EX1 and Final Cut Pro Firewire direct to external drive? at DVinfo.net

Jacques Mersereau · December 8th, 2008, 03:22 PM

Hey Folks,

Okay, I am hoping some kind and wonderful EX1 Guru who is willing to give me help.

We just purchased a new EX1. Wow, this is a really nice camera and the images it produces are amazing. Needless to say, there are a heck of a lot of buttons and menu choices.
I am working with FCP 6.04. Today we had a green screen shoot and I was hoping to hook up the EX1 via firewire and be able to directly save off video "takes" to my laptop's external hard drive.

I was unable to get Final Cut's log and capture to 'see' the camera. I tried going through different menu choices with such settings as "non controllable device" and "XDCAM EX 1080P30 VBR". I was shooting in with the camera's video format as 1080P@30fps.
When I got an image in log and capture, it was the laptop's camera . . . ugh.

Is it possible to capture straight to the computer via firewire and if so, what did I miss? Should I have used "log and transfer"?

Thanks,

Jacques

Jacques Mersereau · December 8th, 2008, 03:46 PM

Well, I got plain old vanilla HDV 60i to work, but yuck. I guess Final Cut's code warriors have some work to do to make 1080P30 HQ work in log and capture mode.

Ned Soltz · December 8th, 2008, 03:53 PM

No No No. Read your manual. HQ does not stream over firewire. SQ streams over firewire.

If you want to stream HQ live, go SDI into a capture card.

Ned Soltz

December 8th, 2008, 03:22 PM	#1
Jacques Mersereau Trustee Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,334	EX1 and Final Cut Pro Firewire direct to external drive? Hey Folks, Okay, I am hoping some kind and wonderful EX1 Guru who is willing to give me help. We just purchased a new EX1. Wow, this is a really nice camera and the images it produces are amazing. Needless to say, there are a heck of a lot of buttons and menu choices. I am working with FCP 6.04. Today we had a green screen shoot and I was hoping to hook up the EX1 via firewire and be able to directly save off video "takes" to my laptop's external hard drive. I was unable to get Final Cut's log and capture to 'see' the camera. I tried going through different menu choices with such settings as "non controllable device" and "XDCAM EX 1080P30 VBR". I was shooting in with the camera's video format as 1080P@30fps. When I got an image in log and capture, it was the laptop's camera . . . ugh. Is it possible to capture straight to the computer via firewire and if so, what did I miss? Should I have used "log and transfer"? Thanks, Jacques __________________ Jacques Mersereau University of Michigan-Video Studio Manager

December 8th, 2008, 03:46 PM	#2
Jacques Mersereau Trustee Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,334	Well, I got plain old vanilla HDV 60i to work, but yuck. I guess Final Cut's code warriors have some work to do to make 1080P30 HQ work in log and capture mode. __________________ Jacques Mersereau University of Michigan-Video Studio Manager

December 8th, 2008, 03:53 PM	#3
Ned Soltz Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Teaneck, NJ Posts: 659	No No No. Read your manual. HQ does not stream over firewire. SQ streams over firewire. If you want to stream HQ live, go SDI into a capture card. Ned Soltz