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Forum: Final Cut Suite May 26th, 2007, 11:38 AM
Replies: 145
Views: 56,908
Posted By James Miller
There is a way to capture channels 3 & 4, I used...

There is a way to capture channels 3 & 4, I used to do this on my XL2 but you have to capture all the footage again (just the audio not video).

See page 288 of the online manual.

I can't...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 25th, 2007, 11:48 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,245
Posted By James Miller
Heath, You cannot monitor an active HDV...

Heath,

You cannot monitor an active HDV sequence as HDV to a deck or camera, but FCP 6 will output a SD DV signal back over firewire.

You can view this from camera/deck and record , but only...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 25th, 2007, 09:03 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,245
Posted By James Miller
Yes, and it's not bad, I recorded the feed from...

Yes, and it's not bad, I recorded the feed from my HDV timeline straight to a DVD recorder from firewire and it looks good.
Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques May 24th, 2007, 11:56 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,279
Posted By James Miller
Man, he really like Abba. I bet he slept well...

Man, he really like Abba. I bet he slept well that night. The pro hardly get a look in.
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 24th, 2007, 02:39 PM
Replies: 145
Views: 56,908
Posted By James Miller
Hi, It sound like the clip you recorded was in...

Hi, It sound like the clip you recorded was in AIC. If you want to go down the HDV route, bin your existing capture and use the easy-setup for the HDV preset to match your camera.

Remember if FCP...
Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques May 24th, 2007, 09:35 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,834
Posted By James Miller
Michael, I really enjoyed the 'Music Video' . You...

Michael, I really enjoyed the 'Music Video' . You make me feel old!, I wish that I had discovered film at an earlier age. Well done.
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 22nd, 2007, 12:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,525
Posted By James Miller
Have you tried to open one of the FCP autosave...

Have you tried to open one of the FCP autosave files?.

If you can open the file on an other mac, can you use relink the media and then use media manager to export the project into a new project?....
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 21st, 2007, 01:03 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,885
Posted By James Miller
Codec Screen Grabs

Codec Screen Grabs- The folder is a bit of a mess but on the top of the grab the quicktime window show the file names.

http://www.millermiller.co.uk/dvinfo

100% frame sizes
HDV - AIC (8...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 21st, 2007, 09:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,885
Posted By James Miller
Gene, If you compare a clip captured in FCP using...

Gene, If you compare a clip captured in FCP using the apple HDV codec and then the same clip captured in DVHSCap and transcoded into an intermediate codec like AIC or DVCPRO HD, there is a...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 21st, 2007, 12:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,885
Posted By James Miller
Hi Meryem, I have all the popular presets...

Hi Meryem,

I have all the popular presets and agree that DVCPRO does handle fast motion better and the colour space does has more latitude for adjustment.

Transcoding from HDV did not show as...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 20th, 2007, 02:24 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,767
Posted By James Miller
Joe, When I said I capture .m2t, I do this using...

Joe, When I said I capture .m2t, I do this using DVHSCap (downloaded from Apple Developers web site, part of the FirewireSDK package).

I capture my tapes using this program and that format is in...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 20th, 2007, 10:37 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,767
Posted By James Miller
Trish, When I'm under pressure then HDV...

Trish,

When I'm under pressure then HDV capture is what I'll use. When I have more time to fiddle with a job (and fiddle I do best) I use AIC or now maybe ProRes. With these intermediates I have...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 20th, 2007, 01:54 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,767
Posted By James Miller
Capture to .m2t then convert to unscaled AIC to...

Capture to .m2t then convert to unscaled AIC to stay cleaner.
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 19th, 2007, 08:09 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,616
Posted By James Miller
Is the timeline grey are green. or Try just...

Is the timeline grey are green.
or
Try just within qucktime, copy paste each clip, save as reference.
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 19th, 2007, 07:03 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,616
Posted By James Miller
Have a look at the file size it should be only a...

Have a look at the file size it should be only a few meg.
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 19th, 2007, 06:31 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,616
Posted By James Miller
Are you trying to save as a reference quicktime...

Are you trying to save as a reference quicktime file? The end file size should be tiny as no re-encoding takes place.
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 19th, 2007, 03:31 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,657
Posted By James Miller
David, as I understand it the .mt2 file is mpeg...

David, as I understand it the .mt2 file is mpeg compressed, when transcoded using MPEG Streamclip and selecting the native setting that does not require any scaling 1440x1080 square pixels and the...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 19th, 2007, 03:02 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,616
Posted By James Miller
As you have brought the clips into a sequence,...

As you have brought the clips into a sequence, highlight the sequence in the browser and click File/Export/Quicktime movie. Save the sequence as just a reference movie (uncheck 'make movie self...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 19th, 2007, 12:05 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,271
Posted By James Miller
Heath, It is but they are a good set of effects &...

Heath, It is but they are a good set of effects & loops
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 18th, 2007, 05:21 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,245
Posted By James Miller
Yep it downsizes on the fly and outputs via the...

Yep it downsizes on the fly and outputs via the DV Firewire. I had it hooked up to a Sony DVD-R recorder and burned a sample to see if it was a valid signal and it worked.
This means I don't have to...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 18th, 2007, 05:10 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,657
Posted By James Miller
Workflow using Apple DVHSCap: Capture clip or...

Workflow using Apple DVHSCap:
Capture clip or tape using DVHSCap, very simple program with no preview.
You would have selected the directory in which to save the file, if you can't locate it do a...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 18th, 2007, 11:57 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 6,250
Posted By James Miller
Final times on a 1min test clip basic codecs

1 Min Native HDV Test Clip

HDV to Prores 2:26 sec
HDV to Prores 1280x720 1.44 sec
HDV to Prores 1280x720 + sharpening 4.26 sec

HDV to AIC 1:28 sec
HDV to AIC 1280x720 1.13 sec
HDV to AIC...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 18th, 2007, 10:04 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 6,250
Posted By James Miller
Old Mac G5 Dual 2.0 5Gb Ram 3TB. For 1 Min...

Old Mac G5 Dual 2.0 5Gb Ram 3TB. For 1 Min transcoding from HDV to ProRes SQ was 3 mins ProRes HQ around 3.30 mins.

Have not tried many timeline renders yet, but it feels much like AIC. Picture...
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 18th, 2007, 09:55 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,245
Posted By James Miller
Thanks, Andy - I should have read the manual. I...

Thanks, Andy - I should have read the manual. I was just happy at the time to get a SD preview back on my sony monitor. :-)
Forum: Final Cut Suite May 18th, 2007, 09:29 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 6,250
Posted By James Miller
Hi Adam, I should have said 'FCP6 captures...

Hi Adam,

I should have said 'FCP6 captures directly the formats HDV and AIC but not Prosres. Set up using standard firewire, with no breakout box.'

Also, trying to find out if Motion 3 can use...
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