Exporting FCPX Project to DVCAM tape?

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Exporting FCPX Project to DVCAM tape?
by Jack Niedenthal on Jul 4, 2012 at 3:13:06 am

I need to export one of my projects onto a DVCAM tape for a film festival, can someone explain to me this process from FCPX?

Do I export my project as a .mov media file first, then use this file to get it put on DVCAM? Or do I need to connect my computer to equipment that makes a DVCAM tape and export it directly onto a tape? Sorry, I know nothing about this, any help you could give would be appreciated.

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

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Re: Exporting FCPX Project to DVCAM tape?
by alban egger on Jul 4, 2012 at 6:05:25 am

FCPX does not offer any print-to-tape functionality!
You could try in iMovie. I think there is a tool for that.

I always use an old Windows laptop with a firewire port. Windows moviemaker does it.......you just need to create a file in FCPX that can be read with Windows. Probably a MPEG program stream.

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Re: Exporting FCPX Project to DVCAM tape?
by Eric Santiago on Jul 4, 2012 at 11:37:27 am

The only to do it is to put a file based system in between the mix.
Basically dump the file onto a DVD or BD then play back to DVCAM.
The other way is to use Blackmagics cheap Intensity PCI card or Shuttle/Extreme.

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Re: Exporting FCPX Project to DVCAM tape?
by T. Payton on Jul 4, 2012 at 5:02:48 pm

Regarding the iMovie you need, it is iMovie HD 6. It used to be free from Apple but not anymore.

As an alternative to making a DVD and then going DVD to DV, I would try to find someone in your area that has FCP 7, or Premier. You could give them a DV Quicktime and they can put it to tape.

As an aside, DVCAM is pretty old technology. It's only SD, and very odd that they would want that. I would go ahead and submit a DVD also to them.

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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque

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Re: Exporting FCPX Project to DVCAM tape?
by Jack Niedenthal on Jul 4, 2012 at 8:57:40 pm

What is DCP-NTSC and how would that work flow go from FCPX?

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

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