Capturing HDV 1080i

I just recently purchased a Sony HDR-FX7. I am having some trouble with capturing video and cannot seem to get the settings correct. Can anyone help me on the audio/video and capture and sequence settings for a Sony HDR-FX7 shooting in HDV 1080i? I use Final Cut Pro 5

What have you tried so far? Just checking to see if you are running into a particular problem?
Also note issues regarding FX-7 as in these threads, for instance
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5228844&#5228844
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4653301&#4653301
Subject to the above: Generally you would go to Final Cut Pro->Easy Set Up and select HDV 1080i60 (or 50 if PAL). You will see that it mentioned Sony Control in the selection. (This is 5.1 which I just opened up, not sure which version you are running of 5.) Then create a new project (or a new sequence, though the new project may be easier to keep track of) and it should work. You may need to restart FCP and/or try combinations of turning the camera on to VTR mode either before or after starting FCP. When you open up the log and capture window you should get VTR connected message at the bottom.

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Not enough information. The settings you use depends on exactly what format you shot and what device you're using to capture.

Standard HDV 1080i

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sure before investing and not having to cry afterwards . Thank you for kind suggestion !

Yes, FCE can capture HDV 1080i.
As I recall there are quite a few users in this forum who use the FX7 and FX100.

I am trying to capture from Sony HDV 1080i VTR FCP giving an error of not able to initialize

i am trying to capture from Sony HDV 1080i VTR FCP giving an error of not able to initialize. I am not able to capture the content in DV mode. i am using a Firewire 800 to 400 converter and a 6 pin firewire cable to connect to the SonyHDV VTR. Please suggest me how do i do this.

The 800-400 converter plugs have proved a problem for this. What version of the software are you using. It sounds like an older version of FCP, if so you should ask your question on the Final Cut Studio forum.

My sony hdv 1080i mini dv camera won't capture

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As far as I know, HDV does not display during transfter from camcorder via Firewire
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To start trash your preferences.
http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
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well right now since your recording the high def to a tape, you're shooting HDV, which is compressed HD. iMovie imports that and converts it to the apple intermediate format.....(no compression, just a different format imovie works with). Just do the editing in imovie and send it to idvd and choose best quality in the projects pane in the idvd preferences. that's all you can do.
(imovie does the editing, and idvd does the converting to MPEG 2 which is what dvd players read).

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Does anyone know definitively if Sony's HVR-M10U playback of HDV 1080i 60i footage can be captured in FCP?

After a lot of research & trail/error I have successfully captured 1080i 60i footage into FCP 5 using Sony's HVR-M10U deck.
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Hello,
I just purchased a new HD camera that shoots HD 1080i50 as well as progressive. i guess FCP 5 can't handle the progressive, but i thought it should be able to capture the 1080i, because it exists as an option in sequence settings.
however, every time i tried open "log and capture", FCP either quit unexpectedly (when i chose the HDV capture preset) or couldn't initialize the camera VTR (when i chose HDV Intermediate Apple Codec). these were the only 2 HDV options it offered.
is there a problem with my FCP or is 5.04 simply not compatible with HD 1080i?
which FCP version is compatible with 1080p?
(In "device control preset" the only 2 HDV options were: HDV firewire or Sony HDV 1080i50 firewire. i tried both, even thought the camera is a Canon...)

The problem is more that Final Cut Pro 5.0.4 is not compatible with your Intel Mac.
Neither is it compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.
Sure, it will install but you can expect all kinds of problems.
You need to upgrade to at least version 5.1 which is no longer sold.

? concerns capturing HDV

I am logging and capturing HDV footage was shot in 1080i 60. I went to audio/video settings and selected HDV. The capturing process works fine however when I look at the frame size in the browser it reads 720x420. Shouldn't it read 1080 x ?. Capturing off of a Sony HDV deck.

IT MORE THAN POSSIBLE that you recorded the material in SD as opposed to HDV check your settings on the camera itself. If that's not the case then my suggestion would be to make sure the record inhibit is pushed on your tape this way you can't lose your original material, then go horse play around with the settings on FCP get familiar with them just do it on a new project that you don't mind trashing, also once you start to learn via trail and error you may find it more useful to look in the FCP Help menu it's very useful and alot quicker than Trail and error.
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Premiere CS4 and HV30 (HDV 1080i 24p with 2-3 pulldown scheme)

Hi,
I am currently capturing video shot with an HV30. The footage was shot in HDV PF24 mode along with the CINE MODE selected. The results look great but I am wondering about the frame rate being reported per clip in CS4.
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ideas? or kind pushes in the right direction :)
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I am not sure about PAL. I can tell you I am not having sync issues with my setup.
I will try the HDV 60i preset. Does anyone else have input about the HV30? I would be interested in hearing what others have experienced with the camera and CS4 or CS3 for that matter.
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-Ken

Can't capture HDV with Canon Legria hv40

Hi,
I'm having this very irritating problem - when I try to capture HDV(25) footage with Premiere Pro CS6 the program:
recognizes the camera
has control over camera navigation
doesn't show preview in the capture window
says it's capturing, but only captures audio from the camera (in mp3)
I'm using FireWire and all the Premiere/camera settings are set to HDV.
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I originally had this problem with a #trial version of CS5.5 and it did exactly what you describe, (incidentally Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 11 @ $75 USD, captures perfectly) ,but, on going to full version and upgrade to CS5.5.2 it has been working perfectly for the last 18 months. (It won't help you but, HDV Canon Capture in Premiere Pro 1.5.1. and that is 5+years old was/is very efficient)
And later as well, just double check New Sequence > Presets > HDV 1080i 25 (50) or other .
Click on Preset Descriptions it will show what it is doing.
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> http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/features-presets-missing-premiere-pro.htmlhttp:// This will probably open in Google ?
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Capturing HDV through Firewire

It seems in my Audio/Video settings that I have 2 Capture Preset options. The first is simply 'HDV' and the second is 'HDV Apple Intermediate Codec'.
If you're capturing HDV please share which you prefer. I'm trying to capture 1080i HDV footage.
I searched on the subject here and it didn't give me great results. I also searched the manual .PDF file which only turned out 1 result, explaining no details about it's features.
Thanks
Monty

HDV is for capturing the footage (via firewire) to its native HDV codec.
HDV Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) is for capturing the HDV footage (via firewire) to the Apple Intermediate Codec.
with FCP6.0.2 you can also capture HDV footage (via firewire) to Apple's ProRes codec.
HDV is a heavily compressed MPEG format which means the the data rate is quite low ... the same as DV in fact. Low data rates mean your disc can store more of the footage and it can handle more concurrent streams of that footage, however the down side is that the algorithm for this compression format is complex and consequently very taxing for the computer to manipulate when editing. Not every frame of video is encoded in its entirity, only I-frames, all other frames are stored as predictive data describing how these subsequent frames change as compared to previous of forthcoming I-frames. Its a processor intesive operation editing with this format and that impacts you most when rendering effects and treatments etc as those renders will take longer to process. All that said and done, you shouldn't be unecessarily alarmed, this is all pretty run of the mill for todays computers.
AIC is an "intermediate" codec meaning it is not intended as an acquisition format nor a delivery format, but just as an interim working format ... selecting this means your incoming HDV footage will be transcoded to this intermidate codec as it is captured. AIC is a codec which stores all the data for each frame individually, thereby bypassing those processor heavy calculation caused by the HDV codec, as a consequence there is much more data to be handled so the file sizes are necessarily bigger and your hard disc will need to be able to keep up with the extra data rate needed, especially for multiple concurrent streams.
ProRes, as with AIC, is an intermediate codec. It is considered to offer higher quality than AIC.
It worth noting that when outputting back to HDV tape via firewire, regardless of your edit codec, there is a long render process known as "conforming" which you need to perform first. The conform process re-encodes your edit master to a single media file which conforms to the HDV data stream format.

Unable to capture HDV in FCP 6.0.1 from Sony HVR-Z1P

Hi I'm attempting to capture HDV footage from a Sony Z1.
I am trying to capture some HDV footage I shot with the Z1, but FCP simply refuses to recognize the Z1
I'm certain I've got all the settings correct:
- Camera is set to HDV firewire out
- capture presets is set to HDV
- device control preset is set to Sony HDV FireWire
- sequence preset is set to HDV 1080i50 (I'm in Australia)
- footage IS HDV 1080i50
But I keep getting the "Unable to Initialize Capture Device and Device Control" popup. I've tried everything
- rebooted the camera
- restarted FCP
- rebooted the system
- changed the capture/device control settings in FCP and tried out a regular DV deck to make sure it wasn't the cable
Nothing has worked.
I'm on a MBPro I7. No Kona card or anything like that, just trying to capture through firewire.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Matt
At present it will capture HDV in IMovie but not FCP 6.0.1
Message was edited by: Matt Blyth

Thanks Adrian, since posting the thread I've thought of that too but unfortunately to no avail. From other forums I've read this seems to be a central theme to the solution to my capture woes. I since have sorted the problem it was in Audio/Video Settings.
In the end I set my Audio/Video Settings to:
Sequence Preset to: Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50
Capture Pre-HDV- Apple intermediate Codec
Device Control Preset: Sony HDV 1080i50 Firewire
And hey presto my I'm capturing HD without any problems. Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
Message was edited by: Matt Blyth

Unable to capture HDV with Sony HDR-FX1 in FCE 4

Hello all,
Been using an HDR-FX1 for a while, shooting mostly DV, and today I began experimenting with HDV. I shot 8 minutes of footage with the camera in HDV mode.
When I setup FCE 4 for Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i60, the capture window doesn't recognize the camera. However, if I set the FX1 to down convert to DV via firewire, FCE recognizes the camera and I'm able to capture.
How do I (or can I) capture HDV into FCE 4 with the FX1? Is there something (a setting perhaps) that I'm missing? Do I need to jump to FC Pro for this?
My system: 1.6 GHz PowerPC G5 (tower), 2 GB RAM, Sony FX1, FCE 4.0, QT 7.3.1
Thanks in advance,
tg

I had a similar issue with iMovie08 import using HDR-HC1... You may want to try this to see if it helps:
1> Close the import app (FCE, in your case)
2> Unplug the FW cable from the camcorder (Most important step)
3> Go into the Sony menu and re-select the HDV settings (explicit HDV, not Auto + Conv off) in the camcorder
4> Re-connect the FW cable, and restart FCE
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