Various questions Sony HVR-A1

Jack Major · January 30th, 2007, 01:20 AM

i was wondering if this was capable in premiere pro 2.0 with the a1 and if it does does it only do 60i or can you export as 30p?

Douglas Spotted Eagle · January 30th, 2007, 09:14 AM

Yes, you can export to the A1u from Premiere Pro, but the A1U doesn't accept 30p, so no...you can't export 30p from PP to the A1. You can also export 24p from Premiere, but the camera won't accept 24p without pulldown. In other words, export settings must match the capabilities of the cam receiving the stream.

Marco Wagner · January 30th, 2007, 12:34 PM

Can someone recommend a decent priced 35mm adapter for the A1U? I have about $200 to spend. If not in that price range, how about one for the VX2100?

Idar Lettrem · February 14th, 2007, 01:31 AM

this one is quite frustrating. I previously had a sony fx1 and was pleased in any ways apart from portability. Therefore changed to sony a1e and to my big, big surprise there seems to severe problems in downconverting from hdv to dv. That is: i shoot in rec format 1080i (Shutterspeed set to 1/50 , using tripod) , use i-link (1394) and downconverting when exporting to premiere pro 1.5.
Even during the capture sequence (project settings PAL DV) I see interlacing lines and coarse pixelating in the monitor window. That is before further processing in PP. I have never seen any reports on this forum making this an issue previously and wonders why am I to have such a problem. Any suggestions ?

Hugh Mobley · March 4th, 2007, 11:12 PM

Thought I would put up three clips I took with my A1, they need to load, rendered in Vegas 7, flowers, hummingbird, and birdbath

http://www.hughmobley.com/Untitled-111.html
http://www.hughmobley.com/Untitled-11.html
http://www.hughmobley.com/Untitled-1.html

Russell Pearce · March 6th, 2007, 11:37 AM

Hello to HVR users!

I have a client who wants to add HVR footage to DVX100 footage, what is the best way to shoot the HVR footage? HD, SD, downconvert the HD footage?
any replys or tips greatly appreciated ,cheers
Russ

Russell Pearce · March 8th, 2007, 09:47 AM

ok could somone confirm that if I shoot HD with the A1 and down convert it will look better than shooting standard def on it, bear in mind it needs to go on a 4:3 timeline

cheers Russ

Vidar Vedaa · March 19th, 2007, 01:01 PM

I send some Wildlife cilp from Norway .Wildlife made on sony a1
Some clip is freehand clip.Reddeer and Fox.

http://web.mac.com/vidarjohannesveda....com/Film.html

Vidar Vedaa · March 31st, 2007, 01:49 AM

I have some problem whit my Website sorry,new link is:
http://web.mac.com/vidarjohannesveda...atur/Film.html

Konrad Haskins · April 24th, 2007, 10:47 AM

Back on September 17th I bought a HVR-A1U from B&H. My rebate application got snarled up in the winter storms. I sent Sony a true sob story letter and got my $500 rebate last week :)

Jason Donaldson · May 9th, 2007, 09:01 PM

I recently bought myself an A1U, and playback of tapes that were recorded on my Panasonic PV-GS36 SD camcorder is horrible. I get tons of audio dropout, and the picture is digitized in certain spots. I read on the net, and in the manual, that if a DV tape reorded in the LP format was played back on the A1U, that these effects would be seen. However, I have never recorded anything in LP. The tapes play back fine on the Panasonic, and on my brothers Panasonic AGDVC20P. Any Ideas?

Darren Cole · May 15th, 2007, 11:58 AM

it just might be a bad tape like some type of bad fluke type deal. Sometimes funny things happen. I know some people say if you switch tapes some cames react funning to that. I have been using the same sony tapes since I got my cam in fall.

You could maybe try logging the footy with a different cam and then print back to a different tape so that it will work on your A1U

Jason Donaldson · May 29th, 2007, 10:12 PM

Hi all,

Being new to all this, I have a question I hope can get answered. I have had my A1U for a little less than a month now. I am pretty farmiliar with everything on it. My question is regarding the mic input on the side of the body right above the headphone jack. I bought a used Sony WCS-999 wireless mic set on Ebay (I can hear most of you cringing, but after departing with $3417.00 CAD to aquire the A1U brand new, that's all I can afford at the moment). When I connect the WCS-999 to this mic jack, it turns off the XLR adaptor and the built in mics on the body and only records sound through it. What I didn't know, is that the WCS-999 is mono, and playback of anything recorded by it is left chanel only. Is there any way around this with some kind of splitter/adapter etc? If there isn't, could I use Vegas to copy the soundtrack, and paste a new identical track in order to have "2 chanel sound"? Any help would be appreciated.

Jason

Bob Grant · May 30th, 2007, 06:25 AM

With Vegas just select whichever track the mic is recorded on and Vegas will feed that mono track to both channels in the mix. Say the mic is only on the left (upper) channel, right click the track and under Channels select Left Only, job done. This is actually better than feeding the one mic into both channels as things can go wrong doing that.

Jason Donaldson · June 1st, 2007, 10:14 PM

I built a mini 1/8" male to female XLR adapter, split it, and now have both the wireless and XLR going at the same time...wireless picks up the speeches etc, while the XLR picks up guests reactions etc.

January 30th, 2007, 01:20 AM	#76
Jack Major Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Laguna Beach, California Posts: 61	can hvr-a1u export to tape from NLE? i was wondering if this was capable in premiere pro 2.0 with the a1 and if it does does it only do 60i or can you export as 30p?

January 30th, 2007, 09:14 AM	#77
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	Yes, you can export to the A1u from Premiere Pro, but the A1U doesn't accept 30p, so no...you can't export 30p from PP to the A1. You can also export 24p from Premiere, but the camera won't accept 24p without pulldown. In other words, export settings must match the capabilities of the cam receiving the stream. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

January 30th, 2007, 12:34 PM	#78
Marco Wagner Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 1,043	Need 35mm adapter for A1U Can someone recommend a decent priced 35mm adapter for the A1U? I have about $200 to spend. If not in that price range, how about one for the VX2100? __________________ www.facebook.com/projectspecto

February 14th, 2007, 01:31 AM	#79
Idar Lettrem Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: norway Posts: 50	downconverting from a1e this one is quite frustrating. I previously had a sony fx1 and was pleased in any ways apart from portability. Therefore changed to sony a1e and to my big, big surprise there seems to severe problems in downconverting from hdv to dv. That is: i shoot in rec format 1080i (Shutterspeed set to 1/50 , using tripod) , use i-link (1394) and downconverting when exporting to premiere pro 1.5. Even during the capture sequence (project settings PAL DV) I see interlacing lines and coarse pixelating in the monitor window. That is before further processing in PP. I have never seen any reports on this forum making this an issue previously and wonders why am I to have such a problem. Any suggestions ?

March 4th, 2007, 11:12 PM	#80
Hugh Mobley Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Placentia, Calif Posts: 549	Sony HVR A1 Thought I would put up three clips I took with my A1, they need to load, rendered in Vegas 7, flowers, hummingbird, and birdbath http://www.hughmobley.com/Untitled-111.html http://www.hughmobley.com/Untitled-11.html http://www.hughmobley.com/Untitled-1.html

March 6th, 2007, 11:37 AM	#81
Russell Pearce Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Birmingham England Posts: 69 Images: 1	HVR A1 match to DVX100 Hello to HVR users! I have a client who wants to add HVR footage to DVX100 footage, what is the best way to shoot the HVR footage? HD, SD, downconvert the HD footage? any replys or tips greatly appreciated ,cheers Russ

March 8th, 2007, 09:47 AM	#82
Russell Pearce Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Birmingham England Posts: 69 Images: 1	ok could somone confirm that if I shoot HD with the A1 and down convert it will look better than shooting standard def on it, bear in mind it needs to go on a 4:3 timeline cheers Russ Last edited by Russell Pearce; March 8th, 2007 at 11:05 AM.

March 19th, 2007, 01:01 PM	#83
Vidar Vedaa Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: bergen norway Posts: 235	sony hvr-a1e wildlife-clip I send some Wildlife cilp from Norway .Wildlife made on sony a1 Some clip is freehand clip.Reddeer and Fox. http://web.mac.com/vidarjohannesveda....com/Film.html

March 31st, 2007, 01:49 AM	#84
Vidar Vedaa Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: bergen norway Posts: 235	Wildlife-clip I have some problem whit my Website sorry,new link is: http://web.mac.com/vidarjohannesveda...atur/Film.html

April 24th, 2007, 10:47 AM	#85
Konrad Haskins Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 148	Sony Has a Heart Back on September 17th I bought a HVR-A1U from B&H. My rebate application got snarled up in the winter storms. I sent Sony a true sob story letter and got my $500 rebate last week :)

May 9th, 2007, 09:01 PM	#86
Jason Donaldson Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 180	DV Tape playback problem on A1U I recently bought myself an A1U, and playback of tapes that were recorded on my Panasonic PV-GS36 SD camcorder is horrible. I get tons of audio dropout, and the picture is digitized in certain spots. I read on the net, and in the manual, that if a DV tape reorded in the LP format was played back on the A1U, that these effects would be seen. However, I have never recorded anything in LP. The tapes play back fine on the Panasonic, and on my brothers Panasonic AGDVC20P. Any Ideas?

May 15th, 2007, 11:58 AM	#87
Darren Cole Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 30	it just might be a bad tape like some type of bad fluke type deal. Sometimes funny things happen. I know some people say if you switch tapes some cames react funning to that. I have been using the same sony tapes since I got my cam in fall. You could maybe try logging the footy with a different cam and then print back to a different tape so that it will work on your A1U

May 29th, 2007, 10:12 PM	#88
Jason Donaldson Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 180	HVR-A1U and WCS-999 wireless mic question Hi all, Being new to all this, I have a question I hope can get answered. I have had my A1U for a little less than a month now. I am pretty farmiliar with everything on it. My question is regarding the mic input on the side of the body right above the headphone jack. I bought a used Sony WCS-999 wireless mic set on Ebay (I can hear most of you cringing, but after departing with $3417.00 CAD to aquire the A1U brand new, that's all I can afford at the moment). When I connect the WCS-999 to this mic jack, it turns off the XLR adaptor and the built in mics on the body and only records sound through it. What I didn't know, is that the WCS-999 is mono, and playback of anything recorded by it is left chanel only. Is there any way around this with some kind of splitter/adapter etc? If there isn't, could I use Vegas to copy the soundtrack, and paste a new identical track in order to have "2 chanel sound"? Any help would be appreciated. Jason

May 30th, 2007, 06:25 AM	#89
Bob Grant Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,570	With Vegas just select whichever track the mic is recorded on and Vegas will feed that mono track to both channels in the mix. Say the mic is only on the left (upper) channel, right click the track and under Channels select Left Only, job done. This is actually better than feeding the one mic into both channels as things can go wrong doing that.

June 1st, 2007, 10:14 PM	#90
Jason Donaldson Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Posts: 180	I built a mini 1/8" male to female XLR adapter, split it, and now have both the wireless and XLR going at the same time...wireless picks up the speeches etc, while the XLR picks up guests reactions etc.

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