, Does anyone happen to know the best compisition and export settings to import into FCP 5 for use with Sony HDV video? Thanks!

April 23rd, 2006, 10:28 AM	#48
Yohann Kouam Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: sevilla Posts: 116	quicktime capture error... i just tried to capture footage via a sony trv 900 camera(final cut express) and here 's the message i get: "an error occured while configuring wuicktime using the current capture preset. please quit final cut express and check your hardware configuration" no later than yesterday i was still capturing with that deck and it worked well, any idea what could be wrong?

April 23rd, 2006, 10:55 AM	#49
Guest Posts: n/a	Mercedes, HD & Apple FCP I did a search and did not see any mention on this in the forums so I wanted to post a link - Mercedes-Benz USA High Performance in High Definition http://www.apple.com/pro/video/mbusa/index.html Interesting excerpt from the article - “We generally shoot two days per vehicle to acquire the running footage and then maybe another day or two dedicated to lifestyle shots, scenarios of how the car will be used,” says Campbell. From these shoots, the crew amassed 10 hours of footage, most shot at 720p at 24fps (the aerial was 1080p), from which they, using Final Cut Pro, created “digital signage” for a launch event and press presentations.

April 24th, 2006, 09:33 PM	#50
Peter Wiley Major Player Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lewisburg PA Posts: 752	FCP NAB Promo Material It looks like Apple has put up some new promotional material at its Web site for NAB 2006, at least to judge from this link: http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/...06_reel01_h640 Note "nab06" I would love to know what camera they used to shoot the stories about FCP users. Some of the material is just stunning -- take a look at the piece on the BBC. Can someone who is at the NAB show kindly ask the Apple folks.

April 24th, 2006, 11:38 PM	#51
Mason Dixon New Boot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville Tn Posts: 16	Black Frames In Exported Movie I am Exporting my Final project shot in 24p with the 2:3:3:2 removal. When i export an uncompressed movie, there is a black frame in between every cut. Can anyone explain? What is the best codec to export? This project will be burned to DVD. Maybe film(hence pulldown).

April 26th, 2006, 08:38 AM	#52
Kevin Dooley Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 414	Rendering 4:2:2 MPEG 2 in FCP5 Is there any way to render in 4:2:2 Profile MPEG 2 from FCP and/or compressor, or do I need some seperate plugin? I can't seem to find a way to change the profile... __________________ Kevin Dooley Media Director, Pantego Bible Church

April 26th, 2006, 09:47 AM	#53
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	native HDV 24p 25p support for the HD100?? I've been really busy lately with work and I've been trying to follow the news from NAB about native HD100 support for HDV 25p and 24p in FCP.I did a quick search and have read a few threads but there is no single answer. From what I can gather from various threads: 1)there is still no native HD100 support for HDV 25p 24p in fcp at this time 2)At NAB they had an example of fcp capturing HDV 24p from an hd100 as a preview of a future release (which i assume will also mean 25p support). 3)There should be a release soon. As I said i've not had alot of time to read up on this stuff so if any of the information above is wrong let me know and if there is any other information anyone would like to add please do. Andy. __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

April 30th, 2006, 09:20 AM	#54
Michael Dominic Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 52	Quicktime Brightness & Contrast Rendering Issue in FCP 4.5 When I apply Quicktime Brightness & Contrast with or without other filters it SOMETIMES but often has an odd color flux for about 3 or so frames. Even after rendering it is still there. Thanks.

April 30th, 2006, 02:23 PM	#55
Josh Woll Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 72	Trouble exporting sequence in Final Cut Pro When I export the movie from Final Cut doing the standard Quicktime movie link, it drops some of the audio halfway through the music?? I look at the sequence and everything seems fine, it plays fine? Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

May 3rd, 2006, 07:08 AM	#56
Bill Barclay Tourist Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tampa Bay FL Posts: 1	24P 30P 60i Had a client give me a mini DV tape, it had been recorded with all 3 settings, 24P, 30P, and 60i. Did not have any timecode notes on when the rate changes took place. I am cutting the video on FCP 5. Desiring a 24P look. How should I capture this tape and make it all work. There will be talking heads in parts of the video. Please advise... Bill

May 3rd, 2006, 01:41 PM	#57
Cole McDonald Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sauk Rapids, MN, USA Posts: 1,675	TASCAM US428 + Final Cut Pro 5 Has anyone been able to get the tascam us428 control surface to run the sliders in the mixer in FCP? __________________ Web Youtube Facebook

May 4th, 2006, 06:04 PM	#59
Harry Bromley-Davenport Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: LA CA Posts: 317	Wacky effect on conforming to 23.98 HD I have taken some footage from a low budget feature shot on Canon XL H1 at 24f and digitized it under DVCProHD 1080i via the SDI output. It looks fine, but I have to deliver a 23.98 finished product. I exported it to Quicktime. The I put it through Cinema Tools and did reverse pulldown to 23.98. I re-imported it into FCP into a 23.98 timeline and rendered. Now everything is fine timing and pulldown-wise --- except that I have a light blue bar running around the Canvas frame on my computer monitor - and this line chops off a little of the right hand side of the image --- and on my monitor screen (via blackmagic to Dell 24") there is a one inch black line running down the right hand side. This has the general effect of squishing the image laterally very slightly on the Dell monitor. What on earth have I done? What is this blue frame outline in the canvas? Many thanks for any ideas. Harry.

May 5th, 2006, 06:28 AM	#60
A. J. deLange Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: McLean, VA United States Posts: 749	TASCAM HD-P2 with FCP I can't decide whether this goes here or in the sound thread but as it's really an FCP related problem I decided to put it here. The moderators may move it at their discretion. The TASCAM HD-P2 is a fine machine but it produces BWF files. These are .wav files with an extension, the bext chunk, which contains meta data including the time code which stamps the beginning of the take. FCP will open the files and find the audio but doesn't extract the bext data so time code is lost. There are software tools which supposedly do this for you producing QT .mov files with timecode tracks but some of them don't work. Correspondence with the developer of one of these pointed to the fact that the TASCAM implementation of the bext chunk is not standard. Indeed there are 20 extra 0 bytes between the end od the 'Identifier' field and before the start of the creation date/time group. Sebsky tools bwf2qt does properly produce these files but has not been updated in over a year. So the questions are: "Is anyone using an HD-P2?" and, if so, "How are you getting timecode?"