FCP HD and the Varicam

Hi folks-

Just wanted to post a few words as I was running the demos of the new 1200A DVCPROHD Firewire deck at NAB. This thing rocks- works exactly like a standard DV deck for edit, capture and timeline playback in FCP HD only you get to work with native Varicam footage.

The Frame Rate Converter plugin works well- I got to play around with a beta version. It handles all frame rates the Varicam shoots and will conform them to 23.98 and 60(and one other framerate though I'm not sure what it was.) The conversion is done on a clip by clip basis by selecting a captured clip in the browser. The plugin shows up in the Tools menu of FCP HD. In other words- you don't need the FRC anymore to get your Variable frame rate shots out. All you need is FCP HD and the 1200A deck.

Noah

PS- Rune is a very cool dude in person and has a lovely partner over at Simplemente. :)