JVC DR HD100 and quicktime into finalcut

Question

I purchased a JVC DR HD100 Hard drive recorder which is the same as the Focus enhancements unit.
The formats from the unit are M2T and quicktime. Since Final cut doesn't edit M2T files I set up the unit to create Quicktime files. The catch is that the unit produces a tone in the audio track that resides in the 1k to 1.5k range or the frequency range of the human voice. The tone is fairly loud and if you run the unit right on the verge of clipping the noise disappears but that forces the use of the AGC which is unacceptable for professional purposes. This is a nightmare and I've been trying to get JVC and or Focus Enhancements to fix the problem. First there was a series of finger-pointing and after sending the unit to focus they told me there was nothing wrong that the unit functions properly. Eventually they both admitted there was a problem butsaid it was a finalcut problem. I'm still sitting here with an expensive device that is incapable of doing it's job. and no answer in site while I see advertising about this unit coupled with the JVC ProHD cameras and Finalcutstudio. Am I the only one having this problem or are there others being told the same story with no resolve in sight? I'd really like to know because there is far more power with a group than with each person trying to fight this battle. Does anyony have this unit? Do you have workaround for Finalcut and M2T files. Help

Answer 1

Hi David:
I appreciate your suggestions but I have tried these. and the unit is the culprit. even JVC and Focus admit the problem but play it down. Streamclip as a work around takes far too long. About twelve hours for a three hour session. The whole idea is that it should be immediate. Clipwrap seems to be a faster solution. I should add that the M2T format does not suffer from this problem. I first used that and learned the hard way that three hours of HD footage takes 12 hours to re-encode using streamclip. That kills my workflow and makes the HDD unit moot. I can use tape and get a faster import than that. I use FCS with Finalcut 6.0.5 which is a newer version and originally JVC said that the problem didn't exist in 6.0.3 but a fellow FCS user was at 6.03 and it did the same thing. In addition when I import the files from the JVC DR HD100 I get a message in final cut asking me to re import or re encode the files as they are not optimized for final cut. This is a real mess! But thanks for you thoughts.