Re: How do you set up FPC to capture using the Sheer Video codecs?

Well, I admit that I haven't had the chance to use their phone support which I will Thursday (got a shoot Monday through Wednesday).

If anyone out there who knows how to set up the sheer codec to work on FCP would be so kind as to recommend an easy setup I'd really appreciate it.

For the time being, I need a setup that will allow me to capture material shot on the JVC HD100 camera in HDV at 24fps, progressive, playing back from the JVC BR-HD50 deck into a 3ghz dual core intel mac with a Kona LHe card and 5gigs of memory. I'm running the newest OSX 10.5.3 and the latest Final Cut Studio versions.

When I try the KONA easy set up provided with the sheer software, during log and capture my preview on the computer is disabled and my external playback monitor (through my kona card) is likewise a bunch of pink lines. Same thing happens when I choose the generic template.

Even when I change the playback output video settings in the "audio and video settings" to "AJA Kona 720p59.94 8 bit (1280x720) (the one I normally use) and leave the sheer codec as my capture settings, the same thing happens, pink lines and preview disabled.

The sheer codec that I thought was logical and I have been trying to use is the "Kona2:720p60df Sheer Y'CBCr 8bv 4:2:2p"

I'd like to try the codec out and find a way to get it to work. I've heard rave reviews and want to have something that I can easily export to a windoz machine without transcoding.

If anyone has a suggested set up or knows about something that I need to do to get it to work (change settings in quicktime pro?) please let me know.

Best,

Michael Escher
Los Angeles, CA