HDV FORMAT QUESTIONS

After reading several articles ( http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/hdvxdvwright.html) it sounds like editing HDV natively is not the best option. In this article it is shown how to convert the footage to the apple intermediate codec and others using HDVxDV. Is this conversion not possible using just FCP5?
If not is there any other way using FCP5 to convert native HDV to I-frame based HDV?
THANKS...

I just got back from a LAFCPUG meeting at the DV Expo, and learned quite a bit.
#1 - using Lumiere HD and HDVxDV means that you lose ALL TIMECODE INFORMATION. Gone...out the door...SEE YA! Not good, at all.
#2 - Capturing HDV over firewire works for some, but can be a pain the the patoot to work with.
#3 - SOLUTION. Not a cheap one, but it works FINE. They had a guy who shot 70 hours of footage at 24p on the JVC camera (Blearyeye...pay attention here!). Then it comes time to edit and..WHOA...no one supports that format! He calls a company who says "Hey, our Avid can do it" so he buys it....and it doesn't. So the company takes it back and get the guy a FCP system with a KONA LH card. This card allows you to capture SDI...and in this case, COMPONENT HD. So...with that setup, and the JVC HDV deck (to be linked below) he was able to capture the 24p footage via component HD connections at the DVCPRO HD 59.94 codec (a great codec that uses very little drive space) and edit at that format with no problems. And the footage, while in the 59.94 framerate, RETAINED its filmlook 24p quality. And since broadcast companies who want HD content want masters delivered at 59.94..you are set.
Wham bam thank you ma'am.
Not cheap...but VERY doable. Any HDV camera would do. Just AVOID the HDV codec. OH...and the deck has RS-422 control, so you get timecode. Muy importante.
Heres the link:
(http://www.shopperwiz.com/shopdisplaydetail.asp?id=97167339&Ref=FROOGLE&ts=20051 206&Key=221013477&L=005)
Shane
"There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is INFORMED!"

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