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December 6th, 2009, 04:39 AM
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Z5 Captures issues
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Ok i have a sony HVR z5P and a i had a guy helping me shoot a wedding with a Sony Z7.. Now the issues is i put the tapes that the guy with the Sony Z7 recorded into my Z5 and i keep getting a "No output image in the VCR" HDV/DV change format??" When i press play the camera shoots from HDV in and when i press play DVin really quickly and then says the above error message?? So i kinda lost i tried to change the settings on the camera and i paid this guy $600 for the day... and he gave me 5 tapes that he took. The footage from the tapes can be seen on my z5 but i cant captures it?.... Im thinking that he had it recored in DV not HD.... If it doesnt work its $600 down the drain paying the guy......... thanks jason Last edited by Jason Selmes; December 6th, 2009 at 04:42 AM. Reason: changes |
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December 6th, 2009, 04:49 AM
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ok it turns out the guy recorded in DV format!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dammit i pay good money to record in HDV and he provides this shit!!!!!!
When i playing the footage on my Z5 is says DVin and DVout when playing... GRRRRRRRRRR ok how do i capture the DV footage that this guy captured on his Z7? |
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December 6th, 2009, 04:56 AM
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OK.
The guy has captured in DV format. SHIT!!! what is the best way i can fix this? Im so annoyed right now.... I just finished capturing the DV format footage from what the other camerman shot. What are my options in regard to my HDV footage and the DV footage that the other guy supplied? Last edited by Jason Selmes; December 6th, 2009 at 05:40 AM. |
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December 6th, 2009, 07:10 AM
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Jason,
Relax. Capturing with the Z5 in DV is not the end of the world. What you can do is to downconvert the HDV that you captured with the Z7 in DV while you importing it to your editing software and then you have the DV format of the Z5 the converted DV format of the Z7 and burn the combined edited result in DVD. The result is excellent!!! I have done this several times with my Z5 and FX7. Stelios
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December 6th, 2009, 08:45 PM
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I know i was starting to panic wondering what i was going to do. I checked out another thread that tells me what to do. Hmm i guess ill have to recapture my footage from my camera to DV....
hmmm more time waste... lol........ oh well atleast its not all lost |
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December 7th, 2009, 03:25 AM
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thanks Jason |
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December 7th, 2009, 12:26 PM
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Jason,
Your frustration could have been avoided with some communication ahead of time. You know this now obviously. When I hire help, all of them get a shoot sheet on which production parameters are listed including: Description of shoot, shoot title and shoot designator (this is what they'll invoice against) Call date and time Location of shoot including directions, map, and even parking suggestions and exact point to rally What the contractor should bring and what I, as producer bring. (e.g., camera operator brings own camera and tripod, I bring lighting, etc.) Type of camera and format used including resolution and frame rate. Expected duration of shoot and whether craft services are provided or french hours. Deliverable parameters including real and virtual product (tapes, disks, hardware, or .ftp) There are always too many unknowns and chances for goof ups but at least the basics are not assumed, I've yet to run into a glitch operationally in this area. Good luck on the next shoot. Dave Burckhard PicturePoint On-line |
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December 7th, 2009, 01:26 PM
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December 7th, 2009, 02:32 PM
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It's annoying I know, and you always want to maintain the best quality for as long as possible, but if you're only going out to DVD you'd have had to down convert it at some point anyway. |
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December 7th, 2009, 03:20 PM
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Hi Adam and friends thanks for the replies.
Adam, Do i output to 16:9 after my project is finished and ready to go to DVD? It seems the DV footage is 6:4 off the camera that I captured last night. As far as ive read this is normal for SD footage. Is this true? Funny thing is Ive only done Blue ray stuff and not much DVD so no real need to downvonvert etc. Plus ive never really done much SD 6:4 stuff so to get this stuf in widescreen should I do it once the final product is ready to render and burn to DVD? thanks guys |
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December 7th, 2009, 03:35 PM
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Do you mean the DV stuff is 4:3? That will be a problem. I thought he shot DV 16:9. You might have to edge crop your 16:9 HDV footage to match, because if you letterbox his stuff it'll look really bad. You'll take a huge resolution hit.
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December 7th, 2009, 04:50 PM
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Well it seems as i have captured it off the tapes as 4:3 as the box looks squished... It sure is looks to be the way its coming off the tape....
hmmm i might check out my premiere pro settings and see if i can project it to widescreen............ hmmmmm Then again maybe because its squished to 4:3 it may be the way im capturing it? im going to go home and test it... |
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December 7th, 2009, 06:33 PM
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Yeah i just got home and in the capture window it looks 4:3 i should say.... should it be showing widescreen in the capture window? Even my HDV footage down converted to DV is looking 4:3 in the capture window. When i play it with KM player it also it not showing widescreen but 4:3?? shit im confused now :) |
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December 7th, 2009, 06:35 PM
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If it's squished, it's 16:9 made to fit the 4:3 frame. No problem; you can easily un-squish it.
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December 7th, 2009, 07:13 PM
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Thanks Adam,
Ok.. Its weird because when i run the AVI file on mt desktop KM player the quality seems quite poor yet the file is 12gb roughly for 1 hour worth of tape. Is this normal or will it be fine when i render it? It just seems SD quality is shit or is it im doing something wrong? I dont know what i could be doing wrong because throw the tape in log it and capture it... what else is there? When i play the file i seems to be getting horizontal lines especially when the subject moves suddenly or at all to be honest.... im lost here |
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