Canon HV30 Capture Setup

For information only (not a question). Several posters have complained about the capture of HDV from a Canon HV30 in FCE. Their complaint is that when connecting the camera via firewire only a few seconds of video is captured before ‘End of Tape’ is encountered and capture stops. Here is my solution. I have a very modest system (iBook G4 using OSX 10.4.11 with a 1.33GHz processor). I run FCE 4.0.1 on the internal hard drive and capture the HD video to an external 1TB LaCie Big Disk extreme+. I use the Easy Setup: Format HD; Use: HDV-Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i60 and then use File > Capture to capture video from the Canon HV30 HDV camera*. The critical factor is to connect the external hard drive (LaCie in my case) to the system using the USB 2.0 connection and the Camera to the system via Firewire.* I have imported several one hour tapes (60GB each) without any problems. New clips, of course, are produced at camera scene changes but the entire tape is captured. My system runs behind the camera about 65% when transcoding the video to the Apple codec. I reconnect the external drive via firewire after the capture for editing. Hope this helps someone get connected.

You mentioned the size limit issue. I have an hour-long video shot on HD on the HV30. I capture it on FCE (no problems on my end with this) and it ends up a 30 GB file before I can even start editing. I give the same tape to my friend with a PC and he pulls out an unedited ~ one (1) GB file. Is this size difference a PC vs Mac thing where I'm dealing with the Apple Intermediate Codec and he doesnt't have to, or am I missing a simple conversion step somewhere between capturing, editing and exporting that I need to do in order to end up with a smaller movie file? I've found that trying to edit and export a 30GB simply takes too much time and I'm sincerely hoping there's a way to end up with a movie still HD without loss of resolution. Or is there some other reason I'm not thinking of?

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    Hi Ron,
    Sorry your having problems - If you live near an Apple store or a friend that has latter hardware/software on their Mac try the HV30 at least you wold know if somethings wrong with the cameras FW port or not. Perhaps you can get the camera exchanged. I have head from quite a number of folks their HV30 work fine with Macs, iMovie an FCE.
    I went ahead and purchased the HV30 it should arrive early this coming week -
    One thing - As I mentioned before in other posts to this board I do have a Canon gl2 and it is very touchy about any other FW devices connected most times the computer will not even recognize the camera. Try the HV30 as the only device on the FW port. I'm using iMovie 6.0.4 and FCE 3.5 I'll post how things go - you have got me a little worried though.
    My 2 cents - best wishes,
    Steve
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  • Premiere Elements 11 no longer recognizes Canon HV30

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  • Canon HV30 Question

    Hello.
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    #28 Having to render every clip in the timeline
    Shane's Stock Answer #28: When I put a clip in the timline, I have to render it before it will play. Why?
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  • Using Canon HV30 in 30p mode - settings for FCE?

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  • Question about canon HV30

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    Okay Here's a guide. This will give you some awesome looking footage to work with:
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    3. Capture Preset: HDV
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