JVC-GY-100U Issues

Okay, if anyone can push me on the right direction on this one it would be very helpful. I am a freelance editor that is trying to edit footage shot on the jvc-gy-100u.

I received a hard drive with captured clips as .wmv's. I attempted to import them into Avid Xpress Pro 3.0. There were glitches on nearly every shot, some of them would not import, and there were audio dropouts. After this failed I tried to import the same files into Adobe Premiere Pro CS, but I experienced similar issues. There were glitches over the files, audio dropouts, but unlike Avid all of the files did import. I played the captured files in Windows Media Player and they worked, although there were a few audio problems and a wave like motion on pans and tilts.

I spoke with the Producer, who captured the footage to the hard drive and he captured with a Sony-TRV camera. He said that he did not experience any problems during his capture. The tapes played down fine on his camera.

I received the original tapes from him to attempt to capture myself. One of them was an HDV tape and the other 4 were regular Mini-DV. They were all labeled by the shooter as 16X9, 24P, 720P. Can 720P footage even be recorded to regular mini dv tapes?

When I attempted to play back the footage on a DVX and HVX the audio would cut in and out over and over. There were video glitches when the camera panned or tilted. When I tried to capture using these cameras the same glitches and audio dropouts appeared as in camera.

I recognize that DVX & HVX tape decks can't play 720p footage, so this is a potential problem. But why was the Producer able to capture the footage successfully with a camera that was not HDV or capable of 720p recording?

Also, I edited a piece for them a month ago and the same steps were taken. The process was successful. I know this may be confusing, but if anyone has info that could push me in the right direction it would be helpful. thanks.

- Kieran