| | | | Firewire 800 capturing issues
by Samah Bennett on Nov 20, 2009 at 8:06:25 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I have not been able to successfully capture any media using an 800 Firewire port on the new Mac Pros.
Has anyone been able to get their capturing device recognized by (and their media captured onto) a Mac Pro, using a 2 pin to 800 firewire connec | | | | |
| | | | Re: Firewire speeds
by Jeff Mueller on Nov 20, 2009 at 7:21:41 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum
It was very late when I wrote the first post, but I had meant to describe what I am doing in case it is relevant to you, but again, I am a technical novice and I certainly haven't measured actual speeds. Everything I've read says that the back end o | | | | |
| | | | AJA Io
by Chris Rowe on Nov 20, 2009 at 5:54:17 pm
in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum
AJA Io for Final Cut Pro $400
Gently used AJA Io in new condition. This Io was used in professional Final Cut Pro edit suite, to provide a way to capture and lay off to and from component analog, S-Video, Composite and SDI with just a simple Firewir | | | | |
| | | | Re: Workflow workflow
by Joseph Owens on Nov 20, 2009 at 5:09:31 pm
in the Apple Color Forum
I tend to agree with the platform migration as being problematic. Saying that, however, all the AVID codecs are available for use with FCP, and I recently made the trip and it seemed to work fine.
A baked, textless QT for COLOR correction might w | | | | |
| | | | Digitising problem
by Rodrigo Campos on Nov 20, 2009 at 3:22:38 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hi there!
First of all, I would like to clarify that I am a total beginner. I have a problem: my camera (JVC GY - HD250) is not being recognised by my final cut pro system as an external device, therefore I am unable to digitise some footage. Th | | | | |
| | | | Re: Firewire speeds
by Steven Gladstone on Nov 20, 2009 at 11:36:01 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum
Yes, thanks for the help, but I'm trying to find out in a practical application, if I have two Firewire 800 drives daisy changed together, how many MB/sec ought I expect to get transferring data? In an Hour how many Gig can I transfer?
I just pu | | | | |
| | | | Copy P2 cards during a shooting
by Corré van Hensbergen on Nov 20, 2009 at 11:03:23 am
in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
Hi,
Our company has now a P2 HPX301 with 2 P2 32GB cards. I tested the backup of one full P2 cards and timed this actions:
Full P2 30GB > USB2 portable disc: 70 min. (no adapter) incl verifying
Full P2 30GB > USB2 extern disc: 70 min. (7 | | | | |
| | | | Re: Firewire speeds
by Jeff Mueller on Nov 20, 2009 at 7:55:27 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum
I'm pretty much a newbie here, but I've been learning a lot, so I'll try to share (just take it with a grain of salt):
According to Wikipedia:
IEEE 1394b-2002[21] introduced FireWire 800 (Apple's name for the 9-circuit "S800 bilingual" version | | | | |
| | | | Re: Canopus ADVC110 & monitoring video
by Eugene Luzong on Nov 20, 2009 at 7:47:57 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
This is useful information, but my question is why does my audio feed to my external monitor sound like the voice of the exorcist? I have my path looking like this Mac w/ FCP open> 6-6 firewire> canopus> RCA cables out of canopus to splitter in> to s | | | | |
| | | | Firewire speeds
by Steven Gladstone on Nov 20, 2009 at 5:54:32 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum
What kind of speeds ought I expect to get out of firewire 800 ports? I'm transferring files, and the rating is in MB/sec - which I think is Megabytes per second, but Fire wire is rated in megabits/sec. So I'm curious as to what I ought to get in | | | | |
| | | | Ki PRO Newbie Question
by Danny Grizzle on Nov 20, 2009 at 4:05:40 am
in the AJA Ki Pro Forum
I'm budgeting and trying to wrap my head around Ki PRO.
1) Extending life of various HD cameras by recording to PRORES.
2) Workflow advantages taking footage directly into FCP.
3) Conversions are handy.
Is Ki PRO useful for offline data w | | | | |
| | | | P2 Log and Transfer Idle Problem
by Paul Myers on Nov 20, 2009 at 2:53:34 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I transferred my footage from the HVX200 to my external hard drive (connected to iMac 2Ghz through Firewire) and went to Log and Transfer window in FCP 6.0.
The 1080 60i footage plays fine through the preview window of Log & Transfer, but every | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is Fibre Affordable yet?
by Bob Zelin on Nov 20, 2009 at 2:34:48 am
in the SAN - Storage Area Networks Forum
Todd,
the answer is NO. I just did an install ( I assisted in an install) with an Apple XSAN, all fibre channel, and the incredible help of SANtech, and Jordan Wood's Active Storage. A 16 terabyte install was 90 grand. It BLOWS THE DOORS off of | | | | |
| | | | Re: How are new camcorders in low light?
by Hector Melendez on Nov 20, 2009 at 12:28:33 am
in the Sony DV Forum
Thanks Jeff for your response. Well as though I'm afraid my search is lost. When you use to get the quality of a VX2000/100 is hard to find smomething comparable as this price range. As I stated, manufacturers emphatized in others bell's & whistles a | | | | |
| | | | FCP/Canon XHA1 full screen playback
by Andy Mitchell on Nov 19, 2009 at 11:48:52 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hey guys, I've been a long time reader, first time member. You've helped me a lot in the past, and now, well, I got a doozie for ya.
I just got a Canon XHA1s and shot some footage just around my house to test it out. I shot HDV, 24f, 1080i. As per | | | | |
| | | | Re: Snow Leopard, P2 and FCS 2
by Terry Jun on Nov 19, 2009 at 8:56:41 pm
in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
Just wanted to let you guys know that I did not have to load the drivers to access the files from the camera via firewire in SL. I just needed the drivers to try to make it work on the DuelAdapter. But having an external FW800 with Leopard fixes that | | | | |
| | | | Re: Snow Leopard, P2 and FCS 2
by James Meagher on Nov 19, 2009 at 8:53:43 pm
in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
I downloaded some P2 Snow Leopard drivers from here earlier today:
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/cs/csregistp2m/ep2main/macp2driver_e.htm
I've downloaded the contents of my P2 card by firewire from my HVX200 in PC MODE (1394 D | | | | |
| | | | Log & Capture won't appear
by Alex Joseph on Nov 19, 2009 at 8:40:06 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to help with this issue.
I am working with FCP 6. I am attempting to capture HDV footage w/ a Sony HVR-M25AU deck via firewire. For settings, I am going to 'Easy Setup' and choosing 'HDV' format.
When I choo | | | | |
| | | | Re: Make an interactive slide show?
by Kent Clark on Nov 19, 2009 at 7:33:37 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Bob, you're right about not needing Vegas on site. I was a little too brief. I'm going to be at my inlaws house and right now I need to have the project finished that weekend for my father-in-law to mail out. Ideally I'd have a laptop with Vegas, | | | | |
| | | | XDCam video playback stutters
by Marc Murray on Nov 19, 2009 at 6:15:41 pm
in the AVID Forum
Editing on Macbook Pro 2.2 Core 2 Duo, 4GBs ram on Avid MC 3.5. Using several external drives, but for this question, it's a Lacie Rugged 500GB Firewire external (might be 5400 RPM...not sure).
My XDCam footage (35MPs) stutters horribly. I've trie | | | | |
| | | | Re: cc with FCP 7
by Dan Dujnic on Nov 19, 2009 at 4:33:05 pm
in the Closed Captioning - NEW ! Forum
Hi Chris,
The workflow you're thinking of that has it's captions killed by firewire is the black movie workflow. A black movie is a 720x486 clip with the captioning information at the top that you drop directly into your timeline and crop 98% fro | | | | |
| | | | Re: new iMac QUAD-CORE & FCP2/3 - Strong enough?
by Zane Barker on Nov 19, 2009 at 4:23:54 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Aviv have you looked at the benchmarks on the new iMacs?
http://osxdaily.com/2009/11/17/imac-27-core-i5-and-i7-models-benchmarks-are-very-impressive/
If you have looked at them then you would see what a big difference the i7 has over the i5, so | | | | |
| | | | Decklink Studio & Canon's 24f
by Jason Scherer on Nov 19, 2009 at 4:19:58 pm
in the Blackmagic Design Forum
So after wanting to throw firewire interfaces and transcoding times out the window, I was looking at the Decklink Studio for my 2007 Mac Pro, running 10.4.11. Some questions:
1. Since I have a Caldigit RAID card recently installed, will one PCI- | | | | |
| | | | Decklink Studio & Canon's 24f
by Jason Scherer on Nov 19, 2009 at 4:15:36 pm
in the Blackmagic Design Forum
So after wanting to throw firewire interfaces and transcoding times out the window, I was looking at the Decklink Studio for my 2007 Mac Pro, running 10.4.11. Some questions:
1. Since I have a Caldigit RAID card recently installed, will one PCI- | | | | |
| | | | Re: cc with FCP 7
by Chris Winters on Nov 19, 2009 at 2:22:38 pm
in the Closed Captioning - NEW ! Forum
It is possible that the "Firewire" is causing the CC to be removed. At least this was my problem working with SD firewire going into my DVCPro deck several years ago. SD firewire only allows 720 x 480 and not the "486" that is needed to fix line 21 | | | | |
| | | | Re: Video Output
by walter biscardi on Nov 19, 2009 at 1:14:01 pm
in the Apple Color Forum
[Forrest Love] "Is there anyway I can send a signal via 1394 to my DSR-11 deck to view on a monitor?"
No, Color does not support firewire output to any device except the AJA Io HD. And for that only SD is supported.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, | | | | |
| | | | cc with FCP 7
by Ron Beard on Nov 19, 2009 at 12:21:50 pm
in the Closed Captioning - NEW ! Forum
Welcome, and thanks for this forum!
I am having trouble cc our video out of FCP 7. The work flow is this, produce the video in Final Cut, we get our .scc file with all the proper timecode for our timeline, DVCPro50 letter box. Using "Edit to Tape" | | | | |
| | | | Re: Sony HVR-A1 - problem with Windows 7
by David Jaques on Nov 19, 2009 at 9:25:21 am
in the Sony DV Forum
G'day Brian - you're a pearler! you've solved my problem. Your last suggestion - "If the above doesn't work, repeat the steps and bring the computer up with the cam on. AV/C multifunction Device" fixed the error. So if anyone else has the same proble | | | | |
| | | | problem with DV avi larger than 2GB
by Daniel Ciuca on Nov 19, 2009 at 7:13:48 am
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hello
I'm working with Premiere CS3, SD PAL footage, captured through firewire and WinDV, as DV avi Type 2. The problem is, when I play the timeline, every single clip that is larger than 2GB has video issues (it stops playing) but the audio is ok | | | | |
| | | | Video Output
by Forrest Love on Nov 19, 2009 at 12:44:09 am
in the Apple Color Forum
Is there anyway I can send a signal via 1394 to my DSR-11 deck to view on a monitor? When I go to Setup, the Video Output is disabled and all the firewire options are greyed out. I have a Aja Io La box that needs to be fixed, is it not possible to | | | | |
| | | | Re: Canon HG10 and FCP 6
by Billy Schweig on Nov 18, 2009 at 11:38:23 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
So I don't see a 1080i prores hq option...is it the Apple Intermediate Codec? Uncompressed 10bit 4:2:2?
and does it matter that at least for the former, it says the device control preset is a Sony HDV Firewire whereas the Canon HG10 only has USB?? | | | | |
| | | | Re: AJA KONA LHi
by Shane Ross on Nov 18, 2009 at 10:33:21 pm
in the AJA Kona Forum
[Larry Watts] "How big a role does the card play in a typical edit?"
Capture...output...view your footage on an external monitor...take the task of unsqueezing anamorphic footage off of the computer and GFX card and shouldering it.
[Larry Wat | | | | |
| | | | Convergent Design | nano takes EX3 to new level
In today's High Definition video production world, digital acquisition is now the mainstream workflow for a wide spectrum of production levels. In this article, CreativeCOW leader Michael Palmer takes a look at Convergent Design's new nanoFlash SDI/HDMI digital recorder.
Review, Editorial
Author: Michael Palmer |
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| | | | Art of the Edit | Making Big Plans
Today, South Africa. Tomorrow, the world. Eugen and his colleagues at 3DTree carefully plan every job, plan how to extend their creativity - and yes, their expansion into Hollywood.
Feature, People / Interview
Author: Eugen Olsen |
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| | | | Apple Final Cut Pro | Capture HDV to ProRes in FCP over FireWire
One of the features that snuck into the new edition of Final Cut Studio is that you can now capture HDV directly to ProRes over FireWire! There are a couple of issues you'll want to consider, but Chris Poisson, a Cow member since 2001, takes you step by step through a process that can make a big difference to the way you edit HDV in Final Cut Pro from now on.
Tutorial
Author: Chris Poisson |
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| | | | Adobe Photoshop | Video Preview
In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington explains how to output a DV video signal directly to a SD video monitor from Adobe Photoshop using a digital video converter via firewire and video preview controls. This is a very helpful tool for making adjustments to your color correction for use in broadcast video.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Richard Harrington |
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| | | | FireStore | WiebeTECH Firestore 800 Drives
Walter Biscardi is a leader in both our Final Cut Pro and Pinnacle CinéWave forum communities where Cow members have long appreciated his friendly and insightful input. Firewire drives have become the backbone of many video editors and producers and with the advent of Firewire 800, the possibility that Uncompressed Video Editing via Firewire has been raised. In this article, Walter takes a look at the WiebeTECH Firestore 800.
Review
Author: Walter Biscardi |
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| | | | Corporate Video | Media 100 Producer: Media 100's software-only editor
Creative Cow's Nick Griffin, a longtime Media 100 user, switched to Final Cut Pro a few years ago. Here, he explores Media 100 Producer, a new software-only editor from Media 100. Media 100 Producer offers a mobile and scalable editing environment as well as FireWire I/O and Panasonic P2 acquisition capabilities. Ideal for in-the-field or mobile editing, editors using Media 100 Producer can shoot using their Panasonic P2 camera and immediately begin editing. In addition, Media 100 Producer can use media captured by Apple Final Cut Pro and Media 100 and output via FireWire or export to DVD or web. Nick explores this latest offering from Media 100 and gives it 4-1/2 Cows out of five. Why? read on...
Review
Author: Nick Griffin |
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| | | | Stereoscopic 3D - NEW ! | FotoKem: 3D DI
FotoKem opened as a film lab in 1963, and has continued to evolve and expand. Here are some of the tools they're using as the industry, and their business, now adds another dimension.
Tutorial, Feature, People / Interview
Author: John Daro |
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| | | | Aurora Video Systems | Aurora PipePro
Aurora's PipePro is a single-slot PCI card with SDI/Firewire input with embedded audio, analog component, S-Video and composite output, 4 channel AES audio in, 6 channel AES audio out, RS-422 control, Genlock and many other features -- all for $799 (US). Here is Walter's report for Cow members.
Review
Author: Walter Biscardi |
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| | | | FireStore | Creative Cow looks at the FireStore from Focus Enhancements
Tim Kolb explores the FireStore system from Focus Enhancements. The FireStore allows camera operators to shoot directly to FireWire harddrives, allowing longer shoot times and also giving users the ability to hook the drive directly to their computers, avoiding the capture process. A real time saver.
Review
Author: Tim Kolb |
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| | | | HDV Format | HDV/DV Rack by Serious Magic
There are times when a piece of software or hardware comes along that changes your thinking about what tools are critical in your work. DV Rack was one of those pieces for Emmy Award winner, Tim Kolb. The ability to have accurate and comprehensive image and audio quality measurement via FireWire anywhere you can power a laptop changed the way Tim thought about acquiring video. With the arrival of the HDV Power Pak upgrade module, the same technical control is now available for those of us shooting HDV. Read the rest of Tim's review.....
Review
Author: Tim Kolb |
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| | | | HD High-End | LaCie d2 Big Disk Extreme
A few months back Walter Biscardi had the eye opening experience of testing one of the first Firewire 800 drives to come along. At that time, he did not believe all the hype about FW800 being able to run Uncompressed video with any reliability. But that test sure made a believer out of him. Now Firewire 800 is making the evolution from a single drive unit, to multiple drive units striped together in RAID format with LaCie introducing the d2 Big Disk Extreme series. In this article, Walter takes this new offering from LaCie for a test drive. Walter Biscardi is a leader in both our Final Cut Pro and Pinnacle CinéWave forum communities where Cow members have long appreciated his friendly and insightful input.
Review
Author: Walter Biscardi |
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| | | | Broadcast Video | South Park: TV's Longest Week
An animated show that completes an entire episode, from writing to air, in only six days? Delivered to the network with only minutes to spare? Meet the producers and editors of South Park, winner of 3 Emmys, a Peabody Award for Excellence and many more, as they take you inside the tools and technologies enabling one of the most pressure-packed workflows imaginable.
People / Interview
Author: Tim Wilson |
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