Workflow for Sony HVR-Z1U???


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Workflow for Sony HVR-Z1U???
by Steve C on Sep 13, 2006 at 2:57:33 am

The senior editor/chief engineer here talked the company into getting a Sony HVR-Z1U with a HDV 1080I Mini DV Deck and DV Rack sotware.
The plan was to use the DV Rack software and record directly to the laptop's internal drive or a 250 G-Disk. Then copy the files to the G-raid that we edit from.

We they gave it a try only to find out that Final Cut would not recognize the files becuase they were Muxed, (If I remember correctly this only is a issue when we shoot HD.) So he scrapped the whole proccess.

I seems a waste to have the DVD rack software, the laptops and not be able to find a way to make this work.

I figure if anyone has found a work around it would be someone on the COW.

Steve Cohen

Senoir Editor

O2 Media Inc.

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Re: Workflow for Sony HVR-Z1U???
by Tim Kolb on Sep 14, 2006 at 1:11:54 am

Final Cut should be able to read HDV files...they're MPEG Transport Stream...do you have an older version?

Native HDV settings should work...

TimK,

Kolb Productions,
Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
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Re: Workflow for Sony HVR-Z1U???
by Steve C on Sep 14, 2006 at 6:32:52 am

At the time I last tried we were using Version 4.5 or 5, we now have 5.1 on the systems, but I haven't tried it with that version.

Just to be clear. it should be able to read the files that were recorded out of DV Rack onto the PC Hard drive or the G-Disk.

We are not talking about digitizing from the HDV 1080I Mini DV Deck.

The whole point of this in the beginning was to eliminate the digitizing step.

Thanks;

Steve Cohen

Senoir Editor

O2 Media Inc.

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Re: Workflow for Sony HVR-Z1U???
by Tim Kolb on Sep 16, 2006 at 3:27:27 am

I'm not a Mac user so I guess I'm theorizing, but since Premiere Pro, Vegas, Edius, etc. will load all that stuff on the PC side...I would think it would fly on the Apple side...though DV Rack is a PC package and I suppose there could be a cross-platform issue?

TimK,

Kolb Productions,
Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
www.focalpress.com
www.classondemand.net

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