HDV timeline convert to SD

I have a movie on a timeline with HDV settings. Want to turn it into SD. How can I do that quickly and efficiently?

The quickiest way is to create a new sequence with SD settings (Apple Pro Res 422 NTSC or PAL for example) and then to edit (overwrite) your HDV Timeline in the new sd sequence.
FCP will warn you that the clip settings and the sequence settings do not match and will ask you if you want to change the sequence settings (SD) to match the clip settings (HDV), of course, you don't want...
Olivier

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No external video from HDV timeline through Sony HDV deck.

Without buying an external video card, is there a way to view an HDV timeline on an external monitor? I can capture HDV footage easily and see it play back fine in the Canvas on my Mac Pro, but I can't see the captured HDV footage on my external monitor that's hooked up via FireWire to my Sony HVR-M25 deck.
Here are the Audio/Video Settings I'm using:
Sequence Preset is HDV - 1080i60
Capture Preset is HDV
Device Control Preset os Sony HDV Firewire
I'm also noticing that the Video Playback HDV options are grayed out, so I'm assuming I would either need an external video card to play back the capture HDV footage the timeline on my external monitor, or use another combination of codecs to (maybe) use my stock Mac Pro setup. Whew.
Thanks in advance.

No. Sorry, but the format doesn't allow it. You can send a downconverted SD signal out via firewire in realtime, but it won't be your full HD image. If you want the full HD image, you need an HD capture device. #25 HDV external Monitor Viewing
Shane's Stock Answer #25 - HDV external Monitor Viewing
To view HDV on an external monitor in high definition you are going to need to purchase a capture card, like the ones Decklink (www.decklink.com) or AJA (www.aja.com) offer. They will both play out HDV in real time. The catch is that you cannot view this on a regular TV or NTSC monitor. Since this is HD, an HD monitor will be needed. HOWEVER, both cards are capable of down converting the signal so that it can be displayed on an SD monitor. This won't be color accurate
The real reason why you can't monitor HDV through a Firewire camera is because Firewire HDV cameras don't decode incoming HDV streams and route them to their outputs like DV cameras do.
Good options for you are the Matrox MXO2 mini...$450...coupled with an HDTV. Or a Matrox MXO (DVI connection) coupled with an Apple 23" display gets you good quality.
And there are the Decklink Intensity and Intensity PRO cards as well, and the AJA I/O Express...
You can, however, view HDV out via firewire as DV...lowering the resolution to that of DV, but still viewable. This is not full quality nor should it be used to judge the quality of your footage or used to color correct to. This is just a way to view the footage on a large monitor.
Here are some examples of some of the possibilities:
- DV or HDV sequence output to an SDI signal on a third-party interface
- An uncompressed NTSC or PAL sequence output to a DV FireWire output
- An HDV sequence output to a DV FireWire output
Sequence and output formats must have compatible frame rates. For example,
sequences with a frame rate of 60, 30, or 24 fps can be output to a 30 fps device,
but not to a 25 or 50 fps device.
Shane

Export HDV timeline to DV Stream

I need to export material from my HDV timeline to DV Stream. Will I loose any quality in this operation?

OK i did as you suggested and it worked.
The only problem is the colors went all out of whack.
There seems to be like a slight greenish tint to alot of the browns. I wish the canon hv20 could do a down convert directly from the HDV timeline.
I guess i'll just have to live with it.
It just that it makes me look bad color correction wise.
Thanks for your help!!

HDV timeline encoded out ProRes422: random freeze frames!

I'm working on a 30 minute piece, shot HDV 1080/30p (Canon XH-A1), in an HDV timeline. I need to deliver on SD DVD, and I've been trying to get a good encode by exporting using Quicktime Conversion, with ProRes 422 (HQ) codec.
Machine is a G5 dual 2GHz, with 4GB RAM, running 10.4.11, FCP 6.0.4, Quicktime 7.5.
I've rendered the project on the timeline (once using ProRes for renders, under Render Control tab, and once using HDV), and exported using Quicktime conversion, using ProRes 422(HQ) and 'current' size. Both times the six or seven hour encode netted me a great looking, huge file (~40GB). Sweet. Except for this problem:
In one file, the whole thing is perfect, except this one spot, where the image is replace for several seconds by a freeze frame from like 10 seconds before the error. The second file does the same thing, in a different spot, only it does it three times instead of one.
I am pretty desperate, with a film festival waiting for this piece. If I can avoid it, I'd rather not tie up the computer with another encode, unless I have some idea it's not going to give me the same (or worse) result. I'd like advice on what to do...
At this point, I'm wondering what if maybe it makes more sense to encode my QT file from HDV instead of ProRes... or maybe scrap that and try to build a frankenmovie by patching together the good bits from the two huge Quicktime files in DVD Studio Pro?
What troubleshooting should I be doing before the next step: Disk Repair, Permissions Repair, Prefs Trashing, etc.?
Anybody seen this problems? What is my next step? Thanks for looking!

FYI - I went through and recreated each freeze frame and it's working now. No idea why it was doing that, but some of the freeze frames were made from setting speed to 0%, others from Modify-Make Freeze Frame, so maybe that had something to do with it. It didn't happen on every freeze frame, but the problems didn't correspond to how the freeze frames were made either, so no clear answer. On second round, I did every single one with the Modify-Make Freeze Frame command, and now it's rendering ok. Fingers crossed.

HDV timeline output to DVCPRO master

So I have an HDV project that I digitized via firewire and edited in HDV. I now have to make a DVCPRO master. I need to export a DVCPRO Quicktime to take to a dub house that is going to make my masters. I'm trying to figure out the best workflow to get the best quality.
I've been dropping the HDV sequence into a DVCPRO sequence then rendering. The problem is when I do this, the HDV footage is wider than the canvas that is created by a sequence made with a DVCPRO easy setup. If I set the aspect ratio under the distort settings to 12 it seems to fit the video to the canvas size.
Am I doing this right? Should I just set easy setup to DVCPRO, then create a new sequence and leave the default sequence settings? Also, I've been dragging my HDV sequence to the DVCPRO sequence. I read on another forum someone say they just changed the sequence setting of the HDV sequence then re-rendered that. Or is copying and pasting the timeline the way to go?
Anyone who has done this successfully and would help me out, I would appreciate it.
Thanks in advance,
Keith
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Still stuck on this attempt to record HDV from an HDV timeline. To Sharon...yes. Last thing I check is that Easy Setup has not reverted to 'custom' before Print to Video.
Here are some more puzzling anomalies: The color bars and tone do get recorded on tape, but when the program material comes up, the tape actually stops. Toward the end of the clips (using 60 seconds of clips for this testing) the recorder will restart and capture the last 2 seconds of the clips. I think this happens after the timeline program in the computer has finished. I'm guessing there's a cache that's recording this last couple of seconds.
I've trashed all FCP prefs, rebooted the computing machine, reset all deck settings, etc., but still failing to accomplish this simple task.
A question for anyone: should my program material be able to pass through the deck to a monitor in HDV, as was always done when working in DV? Program video just doesn't seem to be getting to the deck.
HOWEVER, a few days ago, I did record this timeline to tape. It recorded without audio, and attempting to re-record, in order to include audio, has led me down this sticky path.
The original material was captured as HDV, and some simple editing done in the same format. So I believe the timeline has the correct sequence presets. Now just wanting to send that back out to an HDV tape again.
Dale

HDV timeline out to PAL monitor squished flat, please help

This from a 16:9 hdv timeline in final cut, out from a component on a black magic intensity pro to an SD Pal broadcast monitor. how can i stop the image from being squished flat?
These are the settings:
And this is an anamorphic PAL timeline out via component to same monitor. which is correct.

Looks to me that the problem lies with the settings for the control panel of the intensity. That's likely where you need to dig around I'd think.
Jerry

Is edit to tape possible with a HDV timeline?

Hi all,
I´m working with Final Cut 5.1 and I´m trying to export my HDV timeline to a HDV recorder(Sony HVR-M10E). Print to video is working but edit to tape not.
is it possible to edit to tape with HDV? If not is there any workaround for frameaccurate editing to tape.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks, Carmen
Mac OS X (10.4.6)

nope...
The work around is to export your sequence as a DVCPROHD QT movie (using the same frame rate), then edit that to tape.
Jerry

Upconverting SD clips for an HDV timeline....

So I took my SD clip into compressor and upconverted it to HDV 1080i 60.
When dropped it onto my HDV timeline it requires no rendering and matches up with the other native HDV clips (frame size wise)
Although when the upconverted clip is played in the viewer and on the timeline, at first the audio and video is synced but then quickly becomes un-synced. The video speeds up while the audio remains normal.
I then exported this upconverted clip to quicktime and viewed it through the QT player. The clip is then synced and normal.
What would cause FCP to mess up sync? Should I upconvert differently? If so, how?
Any insight?
Thanks,
-B

Alternative method, drop the SD clip on the HDV FCP timeline, change scale to 200% and render - this is how I use anamorphic 16:9 SD material with in HDV projects.

Editinng SD on an HDV timeline....

So I'm editing in HDV in a HDV project on an HDV timeline. I need to bring in some SD. Obviously when I bring this SD quicktime to the timeline it is much smaller than the 1920x1080 frame.
I have resized the image to fit which required rendering (also no surprise)
What I don't know is how will this look once burned and on a TV? I do not have an external NTSC Monitor to find out. Is there another way to go about this? How should this SD clip be brought in?
Thanks in advance,
-B

Why can't you just admit it and say "I don't know"
I don't work with HDV and will not touch that blasted format but after over 20 years in the live tv business working with real formats, I do know some things that are universal among video formats.
It's also common knowledge that on a forum, one doesn't get a sense of one's level of experience. Your first post displayed a level coming from a complete novice. If that's not the case, I apologize, however, it does sound as if you've done no testing.
It's also obvious you've never worked in tv if your skin is this thin. If I can help in anyway, please don't hestitate to ask.
The Troll.

Export HDV timeline as AVI to edit in Premiere

I have a finished 10 minute show show and edited in HDV in FCP 5.1.1. My client wants to use excerpts in a show they are editing in house. They use Premiere Pro 2.0 (latest release). So they have requested an AVI of the timeline in HDV resolution. I have tried every way of exporting and nothing works. Going out AVI from FCP using QT Conversion only gives you SD rez options, or uncompressed. Uncompressed is massive and is not an option (1gb for 10 second test export). I exported as QT from FCP using Current Settings and brought that 1.5 GB file to the PC. On the PC, only audio plays. The video shows white. Exporting from QT and selecting H264 as the compressor gives a file that is readable on the PC with a managable file size, but Premiere has to render the entire thing. Any ideas?

Thanks for the advise and best wishes. Tape would surely work, but the client is pushing for digital because of time and other issues. I've had decent luck exporting out using H264. I'm exporting to it now and it's an all day process even on a dual G5 with 2gb. So as for now, I'd say that is the best way to go between FCP and Premiere with an HDV project. If anyone experiments more and finds a better way, or a direct way to get an AVI file in HDV, let's hear it.
By the way, I did try a product called Cleaner from Discreet but it doesn't appear to recognize HDV yet. Not sure if there are other conversion programs out there that might.
Thanks again.

Can HDV be converted to H.264?

i imported some HDV 1080i footage from my FX1 and exported it as a H.264 file. When i played back the file in quicktime 7, my computer was unable to play it smoothly....and I am curious if that is because the original HDV file has a weird frame rate and has to be converted to, for example, the apple intermediate codec first, then can be compressed. thoughts?

Hi Brian,
h264 has very high demands on the computer for playback (and much higher for endcoding).. make the playback window smaller... or, in the expert options of the export dialog, choose different settings, smaller res e.g.

Want to conform HDV clips edited on SP timeline back to HDV timeline

I took my HDV footage and edited it on a SP (dv-ntsc) timeline. It seems to have automatically letterboxed the footage so it looks normal. Now I'm done editing in SP and would like a matching HDV (1080i) version of all my edit decisions. How do I get my EDL (Edit Decision List) to conform the original HDV footage? Or have a made a terrible mistake and can't go back to HDV. I really don't want to edit it again in HDV! Help

Make sure your new HDV sequence matches the aspect ratio of the original footage (ie. Anamorphic sequence for anamorphic footage).
Select all the clips in the timeline.
Right-click.
Remove Attributes.
Check Distort.
Uncheck all others.
You should now see the footage correctly on your monitor.

HDV and Animations brought in to HDV timeline

Yes, it's a funky format, yes, I will work with my client to convert to ProRes or DVCPROHD codecs next time (he says as his mantra).
I have an HDV 1080i60 show I'm wrapping up. We are going out to SD DVD for the first consumer run of this show. I'm bringing in some animations from After Effects (and Motion for that matter) which look great in the the HDVTimeline and in the quicktime output...but...
Current workflow is HDVTimeline out to HDV1080i60 Quicktime --> Compressor SD DVD settings --> DVD Studio Pro --> Burn
Footage is looking good (enough) but my animations begin to chunk up (well at least on LCD monitors -- flatscreens, consumer flats, etc.) on NTSC Tube TVs they are beautiful.
I'm sure this is an interlaced/SD/progressive thing so those "in the know" I'd appreciate some thoughts.
Please no "Pro Res or DVCPROHD" comments, I'm well aware of where these shows I'm doing for this particular client need to head.
cheers all.
dj

Yo David!
I don't know if I would consider myself "in the know" however
An LCD display is going to give you alot better resolution than your old NTSC tube TV, so you're going to see the compression and imperfections that you don't see on your old crt.
That being said... I have had issues from time to time encoding for DVD with footage from my FX1, so much so that if I know I'm only ever going to DVD with something shot on HDV I downconvert during capture and edit in DV Anamorphic.
Some things I would try at this stage of the game...
First off - I would go through the standard trouble shooting formalities?
I would try to follow down the line to see at what point your graphics start to "chunk up"
Is it something with the original "downrezed" graphic? is it something with the flat panel? is it something with your mpeg compression, or does it happen when it gets burned to the disc?
I would play with the bitrate and compression. I've had better luck on several occasions with the fast encode rather than the best encode, as well as varying bitrates.
You also might try importing a QT REF MOVIE into DVDSP and let DVDSP handle the compression.
What happens if you do a quick test and recreate one of the troubled graphics in 720x480?
If that doesn't work you might look at encoding with bitvice or some other 3rd party compressor.
Good Luck,
JR

HDV timeline to 16x9 letterbox SD

I have a HDV (1280x720) 720p 16x9 timeline. Now the client wants to have a SD dv in 16x9 letterbox.
I exported using quicktime compression DV/DVCPRO-NTSC
Then imported into a new time line before printing to tape.
I unfortunately have not been successful in getting a 16x9 letterbox DV tape.
WHat are the proper settings to achieve this
Using the latest FCP and a JVC BR-HD50 tape machine

Thanks,
I had tried all of that. What happened was that all frames was not checked so I checked it and refreshed audio/video and seams to be working now.
Thanks again to this fine group.

What format for NTSC DV to PAL HDV timeline

I have a production that will be predominantly PAL HDV 1440x108i 50/48Khz for distribution by PAL DVD, PAL Intranet and YouTube. I need to specificy a format that NTSC DV material will be ingested in. I want HQ ProRes 422 the Americans want IMX MPEG. That would require transcoding and give me a 720x576 frame...
Is ProRes the way to go??
Thanks in advance!

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