Re: What is the Official XL-H1 24F FCP Workflow?

Just to confirm, I was dumb/ confused/ mislead before I started working on this. :(
But NOW I know some stuff for certain. ...er, pretty much.


With the 1st Generation Canon XL-H1, if you record 1080 to HDV tape and choose the 3rd position for frame rate, you will record 24F.
This footage is like an HDV version of "24p Advanced (2:3:3:2)" on the DV NTSC format Canon XL2.
This format is also, called "Native 24P" on the HV40 and newer Sony cameras.

Final Cut Pro can capture this format, without issue, if you use the proper Easy Setup: "HDV 1080p24 Firewire Basic."

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This format is HDV and as such has a 4:2:0 color space and is 1440 x 1080.

But if you have FCP 6.0.2 or newer, you have the ability to capture HDV footage DIRECTLY into ProRes 422 and even ProRes 422 (HQ) [10-bit].

A man named Andrew Balis figured it out and even produced some FCP Easy Setups that you can download:

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/capture_hdv_prores_fw_balis.html

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I recently learned that this is also the format of 24fps that Canon has added to the HV40.

This was super confusing to me, because everyone has been touting that the HV20 and HV30 can all do 24fps, but that you have to remove the pulldown afterward.

I am really surprised Canon didn't simply include the 24F HDV "native" format from the start.

The HV10 can read 24F from the XL-H1, and even calls it "HDV 24F" on screen during playback. But for some reason it cannot record INTO that format.

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I have also confirmed that the 1st Generation Canon XL-H1 cannot feed its 24F mode into an AJA IoHD.

From what I've heard, the special footage flags are not sent out over the HD-SDI.