probelm with multibridge out
 

Hello
One of our costumers isn't able to record his on final cut pro edited video (8bit pal) on a Sony UVW-1800P BetaCam SP recorder (MAZ). We set the multibridge to Analog Component Out and also choose the option "black burst ref signal" on analog out. The UVW-1800P says, no ref signal detected and we get an error message on final cut pro saying: "Alarm ref. Video is not deteted". What could the probelem be?

Kind Regards,

Michael Althaus

PS: They just connected the component cables and the analog audio cables from the BetaCam SP recorder to the multibridge pro, that is it, right?

Batch Monitor Waiting
 

I just submitted 4 ProRes sequences from Final Cut to Compressor for an SD DVD. I went through and dragged in the settings and destinations for each. I then submitted all of the jobs and opened the batch monitor. Now all of the jobs are sitting there and say 'Waiting' with no time elapsed and no estimated time remaining.

Why arent these batches running?

16:9, 24p footage from XL2 to FCP 5.1--Presets?
 

Hi--

I've got some 16:9, 24p (2:3) footage from an XL2 to to capture into FCP 5.1. Can anyone give me the correct presets (setups)--capture and sequence-- to bring this stuff in and edit it properly? The output is expected to be DVD.

TIA,

--Tim

FCS 2.0 and CPU usage?
 

I'm just wondering if anyone else out there has noticed this. When I'm exporting out of final cut and I monitor the CPU usage in activity monitor it says that I'm only using about 40% of the CPU power and 60% is idle, same thing with compressor and the batch monitor. Is there a way to fix this? I'm running on a MacPro 2.66 2gigs ram system...

Eric

Upgrading my Analog to DV Box
 

It's time to upgrade my Canopus ADVC100. Works great still but I am wanting component in and out plus balanced audio. Plus a rackmount would be nice.

The two boxes I have on the burner are: The Canopus ADVC700 and the Miranda DV Bridge Pro. Both have mostly identical feature sets with Canopus plugging their analog signal processing and the Miranda it's ability to convert 16:9 to letterbox on the fly.

Does anyone who has used these units have an opinion? Are there other A/D convertors within the $1500 to $2000 price range that have similar features?

Media Manager: Inaccurate repro?
 

I tried Media managing a couple projects and both have music and there is problems with both. The music seems off slightly by a couple frames and some clips are clips with the last syllable cut off.

Are there some tricks to this process that I don't know about or is it inherently flawed as it appears?

best,
elmer

FCS2: Worth upgrading from 2gb to 3gb ram?
 

Hi all,

I'm running FCS2 on a 24" Imac. It has the faster graphics card and 2gb of ram. Still looking for a little performance boost in motion and while applying effects in FCP.

Do you think taking the computer up to its 3gb maximum will make a noticeable difference?

Thanks.

Capturing HDV
 

I'm using the HV20 to captire HDV footage shot on an XL-H1. After capturing, I edit each clip (cuts only) in QTPro7. Once clips are cut, a simple "Save" in QT will result in the file size remaining the same - it is the original catured clip (even if most of it has been cut out in the edit and no longer shows when played). Obviously the entire original clip is still on the hard drive. If I do a "Save As" with the edited clip, QT "flattens" the clip and creates a new clip.mov. This clip.mov then reflects the reduced size of the edited clip.

My concern is whether or not "Flattening" the clip will affect it's quality/resolution/properties in a way that will limit its use in projects later on. When I look at each clips "Properties" in FCP the only difference seems to be that the original clip has a data rate of 3.4 MB/sec while the "Flattened" movie has a data rate of 3.2 MB/sec.

Basically I'm tring to set up a workflow for keeping the HDV clips on a hard drive for use in future projects. To save disk space I want to keep clip size to a minimum (by cutting unwanted footage).

So . . .am I loosing anything by editing in QT and then "Saving As" and flattening?

Thanks.

DVCProHD Mac to PC issue
 

I have some 1920x1080 footage in mov, which I believe was edited on FCP and is in DVCPro HD. Note I don't have a MAC. At any rate I have been able to solve some of the issues regarding the footage (its format for instance), but it still does not play on my system (PC). I hear the sound, but the video (on wmp and in premiere) is a big letterbox white screen or you can see right through it. In short the video codec is somehow not being properly recognized. I also have adobe's hdrack with the dvcpro hd decoder, so mxf files do play on my system in wmp and in premiere (as well as files converted from mxf to let's say avi). I am uncertain if the problem with viewing the footage is because it was originally edited on a MAC or what. A metadata utility I use called Mediainfo says the video stream is dvh6 and standard 29.949fps. The PC folks are at a standstill with this question. Since you MAc folks tend to cross platform I was hoping you had some insight (besides get a Mac) on how to solve the issue.

Best solution for 25p footage and slow motion?
 

I know that would be better to shoot in 50i to get the best result but.....


......i do have some footage shot in 25p(canon xh A1) and like to use in slow motion(50% up to 25%).
What's the best way,considering i do have acces to a machine with Final Cut Studio 2?

Sorry if it is an already answered question, i searched but did not find answer for 25p.



thanks

I am confused
 

Hi

Today I was at the Final cut Studio seminar here in Stockholm.
I must say I became impressed with what I saw, but I also became i bit confused.

Here is why

At the moment I am using FCP Studio 1 on my Imac Core Duo (intel) and I am only working in SD at the moment.

I tap a signal from one of my FW ports to ADS Pyro A/V Link converter and from there to my SD monitor for CC and it all works well.

I know that this setup will not work when I will move to HDV since this is not supported on FCP 5

I think I read that this has changed with FCP 6 so that I can use the above setup and get a SD signal from my HDV timeline via FW and get prewiev on the fly to my monitor.

So I asked one of the Apple guy´s there if that was correkt but he said it was not right at all, it didn´t work that way.
I got the feeling he was not really knowing what he was talking about


So now you might understand my confusion.

So I will ask you guy´s here

Can I get a SD prewiev via FW with the setup above in FCP 6?

Cheers

Hans

FCP 6 and timecode/capture issues
 

I couldn't find anything via search, so here goes:

Yesterday I was editing a short that a friend of mine shot the week before (I would have shot it too but I was at a christening). He used an older Panasonic Mini-DV camera, and I tried to use it for capture as well. However, I kept getting an error about the audio bit rate of the clip not matching the capture settings. I couldn't figure out how to change the capture settings, so I redid the capture using a newer camera, which worked fine, except...

Apparently they would shoot the scene and then rewind the tape to see if they got it, then FFW and start recording again. This would cause the capture to stop and so I would do a new capture for each of these. The last 3 that I captured show up in the bin in FCP but when I try to load them into the viewer to pull clips from them nothing happens. They do open and play in an external Quicktime window though. I'm going to try reimporting the capture file, but is there something else I could do to fix these?

Thanks!!

narrow band of black and white rectangles at top of frame
 

Does anyone know what the narrow band of black and white rectangles are for at the very top left of the 16:9 frame.

Not a problem when editing on Avid as it seems to cut them off, but they are visible sometimes on Final Cut Pro and then on through to DVD. Our solution on FCP has been to put a narrow black band at the top of frame to mask the black and white squares but this does not seem to be a very elegant solution!

The squares could be some kind of timecode information and they are not visible on every single frame but enough to be very annoying!

any ideas?

Pete

HDV Workflow on Mac demonstration
 

Since I had a bit of feedback asking about my HDV workflow from my earlier vids, I put together a quick video overview of how I work with HDV up on YouTube, using DVHSCap, MPEG StreamClip & FCP5 etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN0Nw5chIS4

Mark

playing hd as DV through fcp 6 mixed timeline
 

Using an XDCAM HD timeline and wanting to downconvert to DV. If I play out the sequence viewing it through my dvcam deck? Is it the same quality as a quicktime format conversionb or is there a quality difference?

Thanks

Open timeline issues
 

Has anyone else noticed how 60p plays back quite a bit choppier on a 24p timeline? It looks like an exaggerated 24p effect.

To me it looks like it's FCP trying to figure out the conversion as opposed to poor system performance.

Input anyone?

Cheers

720 24pn Workflow Questions
 

I have been shooting all my footage in 720 24pn, now it time for the "workflow check" to make sure I doing in right.

P2 to HDD (no problems)

Film to FCP 5.1.4 or the laesst befor Studio 2 (no problem)

Three outputs: DVD, Web , and some stock clips.

1. DVD:
I'm using the hvx200 @ 720p 24pN. I know in FCP the first step to making the 24p dvd is to export using current settings, then bring into compressor then finally dvdsp and you have 24p dvd, which will look great I hope played on TV 's using DVD player.

Can anyone add to this like bit rate info etc or other problems I might face.

2. Output from FCP to QT for web movie:
After going bind here reading a lot of post, I came close to an answer but the thread stopped.

Again hvx200 @ 720 24pN out of FCP using QT, which is a requirement of the job, but the end product looks like crap even using High Bandwith settings for Download. I need some good export setting for QT for export of 3-5 min video download not streaming in the 50mb range.

3 Stock Footage Clips of 30sec to 60 sec shot again at 720 24pn in 24p timeline FCP output should be for normal delivery based on your experances with agencys?

Your help to clarify and confirm a lot of this will be greatly apprediated.

Thanks in advance

10.4.10 DV dropped frame fix?
 

from the faq:

I hope this let's me turn the dropped frame warnings back on in FCP!

Jumping to FCP, but have some hardware questions
 

I am ready to step up to FCS2, will be buying a mac pro to edit a low budget film that will be shot in october, I will be shooting with a Canon A1 (24F). I plan on learning FCP in the next few months, I currently edit on a pc with PPro 1.5.
The mac I plan to get:
Two Dual-Core 2.66GHz Intel Xeon processors, 1GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics with 256MB memory, 250GB hard drive, 16x double-layer SuperDrive.

I am getting the basic model to try and save some money by up grading the hardware myself. I Want to upgrade the memory by 2gb, up grade the graphics card and get an external hard drive. As far as the memory, I am not sure which brand to go with, I dont want any compatability issues. Is there a good brand thats not to exspensive? Which ones could I go with?

Do I really need to up grade the graphics card? I dont know anything about motion and color, so I wont be using them much for the next few months. Can I get by with the standard card for now? Or do I need to just upgrade now, I found ATI Radeon X1900 XT for 214.99, a cheaper price than apple sells it. Can I ask where I could find it cheaper

For an external hard drive will a 500gb be enough? Which brands should I look at? Where can I look?

Will this set up that Im looking to get work for what I going to do? Shoot a feature film on HDV. I cant wait to get my mac pro and play with it.
thanks for the help.

Soundtrack Pro sync issues
 

So I recorded a drum track, and played a guitar track overtop of it.. and when I played it back the guitar track was off at least a second or more, you have to manually line it back up, which can never sound the same way you played it. Anyone else have this problem?

I've experienced it in other programs on my PC, but usually when you're working with a ton of tracks, but with a brand new 2ghz iMac with 2gigs of ram... with only two tracks recorded? Crummy deal.

On another note it was also happening in Garage Band, which I gurantee doesn't take up as much memory as a program like Soundtrack.

Experiencing media manager nightmares in FCS2?
 

Hi all,

I prefer to capture footage in several large chunks, then break them down into subclips in FCP, before using the media manager to discard the chaff.

This was no problem in FCP5, but since migrating to version 6, the media manager deletes my entire clips and subclips when I use "use existing" - either making them vanish completely or throwing them in the trash. It's okay if I use the "copy" or "move" functions, but "use existing" has become positively homicidal.

Is anyone else experiencing this - is there a fix? As I say, I had no trouble performing identical tasks in FCP5.

Thanks.

HV20 24 p FCS2 workflow
 

Now that FCS2 has been out a while, anyone want to post their best and easiest workflow to input HV20 24p footage and then mix it with Canon Xh-a1 foot (24f) and edit on same timeline.
With the open timeline the two work together well for me, but I assume you have to convert the HV20 footage (captured at 29.97) to 23.98 for it to output right.
Thanks,
Ryan

JPEG quality difference in Viewer & Canvas
 

Reading through the numerous posts on the subject it seems fairly certain that the path to text enlightenment via FCP titles isn't a smooth one (in all senses of that word).
I've just imported a jpeg logo into FCP and have placed into onto the timeline.
There is a fairly distinct difference in quality between the two - the Canvas image is less sharp and has a more pixellated appearance.
I haven't moved/resized the image yet and as with text I believe if I need to do this I should use the control x and y's rather than picking up and dragging the image in canvas? I know that video footage appears pixellated in the canvas (showing only one field?) and that on export (to say quicktime) the appearance is much sharper.
Slightly concerned over the drop in quality from the viewer and the canvas (which doesn't seem to occur with video footage only with jpegs and text).
Any ideas folks?
Cheers.

FCE HD on a MacBook with a Sony pdw-f330?
 

Hello!

My first post here on this forum...

I was wondering if Final cut express HD works well with the Sony PDW-F330? I want to do some editing on my MacBook (2 ghz core2duo 2 gig ram).

I hope some one can help me out!

With kind regards,

Bjorn.

FCP 4.5 and clips captured via firewire in FCP 5
 

Here's my situation I have some video that was captured in FCP 5 (firewire DV) that I want to use in 4.5 however when I import the clips not all the audio is there. This could be a quicktime issue I'm not sure.

When I import the clips into 4.5 it tells me the audio is a mono and there is no audio on that mono channel. When I open that same clip in quicktime (7.1.6) it plays fine and all the audio is there. When I go under properties I see the clip has a video track, a timecode track, and sound track 1 and sound track 2. When I highlight the sound track and look under the audio settings it says 1 channel assignment mono. It says the same thing for sound track 2.

When I open a clip that was captured in 4.5 in quicktime and go under properties I have a video track, a timecode track, and a sound track. Under sound track audio settings I have channel 1 assignment left and channel 2 assignment right.

For some reason I don't think FCP 4.5 is seeing anything other than one sound track property. Is there any way of getting them to import correctly?

I also have some clips with 4 channels of audio that I media managed to DV and when I import those into 4.5 again I'm getting mono 1 channel audio.

The files play fine with the audio in every app (AE, IMovie, soundtrack pro) except FCP 4.5

FCP 4.5 running on a G4 1ghz 1.12g ram. (Yeah it's an old machine, but it cuts DV just fine). OS 10.4.10, quicktime 7.1.6. Running version 1 of FCS except FCP because version 5 wouldn't run because I don't have a quartz extreme graphics card.

Any suggestions

NAB07 FCPUG Supermeet Podcast now online
 

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_podcast.html

If you weren't able to attend in person you should take a couple hours and watch the podcast.
Walter Murch is truly inspiring.

How do you tell FCS2 where to find the template media?
 

When I installed FCS2 I used an external FW drive to store the 50GB of templates, soundtrack loops, livetype fonts, sample media, etc.

I recently copied the whole folder to a different drive and I want to tell FCS's applications where to find it in its new location.

Do I need to do this in each separate app, or is there one simple way to do it?

H.264 out of FCP
 

Hello, Im haveing a problem with exporting a project out of FCP in the H.264 codec and any suggestions are welcome. Heres what I have:
As far a the system-Macpro 2.6 gig Quad core- FCP 5.1.4 with 3 gig of Ram and 900 gig hard drive space-o raid
I have a 4 minute 39 second project thats 660 meg in 720HD 30p output from compresor as a Quicktime movie. I want to compress this down with a H.265 codec to make a smaller file with good quality.
If I try to export or if I change my render settings to H.264 and try to render all I get is "codec error". I dont care how I go about doing this but I want the output to also be 720 HD .
I can drag the 660 meg file into Imovie and output it ...but so far all I can get that way is a 420 size file.


I used a trial version of sorenson squeeze and got a nice 195 meg file but Im trying to not have to buy the squeeze software

Thanks

FCS2 - FCS1 = how much actual space taken up?
 

Having installed everything I wanted from the previous suite, and will install the same ones this time too, and since all previous apps are to be erased, including gigs and gigs of STPro (Loops, et al), GarageBand and DVDSP, I expect the actual increase in space used won't be that much.

Does anyone have any idea how much more space will be needed in total? (I did not and will not install Motion this time either.)



best,
elmer

FCP 2 Audio channels L&R out of sync
 

So here is my issue I am hoping someone has found a great work around. I have multiple video clips with only one audio track and for some reason one of the channels just starts playing in slow motion speed and one plays in normal speed. I looked at my audio levels I can see one of the channels running slower. I have no clue. I have tried converting my audio from aiff, wave and even QT mov and all still do the same issue. I am hoping someone else has run into this and figured how to make it work.

I am running 24p footage.

jose fonseca

NLE Mac / Final Cut questions from 2007
 

I've got some ideas, below, on configuring external HDD's with the new 17" MacBook Pro but would appreciate some feedback / suggestions if this is a good / ideal way to manage my media assets or maybe another way.

- For Capturing and Editing, (2) SATA II drives (maybe 320gb each) in (2) seperate external enclosures, each of which has FW800 / FW400 / USB 2.0 / eSATA external ports.

- For Projects (completed and in progress) a (1) SATA II drive in an external enclosure (same as above), maybe 320gb.

- For Audio / Still Photos / Graphics (1) SATA II drive in an external enclosure (same as above), maybe 250gb.

Is it doable to daisy chain all these enclosures together or would it be better / safer to get a single (4) drive enclosure?

I would be editing stuff originated from Hi8, MiniDV, AVCHD, MXF (P2), XDCam HD.

Again, any suggestions would be more than appreciated.

Thanks!!

1080p using kona lhe and hdlink with apple monitor?
 

I can use 1080i no problem but downloaded latest firmware for both and I just cant display 1080p 25 on my apple monitor. The display is all distorted, lots of lines, hard to explain. I have selected in final cut pro aja kona 1080p25 8 bit 1920x10080. Have also tried the other settings 10 bit and rgba.

Any ideas?

Thanks

workflow to ingest 1080/24P footage (not 1080/24PA)
 

What is the exact workflow to ingest 1080/24P footage (not 1080/24PA) shot on the AG-HVX200P into Final Cut 5.1.4, and watch the footage in 24p?

It seems like a simple question, but I've had a hard time getting an exact answer and all the literature provided by Apple and Panasonic leaves me with a stuttering image.

Whoever is kind enough to answer, would you please be ultra-detailed in the steps required?

I greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

Joseph Campo

Problems with: Mixed fps, HDV to SD, HVR-V1U Workarounds
 

Hi Everyone,

So, I've gotten myself into a bit of an editing mess. Forgive me if I sound confused or unclear about any of this; I'm still trying to wrap my head around everything. I could use any help and advice that anyone has!

So here's the deal.

I have two problems. Or, really, three. I shot footage with the Sony HVR-V1U in 24A and 30p (by accident. I swear it was set to 24A. Didn't figure this out until yesterday). The three problems are:

1) I messed up my workaround and need to figure out how to fix it
2) I have two frame rates, much to my dismay. 24A and 30p, all encoded in a HDV1080i60 stream.
3) Converting HDV to SD was horrifying yesterday. Cadence problems, interlacing, flickering, noise and TERRIBLE quality.

Just so that everyone knows right off, I have a delivery date of July 9th and it needs to be delivered in SD (DVD) for projection on big screen. Eventually it also needs to be online.

So. Here we go.

1) I messed up my workaround and need to figure out how to fix it

Using information in this thread: <a href="http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=83651">DVInfo</a>

And this thread: <a href="http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=87189">DvInfo Again</a>

I decided to use this workaround: <a href="http://www.sundancemediagroup.com/articles/camcorders/FCP_24P_HVRV1U.htm"> V1U Workaround</a>

I captured HDV 1080i60
Edited in a 1080i60 timeline

Went to finish the workaround by:
-Creating new sequence set to Photo-JPG 75%
-Paste project into new sequence, render, export, open in CinemaTools and Reverse Telecine

And I realized that I had to reverse the INDIVIDUAL clips, not the project. One good thing (I think) is that the footage is 24A, so the A frame should be the very first frame of every clip. Unfortunately I tried reversing a few clips and they looked very odd.

So to fix this do I go in and reverse all the clips I'm using individually, then reconnect my media to those new files? If so, what timeline do I do this in?

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2) I have two frame rates, much to my dismay. 24A and 30p, all encoded in a HDV1080i60 stream.

How do I safely mix these? I'm lost here. I've never mixed frame rates, and this is my first time working with HDV on top of the fact that FCP doesn't support this camera. Do convert one frame rate to the other? Or?

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3) Converting HDV to SD was horrifying yesterday. Cadence problems, interlacing, flickering, noise and TERRIBLE quality. I have a delivery date of July 9th, and to make sure I had something ready, I wanted to get a backup plan together, so yesterday I decided to just ignore the frame judder and try to just convert my current timeline (HDV1080i60) to SD.

To convert to SD I simply created a new timeline that was SD/DV/NTSC. Copy/pasted everything from the HDV timeline into it, rendered and took a look.

It was pretty terrible. The image quality was very poor, there was tons of noise/flickering in many of the clips, not to mention the obvious pulldown issues that were already there.

To fix the noise/flickering issues in the clips, a friend suggested that I export Uncompressed QT then create .Tiff files of each frame, import those into Shake and fix it in there. I'm not familiar with Shake, but my friend offered to show me how to do this.

One thing I totally didn't get was the fact that my 30p footage looked like it had interlacing problems when it shouldn't. My camera shoots progressive.

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Seriously. There has to be a better way to fix all these problems. I did some searching and found a few things.

This <a href="http://digitalcontentproducer.com/hdhdv/depth/edit_v1_final_cut_052907/index1.html">Workaround</a> for 24A.

Would re-capturing my used media as AIC and using the above workaround solve some of my problems? Any and all advice is appreciated.

Just need a quick clarification on FCP...
 

So FCP 5.1 supports HDV editing? Specifically, can it effectively capture 24f from the XH-A1?

Thanks :)

AUdio export
 

Anyone know the best way to export audio from a sequence (audio only, no video) to then use in itunes for transcription. I can do it as a AIFF file but those are huge files.
How about as AAC or MP3?
Any work flow would help.

I have FCS2

R

The files exported from SoundtrackPro don't sound like my mix. Help!
 

I'm in FCS2 and I have a multitrack project open. I've tweaked and added EQ and reverb using SpaceDesigner and gotten the dialogue to sound how I want it to sound.

All I want to do is to export the single line of dialogue to an aiff file. However, whenever I do any export, whether it's a full mixdown, individual tracks or whatever, the resulting file sounds nothing like what I'm hearing in SoundTrack.

Most noticeably, the reverb is WAYYY off. I have just a small touch of small room reverb that I added with Space Designer, but my exported files sound like they're in a cavern. Additionally, immediately after exporting if I play back my Soundtrack timeline, the reverb is horrible there as well. But then all I have to do is open and then close the Space Designer window and everything in my timeline plays normally again.

I've had other issues with SoundTrack as well, but this seems to be the most basic and hopefully has the easiest solution. There's obviously something wrong here and I'm hoping somebody knows a way to fix it. All I want to do is to export an aiff that sounds like what I'm hearing in SoundTrack.

Thanks

HDV to DVCPROHD conversion in FCP
 

I have some HDV footage, shot in 24p mode on the HV20, which I need to convert to DVCPROHD to be cut with Varicam footage. I've captured the material into FCP using the HDV preset, and the clips look OK. However when I attempt to do the conversion, the resulting clip has "ghost"/double image frames in it. Can someone run me through the settings in case I am missing something (frame dominance or some such)?

Peel in Motion 3
 

I'm new to motion and would appreciate help on this presumably straightforward task:

I'm working with 3d space enabled in the new motion and trying to do a peel of a 2d image. I'd expect there to be a pre-made behavior for this but haven't found it and have not had luck creating it. If I've neglected any necessary info, apologies.

Thanks,
Jack

Log and Capture, FCS2, Firestore, Deck...Faster????
 

I am shooting nature footage in the bay ...lots of footage for each 20 second clip that is good. So, I have to log and capture.

What is the fastest, most straight forward, way to log and capture?
FCS2, Firestore, a deck...what?


I have FCE 3.5.1, Mac book Pro 2.16 - gig, 1t my book, Cannon Xh A1. Shooting in 60i 1080. DHVSCap. Mpegstreamclip.

Willing try anything else.

Thanks in advance.