HDV log and transfer

Working in FCP 7.0.3 with an AJA IO/HD (which I hope is not an issue here).
Easy Set-Up: HDV 1080i. Timeline is standard HDV 1080i – 1440 X 1080 frame size and pixel aspect ratio. HDV 1920 X 1080i compressor.
I am using a card and a reader to import footage via Log and Transfer.
The footage is being converted to ProRes but I'd like to keep it in HDV (client request). How do I change the import settings to keep the media in HDV?
Many thanks in advance.
OS 10.6.7
Quicktime Pro 7.6.6

The camera, not sure of the model, also captures to SD cards and I've successfully transferred from the cards to FCP many times using Log and Transfer. For my own purposes, the files have been transcoded to ProRes, this by default. The client is interested in HDV, however, I'm looking for a way to import the files as HDV.
Thanks for helping to clarify, Christina.

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Thanks in advance for any help!
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Mike Cole1 wrote:
Not sure why most files work and a few don't when they are all from the same folder and from the same shoot. The files will open fine in other 3rd party apps so the files are ok.
FCP may be a bit more discriminating on the file structure or header integrity, dunno, never shot HDV myself but we've seen similar posts for years. Try copying the files to your drive first and then ingesting.
Side note, ust because other apps can open the files doesn't mean they are intact or useable. You don't mention what these apps are but if you can export form them, do that and then ingest the new file which might have all of its glitches reparied to suit FCP.
bogiesan

Hey, I have Final Cut Express 4.0.1 and a JVC everio camera, whenever i try to import my files to FCE via "Log and transfer", it just doesn't do anything, as if FCE doesn't know the camera is there, please help !

Hey,
I have Final Cut Express 4.0.1 and a JVC everio camera.
Whenever i try to import my files to FCE via "Log and transfer", it just doesn't do anything, as if FCE doesn't know the camera is there,
please help !

FCE 4.0.1 can only capture DV/HDV which is produced by cameras using Mini-DV TAPES and cameras shooting AVCHD which is a high definition format.
If your camera shoots standard definition on Memory Cards, DVDs or Hard Drives it will not work in FCE.
What is your camera's exact model name and number?

Log and capture or Log and transfer?

I'm a newbie to FCP, I've been working at it and researching, so I have a basic understanding, been able to do some good stuff, now I'm looking to find more time-economical ways to do things. I'm a football coach, looking to cut up game films into individual plays (1 play per clip), and ideally being able to name each clip by it's play name "Trap" or "Pop Pass" for example. It looks like I need to get into logging if possible. My workflow at present when dealing with an opponent's film is to take a DVD, and get it onto my computer using MPEG Streamclip. I've been using DVC-PAL as a codec at someone's suggestion, I can't rmemeber where I got that. Is this a mistake? Anyhow, I now import that movie file into FCP using File>Import. At this point I can't do any logging though, if I try Log and Capture or Log and Transfer I get "Unable to initialize video deck", though it tells me I can still use Capture Now. Once it opens the Log and Capture window, I get "Error: this operation requires a controllable deck." and directs me to the Audio/Video Settings. Here's where I'm pretty much lost. Do I try to adjust settings from here? If so, to what? Do I need to start by changing my MPEG Streamclip settings and then trying to match those up in my FCP Audio/Video Settings? Or do I need to completely overhaul the way I'm approaching this? ARGH! I've been impressed with myself getting to this point, any help from here would be greatly appreciated, thanks all!
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Log and Capture is used if you are capturing footage from tape based formats. DV, HDV, HDCAM...others.
Log and Transfer is for tapeless camera systems. P2, XDCAM, Canon DSLR, AVCHD.
If your footage comes from DVDs...and you convert the footage to QT files...then you simply go to FILE>IMPORT. You don't log with this method. Just import and work with the footage.

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I just upgraded to FCE 4.0.1.
I am trying to Log and Transfer video that is AVCHD 720 30p.
I have FCE "easy setup" set to "HDV-Apple Intermediate Codec 720p30". I assume this is correct?
When I select a clip in Log And Transfer, put my in and out points, and choose "add clip to cue", the cued clip begins transferring and exactly 10 seconds later it just stops. I tried to start over with a new project and it keeps happening. Log and Transfer just stops. No injesting.
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The AVCHD 720 30p was the camera info I was given.
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I use a Panasonic AVCHD, which FCP doesn't recognise. Anyway I've spent months playing around because this little camera blows my Sony V1 out of the water in sheer quality.
Best thing is just get hold of a copy of Toast 10, you can then simply drag your .mts files into this and encode to whatever you want, I edit in pro res LT, but Toast will even encode it to HDV if you want to end up on tape(Even this result still blows the Sony HDV apart)
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Having Trouble importing? No Video's in Log and Transfer?

I have video footage's in my HD camera, and I want to import it to Final Cut, so first I got to Easy Setup and set the format to HD and set the ''use'' to HDV 1080i60. Then I open up Log and Transfer and they are no clips. There's just a blank row/list of no video's? Where are my video's?
And if I go back to Easy Setup, everything is all messed up, like the format is set to AVCHD. Everything is all different from how I set it before. What is going on?
P.S. My camera is a Samsung Full HD 1920X1080
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http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/samsung-hmx-h106-full-hd-cam corder.jpg
Here is the picture to my video camera.
It is probably a Samsung Full HD Camcorder H105 series.
http://www.videomaker.com/article/14449/
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Log and Transfer won't take P2 contents...

I tried following Shane Ross' P2 workflow video exactly, but when I attempt to open the folder containing the "Contents" folder and the text file, the media doesn't show up in the Log and Transfer browser. Nothing happens at all; I click open and the browsing window disappears and the Log and Transfer window is left as it was when I first opened it.
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Shane, thanks for the follow up.
Yes, that did turn out to be the problem. I saw the thread on DVXUsers. Of course they attributed the discovery of the problem to you.
By the way, the tutorial you did, after I fixed the FX Factory problem, was great. I'm really enjoying this method of logging and "capturing". After trying this out, I want to smack everyone that's ever made me capture HDV.
You're the man, Shane!

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I'm really frustrated by the Log and Transfer procedure. Does it actually really work?
I have some HiDef video on an SD card, (no mixed media, just the video files) and the Log and Transfer option WILL NOT bring any of the files in. They are all AVI files, 720p, readable/playable by QuickTime, even readable and usable by FCE if I drag and drop each file, although to watch it without stuttering, I need to render it. The video is from a D-SLR (Pentax K-x to be exact)
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"xxxx contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media."
No support for 720p AVI files? Seriously? That just can't be right.
I have tried selecting the top level mounted object as well as selecting various directories drilling down into the card's data. Same error message every time.
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Hi -
FCE currently supports 3 types of media directly:
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/FCEOpenTimeLine.jpg!
The latter two types, HDV and AVCHD it supports by converting the video format to Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) during the ingestion process.
The video that your camera makes is none of those formats, so you will need to convert the video to a format that is usable in FCE natively. This is why you are unable to use Log and Transfer. In order to use Log and Transfer, you would need to have video that conforms to the AVCHD standard.
You can manually convert your video files by downloading MPEG Streamclip (free) from
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
and converting your video to AIC 720P.
Then use easy set up in FCE for HDV 720P and manually import your files by going to the menu File > Import, or simply dragging the files from the finder to your FCE browser.
You don't mention what frame rate you camera shoots at, but FCE only works with standard broadcast frame rates (29.97 fps), so it won't be able to use 24fps material.
You would need to use Final Cut Pro to natively support that.
Hope this helps.
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There's a reason HDV files are small - they're highly compressed files. Final Cut is a professional product - it's built for high quality video, which requires storage space.
In some instances can change Log and Transfer preferences to transcode to ProRes422 LT, which is a lighter weight version of ProRes422. The files will be smaller, but they probably won't be as small as you're hoping they will be.
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Under file use Import from Camera or Command I.
I have been able to do so using a Canon Vixia HV 30 & 40 HDV firewire camera.
It imported my footage without any problem.
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