capturing from XL2 to Final Cut HD
 

Ok this is just peculiar, i am capturing from the xl2, my capture presets can be viewed here:

http://www.motivitypictures.com/capture-presets.jpg

Now when I capture 83 minutes of video with audio channels 1 and 2, I don’t get one nice single quicktime file. I get a bunch, here is a screen shot:

http://www.motivitypictures.com/capture-bin.jpg

Now I can play the file, Side session 2-v, and it’s fine (except for the extra frame every 4 seconds because it’s 24p, not yet reversed telecined) but I can’t play the others, I don’t know what they are anyway. The funny thing is before I captured, I named the file “side session” and that is it. FCP is putting the “2-v” on the end. I don’t know why.

So even though I try and reverse telecine one of these files using cinema tools to get 24p, it doesn’t work. It just gives me an error message:

http://www.motivitypictures.com/reverse-log.jpg

But…… (yes there is more) I tried to just capture say 10 seconds of footage and it worked fine. I got 1 quicktime file, I was able to reverse telecine the footage and bring it in to final cut pro with sequence presets using 23.98 FPS.

Blows my mind. It’s like, if I capture a small amount of footage the process is fine, but 83 mintues and it gives me a ton of files.

???? ever happen to you? I am an apple certified final cut pro user, and this blows my mind.

Help.

The only time I've had capture problems is when I've tried long continuous sessions like yours. How are you capturing 83 minutes - are you using the long DV tapes? I stay away from those personally due to tape stretching concerns; that might be related to your problem. Try breaking your capture into shorter segments, maybe 20 minutes or so, and see if that fixes the problem.

As far as all the different files... never saw that one before...

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Boyd, I am using panasonic ay-dvm83mq tape stock, 83 mintues. can you define tape stretching? I will definitely try breaking capture segments into smaller sections. thanks for the advice.

cass

The way they get longer tapes into the same cassettes is by using thinner stock. These can stretch more than the standard 60 minute tapes and cause recording/playback problems. I know that Sony does not recommend using the 80 minute tapes in their cameras; they don't say it will harm the camera, just that they may be unreliable. IIRC, Canon has said the same thing. I believe those tapes are positioned more for consumer use.

If you browse through our tape forum (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=64, or do a search, I think you'll find some discussion on the topic.

thanks for the link, i am glad you said something about this. I had no idea that it was thinner tape stock. it makes sense.

cass