Re: Capture HDV through SDI

Hi Tracey,

If you use the "Blackmagic HDTV" easy setups in Final Cut Pro, it will configure Final Cut Pro to capture via the input of our cards rather than the firewire ports on the Mac. These setups will use the RS422 connection to get timecode.

If you need timecode in your capture from the XH-G1, you will need to get it via the firewire port. Since Final Cut Pro does not allow you to decouple HDV firewire deck control from HDV video capture, you'll need to set your camera to down convert on the firewire output, then in Log and Capture, choose DV NTSC or PAL as the deck control option.

regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design