Log & capture question

a small thing that i find kind of annoying ... log & capture works fine but i guess there's no way see the timecode (other than looking at the deck which sometimes isn't convenient) as you're capturing. when you begin capturing this "preview" window or whatever pops and says you're capturing but the log & capture tool/deck controller is now in the background and the code in the timecode is no longer active. imho it would nice and even useful if the log & capture tool remained in the foreground and active as it does in avid ...

Attach a video monitor to the deck and enable the time code overlay display on the deck.
Attach a pair of audio monitors and you have the complete package - audio/video/tc.
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Logging/capture question

I'm using FCE 3.5. Is it possible to log multiple clips on a tape and then capture them all at once? The clips are not contiguous but separated on the tape. It seems so time consuming to log and capture only one clip at a time.
Thanks,
Sam

Tom,
Thanks. Guess I would have to upgrade to Final Cut Studio for this capability.
Sam

Drop-Frame vs. Non-Drop-Frame Capture question

Hi,
I'm using Final Cut Pro 5 capturing 16:9 anamorphic video and removing an advanced 24 frame pulldown from my Canon XL-2. This is for a documentary for which I have captured over 30 full tapes of footage. I've been logging in the clips FIRST, then going back and batch capturing everything afterwards.
My question is this: I have logged everything the same way with seemingly all the same settings. However, when I capture some tapes I get the warning that I'm capturing Non-Drop frame media to a Drop-Frame clip and it could cause problems in the future with relinking. Then some tapes don't give me that message at all. Is there something I'm not noticing about how I log some tapes but not others? Would it have to do with the presets I have Final Cut set to when I'm capturing a tape? I'm fairly positive I've always setup FCP to the proper capture settings before logging anything...but could something else be causing this? Thanks for your help.
-JD

The thing to watch out for, both in logging and in capturing, is when you log or capture multiple tapes with mixed NDF & DF timecode.
There are three or four things that can affect this:
FCP5 and later allow you to set the TC format of the capture preset, such that the Log & Capture window would default to NDF if you are working with NDF tapes.
Otherwise, Log & Capture will still auto-detect during playback when logging, but you have to be sure to play the tape some before logging the clip. If you capture multiple tapes using capture now, You could easily start recording before the time code format updates. This kind of error results in a clip whose in point is the correct "number", but the format is wrong.
During Batch Capture, the device control is not always able to change the time code format. I'm not sure about FCP6, but I am in the habit of grouping my clips in batches according to the TC format. You ma be seeing this alert because you are switching the TC format of the tapes in the batch capture, but device control is "stuck" in DF mode, for instance. This is not an issue during logging, only capture.
I think it may also be possible to override the clip's logged TC format at capture by unchecking "use logged clip settings".
Capturing clips with the wrong TC format can really mess up recapture later. The offset that happens as the format gets converted back increases as the starting hour of the timecode gets bigger.
So basically you can have clips that get logged wrong, and clips that were logged correctly, but captured with the wrong TC. It's easier to miss it when logging, since there's no alert message to pop up. But the other alert is there to tell you there is a mismatch somewhere, preventing you from making the second kind of error. Your only error may only be that you had both DF and NDF clips in the same batch.
There is a trick to get the TC format to switch to the non-default for batch capture - Open Log & Capture and play the tape until you see the TC format update. Now start the batch capture with Log & Capture still open - device control will stay in that TC format now. Otherwise, I think device control switches to the format of the first clip in the batch, but stays there until you cancel and start a new batch.
Hope this helps -
Max Average

Capturing Question #1

Hi. I have two capturing questions that I could really use some help with, I'll keep them seperate.
Since downloading the new FCP update I have had a new warning before capturing and I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do about it. Quoted as follows:
WARNING: You are about to capture drop-frame media to a non
drop-frame clip. If you proceed, you may experience changes in
logged in and out points, problems relinking media, or removal of
master clip relationships.
Cancel OK
I just don't know as much as I should about this stuff. Not even what other info you guys might need. I'm capturing Firewire from a Sony TRV-22 to a 250GB external LaCie.
Thanks,
Ariel.
Dual 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) FCP 5.1.2, QT 7.1.3, 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM

The difference is in the TIMECODE. Somehow you have a batch of clips that have been logged with NON-DROP timecode...the : separators are all colons ":" that indicate that the footage logged was NDF TC. Drop frame separators look the same, but the last one is a SEMI colon ";" indicating drop frame code.
Re-log that tape and you should be good to go.
Shane

Connecting Log & Capture to an External Display

Forum,
I am using FCP for my current project. While logging footage from my camera I thought it would be easier if I could hook up the Preview area of the Log & Capture window to an external device such as a display. Is this possible?
How do I achieve this? What kind of an adaptor is needed?
Thanks.

#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv
Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp.
Then go View > External video > all frames
Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
Audio playback should be Audio follows Video
Techinially, this should send synched video to your TV
If for some reason you can't view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:
1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.
2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.
3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.
4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.
5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices
6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed
If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the PLAYBACK OUTPUT section
Shane

Cannot log&capture after upgrading to Leopard...

Hi,
I'm using FCP 5.0.4 on PowerBook G4 1.67GHz PC
I recently upgraded from Tiger 10.4.11 to Leopard 10.5.6
Now it seems like I cannot Log&Capture anymore. When I press command-8, FCP shuts down and I get a message: The application Final Cut Pro quit unexpectedly.
Is that a known issue? Is there a way to solve the problem?
Thanks,
~ymotion
Problem details:
Process: Final Cut Pro [833]
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Identifier: com.apple.FinalCutPro
Version: 5.0.4 (5.0.4)
Build Info: FCPApp-512141418~2
Code Type: PPC (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [64]
Date/Time: 2009-05-04 15:32:39.514 +0300
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G55)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000020
Crashed Thread: 0

5.1.4 will solve the compatibility issue, however, it is no longer available from Apple -you would have to find a copy on Ebay or similar. The current version is FCP 6 -part of Final Cut Studio 2.
Going back to Tiger will also solve it and will not cost anything, apart from the time spent reinstalling.
Unless there is some feature in Mac OS X 10.5 that you really need, this would be the easiest way to get FCP running again.

When i am logging/ Capturing my mac is telling me that i am getting dropped frames. would i need to get a LaCie Hard Drive?

When i am logging/ Capturing my mac is telling me that i am getting dropped frames. would i need to get a LaCie Hard Drive?

To be honest, I've had 2 Lacie drives crash out of 2 bought. That's not a good track record for me.
Your best bet (I'm a computer professional, for what it's worth):
Get a hard drive case or enclosure that supports firewire 800 and put your own PC hard drive (SATA for example) 7200rpm or higher hard drive into it.
Let me explain a bit more. External hard drive manufacturers often put no-name hard drives into fancy cases to cut costs and that's how they make a profit. I've have had nothing but problems with with these types of drives. (Like Lacie) You are much better off getting some type of decent drive enclosure and getting your own GOOD hard drive. I would highly recommend Seagate, I have NEVER had a problem with a Seagate drive in 20 years of owning PCs and Macs. Western Digital is also a good brand (though I had 1 crash). These are the types of drives you would put in your Mac Pro. You want to get an SATA hard drive.
I have owned several external cases where the case electronics fried, but the hard drives were still in good shape. Take the hard drive out, put it into a new case you're good to go!
For video you want to make sure that your hard drive case supports Firewire 800! This is mandatory.
My personal favorite, (and I own 5 of these) is Vantec's NexStar hard drive enclosure. They accept any SATA 3.5" drive (I bought mine from a company called ComputerStop). I have yet to have a single problem with any of them. They are solid aluminum casing, you can literally throw them into your backback, drop them on the floor and your hard drive is fairly well protected from impact damage (at least you won't break the case with anything short of a sledgehammer). I am currently looking at getting a second one of these:
http://www.vantecusa.com/gl/product/view_detail/173
(My bad, this is an IDE case up to 750GB)
This the one you want:
http://www.vantecusa.com/gl/product/view_detail/354
As far as the hard drive, you can get a Seagate Baracuda drive 1TB at 7200rpm drive for about $60. The case and hard drive together, maybe a few over $100 for the whole thing. With shipping, and tax figure about $150.
Don't let the price fool you. It will rock.
Story: I got an iOmega "raid" case with two Seagate drives in it and the iOemga case fried, but the hard drives were still good. Fortunately, they were in two removable trays. I put them into two "rocketfish" hard drive cases almost 3 years ago and I am still using them every day today.
Moral of this story: It's the quality of the hard drive that matters, not what case it's in.
Is it hard to set up?
Not at all. You put the hard drive into a tray, (with Vantec case), screw it in. It only goes in 1 way. Plug in a power cable to the drive. Slide the tray into the case (carefully, don't munch the power cable!) and screw it in place. You can literally do it in 10 minutes or less. There are, of course instructions, but if you are reasonably clever, you can literally see what plugs into what just by looking at it.
Sorry for the long reply, but I have a lot of experience with external drives and I hope this helps others.
Finally, when you make it to the big time you can spend $400, get yourself a firewire RAID enclosure and you can upgrade to 4 external hard drives in 1 enclosure. Figure $800 for that set up, but you can go up to 12 TB of drive space with that, or up to 3TB if you are running redundant discs. But that's a whole other ballgame...
Peace.

How to make the logs captured for Z fields in ME21N/ ME22N

Hi
I have devloped new tab(Screen) and added Z field in the PO header (ME21N) as per my requirement. But whenever I do changes to the perticular Z field, logs are not captured (ME21N->ENVIRONMENT-->HEADERLOG). How to make the logs captured for Z fields like standard fields. Is there any way?
Regards
Raj.

HI Ranjitha
For the data element of Z fields go to further caracteristics of tab and make change document checkbox ticked.

Typing Problem in Log & Capture Window

I just upgraded to FCP5. There are lots of improvements and Multicam editing is awesome. However, there seems to be a new defect in Log & Capture with regards to typing and changing typed info. For instance, in previous versions, if I marked in a timecode and want to change a number in the mark-in window, I can just highlight a digit in the window and type in a new value. Now when I try to change just one digit, the entire window is deleted. Same thing with highlighting and changing part of a clip name or log notes. What's up with this?
FCP is moving leaps and bounds in terms of high-end functions, but simple typing has become problematic?
Please help and enlighten. Thanks.

I've seen one other post about this, and experience it myself...I just am very careful about typing there, and frankly usually just use the 'backspace/delete' key and retype, instead of trying to highlight and retype. PITB!!
This and mouse movements affecting JKL shuttling are two items I'm hoping to see addressed on the next upgrade...they really need to be.
Drop a note to them in the Forum Feedback link...don't know if it will help, but it can't hurt.
Kevan

Odd ... Log & Capture won't open with a particular camcorder connected

Actually ... Final Cut Pro protests in general ... sometimes completely locks up with the dreaded spinning color wheel when this one Panasonic Camcorder is connected. The moment I turn it off or unplug it - FCP returns to life!
I have in the past captured video from this camera, but it has always been a little sketchy - takes a few tries to get log & capture to work with it. Seems it's not working at all now.
Only thing I think I did different in the past was use a different FW cable.
Any reason a particular camcorder could prevent FCP from working?

I plan on trying the other cable (am in Mexico now & that cable is back in the US).
What struck me as odd though, and the reason I thought there might be some camera-specific reason, is that even with the other cable it was always finicky.
Although I could eventually get it to work using that other cable, it almost never worked on the first try (the mini-DV Panasonic PV GS2). Using my Sony Hi-8 Digital cam, it's always 100% reliable, regardless of what cable I'm using.

Hmc150 Video files disappear or aren't imported during Log & Capture

I'm having a terrible problem when importing video clips using Log & Capture on FCExpress.
The clips are on 5 different SDHC cards, recorded on a hmc150.
Some clips appear just fine. But when I search for clips after the import only about half of them are there. Also FCE is naming each clip in chronological order, often replacing previously captured clips. This results in no order.
I cannot trust that my computer uploaded what it says is there.
I'm using a 17" MacBook Pro with intel. And saving my clips on an external harddrive. Plenty of RAM. Plenty of storage space.
Why is FCE spacing out?? Could it be the card reader?

I am experiencing the same thing (I think).
I'm running a Mac Pro with FCE 4.0.1 and a Sony HDD HD Camcorder. I'm importing from a saved copy of the Camcorder's HDD (running from a local HDD). I'm importing about 2000 clips, and about 3/4 of the way in, clips look like they're importing fine, but are not showing up in the Clips list. Then I go back and see that instead of adding new clips, it was actually over-writing other clips that I had imported earlier in the same Log & Transfer process.
It's frustrating, and has happened multiple times, with different groupings of clips. There is then a lot of backtracking because there is no date/time metadata in the imported clips.
Any help would be appreciated, or if it is a known and unresolved issue, it would be nice just to know I'm not crazy.
Thanks.
DG

Log & Capture problem with JVC GY100 HD, please help!

Hi guys,
I'm trying to Log & Capture using JVC GY100HD on FCP HD which was shot on 1080i HD. FCP HD won't recognize the camera. It's all hooked up correctly.
Can someone please help me with the Settings & Preferences to get this to recognize?
Thanks in advance,
ZIA

The camera cannot shoot 1080i material; it only shoots 720p. It can however play back 1080i material. The footnote is a little misleading. What they're trying to say is that FCP does not support the JVC's 720p25 or 720p24 formats.
What shot the 1080i material? A Sony? Try using the standard Sony HDV 1080i preset, but don't use the Sony HDV device control preset. Make sure the camera is set in the correct output mode before launching the application.

Log & Capture -- audio out of sync

We are editing a feature doc...we logged & captured a few tapes. We are not certain of the fps rate that the DV was shot. We are told it is 24p. We are working off of dubs...if that makes a differnce???
When we do a advanced pulldown the audio is really out of sync. When we capture at 29.97fps, it is also out of sync. We are baffled. Below is the warning that we get when we batch capture and the capturing is completed:
<<The audio sample rate of one or more of your captured media files does
not match the sample rate on your source tape. This may cause the
video and audio of these media files to be out of sync. Make sure the
audio sample rate of your capture preset matches the sample rate of
your tape.>>
We would love to edit this in 29.97fps to be able to view off our monitor.
Are there any suggestions to troubleshoot?
We are proceeding to log, but not capture. Is this wise? Or should we find out what is wrong first?
Thanks, joeyngloria

I'm delighted--in a sick way--to see this topic being posted today, since I'm having a very similar problem:
While capturing HD footage shot with, and captured from, a Sony HDR-FX1, I noticed that the A/V were out of sync by a solid second, maybe longer (FCP 5.1.4). The problem is there from the start of each of two tapes, and it's there throughout. Both tapes are 1 hour of continuous film with no cuts (they were interviews).
There's no sync problem when the footage is viewed on the camera's LCD, and it doesn't matter if I capture to my external drive (Maxtor, 500 gig, FW 800, empty) or to my iMac (1.6 Ghz) hard drive (something I did as an experiment to test whether there was something going on with the external drive).
Captured clips played in the viewer faithfully reproduce the out of sync A/V.
Appreciate your help.

Log & capture "will not open "

I'm new to this so "HELP " . Ever since I upgraded to Tiger 10.4.6, I go into Final Cut Pro "4". In my log & Capture no matter what configure I use It does not let me in (no video from camcorder (sony vx-2100 ) . This problem never occured before I upgraded to Tiger & Quick tim 7. I'm thinking I should "DOWN GRADE " back to panther . Thanks Joepa 1 !!
g-4 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 10.3.7 to 10.4.6 (that is when the problem began

Try trashing your preference files. Do a search for
final cut pro rescue. its an app that will do it for
you that you can download for free
I have the rescue down lode I hate to ask but were can I find my preference files to trash ? Thanks again .

Log & Capture -- Ambushed!

I took my G5 to an Apple Store for a Tiger upgrade and a FCP upgrade to 5.1.....Now, FCP won't LOG & CAPTURE. Any thoughts what happened? And how do we rectify this? Thanks for your ideas!
G5 Mac OS X (10.0.x)

Hi Todd - how do you capture ?
A capture card ? fw ?
How ?
What device do you connect to ?
A deck ? Model ?
Give us some details buddy ... pls.
So you're in the L&C window and what ?
You've got video ? - device control ?
What happens ?
edit: David's prolly got it. But sheesh - some
details would help ya know ...
Thanks for the input.
I capture with firewire into the G5 deck (P.M. 7.3), and save on a LaCie 500 GB external drive.
Immediately after the upgrade, I see nothing in Log & Capture. "System disabled."
I see video I want to capture on my external TV monitor but it now doesn't read in FCP. Just "Disabled."
I think I needed to upgrade QuickTime, but was told mine was sufficient. I think that advice was wrong.
Thanks for asking.
TODD

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