Easy Setup Setting

I have shot 24p on mini digital tape using a Sony HVR V1U camera. It's an HDV format camera. Using Final Cut Pro 6, what should my easy setup setting be?

Wow, thanks for this information! I looked everywhere. I have gotten different answers from various people. Some have suggested I simply use the Easy Setup: "HDV 1080i/60." I will try both including your ProRes format.

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    As the Easy Setup defines the initial settings of the sequence of a new project, each time I have to change the sequence settings manually to match the NXCAM footage.
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    regards,
    Coen
    * HXR-NX5

    The NXCAM shoots AVCHD. You don't use Easy Setup, but the Preferences dialog in Log & Transfer and set it to transcode to ProRes LT. That footage will adopt the 25fps frame rate of your source footage.
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  • DVD capturing - What setting on Easy Setup?

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    I'm caputuring video from my DVD player which is : connected RCA to a Canopus converter box : out firewire and into the Macbook.
    When I capture the video, I get the message saying "Audio/Video rate may not match sample..." after I'm finished capturing.
    I have no idea which setting in Easy Setup to choose from.
    It is currently set at: DV - NTSC 32 kHz
    Any suggestions?

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    apple.finalcutpro.plist
    Final Cut User Data Folder
    Thanks,
    Mike

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    Howdy. I'm creating video with my HD Kodak Zi6 and the output looks a bit squished. (I'm fatter than usual.)
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  • Changing audio pre-sets (i.e. not using easy setup)

    Easy setup (DV-NTSC anamorphic) is forcing me to use a 48 hz audio preset and I did not record my video in this setting. How do I change it to 12 hz (I always re-do the audio later, but while capturing, warning window is annoying.)

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  • No "DV-PAL 32kHz" Setting In FCP's Easy Setup ?

    I have just noticed, that unlike Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro does not have an Easy Setup for DV audio shot at 12Bit (32kHz).
    It is not a problem to me as I never use that setting but I am curious.
    Is it simply omitted because no sane user of FCP would choose to shoot 12Bit audio ?
    Ian.

    Thanks Piero, Links and Studio X.
    As you may have guessed, I eventually more or less worked out most of it myself and discovered that Custom Settings were probably the solution.
    I originally noticed the lack of the setting when I was answering a question on the FCE forum. I needed the exact wording for the 32kHz Easy Setup and happened to look in FCP only to discover it wasn't there!
    Later, when looking at custom setups, I noticed there was no 12-bit option so the information from Studio X is interesting.
    Piero, I have a confession! Though I have Tom's and Lisa's books on FCP, I never thought of looking in the Help manual! I must make a point of looking there first in future.
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  • E2000 won't connect to laptop using Easy Setup Key

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  • INGESTED DVCPRO HD FOOTAGE IN WRONG "EASY SETUP" - HELP!

    OK, this falls under the heading: Just plain stupid. Nevertheless, now I am looking for a fix. I'm new to HD. I shot a short film with a Panasonic HVX-200. I was not going to have to do the post-production and would periodically load the footage into FCP as it was shot just to see how it looked. Then it turned out, I was asked to edit it under a tight deadline. However, when I ingested the footage into FCP I never changed the easy setup. The editing is now done and I wish to output to Digi Beta. But I now see the sequence settings are set for CCIR 601 NTSC! Is there a way to "undo" this and put in the proper setting? Or is the only way to re-ingest and re-edit? This is embarassing. But, hey, we all have to learn. Maybe publishing my error will save someone else down the road! Thanks for any help.

    That's very interesting to learn that 601 NTSC is the proper setting for Digibeta. I didn't know that. Here are the exact current sequence settings:
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    Pixel Aspect Ratio: NTSC - CCIR 601 / DV 720 x 480
    Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
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    Quality: 100%
    Audio: 48Khz, 24-bit
    Config: default
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    Gosh, I'm trying to remember if I had to render the footage as I dropped it into the timeline. I didn't think so. But now I can't swear to it.
    I guess I have (at least) 2 questions: (1) Is there a way to "revert" to the HD format for this sequence now that it's edited? (2) Do I even want to do that if I want to output to digibeta print? What's the best thing to do to obtain a maximum quality digibeta print?
    By the way, I just heard this week that the film was accepted into a film festival, so I'm under a dead line to deliver a print, preferrably in digibeta or beta sp format.
    Would greatly appreciate any help. And thanks for the welcome to the forums!
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  • Unrendered and Easy Setup

    I have a new Sony SR11 and I'm experimenting with a FCE workflow. I've recorded a few minutes of video at the camcorder's highest setting, but am having problems getting it to play in the viewer in FCE - the audio plays, but the video shows "unrendered". I've read through the forums but haven't found an answer that helps me yet.
    Source video:
    Recorded at 16 Mb/s with a frame size of 1920x1080.
    Easy Setup:
    HDV AIC 1080i/60
    When I create a sequence even after setting the above Easy Setup value, the sequence has a frame size of 1400x1080. If I read other posts correctly, the reason that FCE needs to render my clips before playing them in the viewer is that the frame sizes don't match. 1400x1080 != 1920x1080.
    Assuming that's really the problem, how do I change the sequence frame size to 1920x1080? Or does FCE/AIC not support 1920x1080?

    Found answers to my own questions. Posting here for others in case they have the same issues:
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    Quality: 100%
    Sound: Stereo/48 kHz
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    Kinda defeats one of my primary purposes for moving to FCE instead of iMovie (save disk space by using referenced files instead of imported ones)

  • Timeline format Easy setup

    Hi, I'm doing animatics for an animated show, working with storyboards. When the show goes to online it will be in HD. Do I need to set Easy Setup to an HD format for the animatics?

    You shouldn't be getting the render line so you must be doing something wrong.
    You are shooting at 30fps and not 60fps?
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  • Missing Easy Setup File 1080i50

    Hi guys
    Just upgraded to Sony HDV camera (HVR-A1E) PAL (UK). Pop into FCP5.x easy setup menu for capture and only settings are for 1080i60. Where is the 1080i50 gone? Cannot capture more than a few seconds of HD before dropped frame rate window pops up. Can capture HDV in iMovie, but when you try to import into FCP it gets upset! Using iMacG5 2GHz with 1Gb RAM.
    Any thoughts, or anyone who can put me in touch with the missing file or instructions on how to set it all up manually would be GREAT!
    Cheers
    Paul

    Just gives me a new list to choose from when I start program. The list contains only one version of HDV which is the 1080i60! So that didn't help. Any other ideas!
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  • Easy setup for Digibeta?

    I realize this is probably really simple, but:
    I need to get my sequence out to Digi and every time I try the edit to tape i'm told i have "Incompatible compression settings"? I'm on FCP 6 going to a sony DVW-M2000P through a AJA IO (SD) and i'm using the 10bit Uncompressed easy setup, which as far as i can tell sets both the sequence and the output to the same thing?
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    I still get the same error message when I create a new sequence and nest the output sequence within it. No Idea how that can be?
    On a slightly seperate issue i'm now having serious problems getting the IO back on-line (since installing the control panel). The installer updated the firmware, after which the IO simply stopped working, I tried to roll back the firmware using an older version from the AJA website but it still cannot be seen by FCP (or anything else for that matter). I'm also quite worried that the FireWire status light is on regardless of weather the IO is connected to the FireWire or not..!
    I've tried uninstalling the AJA driver etc and re-installing but to no avail. If I try to update/rollback the firmware on it's own (using the firmware updater from the site) it now cannot find an Io version or serial number.
    ddoes anyone know of an alternate download location for these drivers? or if there is any support for AJA offered from the UK? (the only number I can see from the site is in California).

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    Hi, I have been using a Panasonic DVX100B (NTSC) in 24PA mode and capturing/editing in FCP, I'm very happy, not too much trouble.
    now I have tried to shoot in 60i mode (scene 1), I cannot find an easy setup preset....
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    3: This footage will be going to my website as either a QT movie or Flash so am I doing the correct thing shooting in 60i?
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    Thanks
    C.

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    DV/NTSC 29.97. No advanced pulldown...just the basic setting.
    Shane

  • FCE + Sony HDR-SR12E - Easy Setup ??

    Hi,
    Using FCE 4.0.1 with a Sony HDR-SR12E and I understand I need to set the camera from 1920x1080 to 1440x1080 so that FCE is happy. But my question is which settings should I choose on the Easy Setup panel...
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    Help please - Thanks Billy

    From the Apple's website:
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    AVCHD-Apple Intermediate Codec 1440x1080i50
    AVCHD-Apple Intermediate Codec 1920x1080i50
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