Combining HD and DV Footage

I have footage shot with a HD Camera and footage from another cameara that only supports DV. Is there any reason why these cannot both be captured and saved in the same project, and then the appropraite Clips put in the desired sequence? I recall reading that these should not be mixed, albiet I am not certain about that.
Thanks,
Lyman

I've just completed a small project that used some really old digital 8 footage and footage from my Everio HD7, and it worked fine. If you export in standard def, the footage seems to match up pretty well.

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Has anyone successfully merged AVCHD footage into an XDCAM project? If so, what presets have they used? I've run 720 25p in XDCAM (EX1) (PAL) and when I import the AVCHD it is very jittery
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I'd obviously do the editing in a project designed for XDCAM, as that's the higher quality footage,
and render the HDV clips in the XDCAM timeline...ending up with an XDCAM end product.
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So, generally, I create an HDV project, open the log and capture utility which is now set to capture HDV, and then capture the footage. I then close that project and create a new project, designed for XDCAM footage. I use XDCAM Transfer to get the XDCAM footage into the project, and I import
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No need to jump through these hoops. Just set yourself up with a universal Easy Setup that will handle both. Choose your regular XDCAM HD Easy Setup then open the Audio / Video Settings window and change the Capture Preset to "HDV" and the Device Control Preset to "HDV Firewire" ... then click the "Create Easy Setup" button and save it for recall whenever needed.
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Best
Andy

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