Panasonic PV-GS500

I am about to click the "order" button for the Panasonic PV-GS500, (Standard Def, MiniDV, FireWire) and I just have to make positively sure that it will work with my copy of Final Cut Pro 4.5.
Would **greatly** appreciate a response.
--Peter

It's not on the list of qualified devices. (NOTE: I couldn't find a list for FCP4.5, this is for FCP5.1) This doesn't necessarily mean it won't work, but you run a risk.
Check the qualified device list here...
http://images.apple.com/finalcutstudio/pdf/Studio_Qualified.pdf
Might also search the Apple site for a list specific to FCP4.5.
When you state Standard Def, are you referring to the SD Memory Card slot the cameras specs with? Are you sure you know what that is?
K

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Panasonic PV-GS500 compatible with Final Cut HD EXPRESS

Is the Panasonic PV-GS500 compatible with the HD express software. I've heard it will work with the MAC and it has a firewire, but will it work with the HD express software?
Thank you!
Sheila

I'm new to Apple and FCP and I understand your frustration. (Been over in the MS/UNIX world for 21+ years) When I decided to get FCE, I did quite a bit of research, found and read the FCP/FCE forums and choose a Sony MiniDV camcorder based on the experiences others had with simular Sony products. I bought it from a reputable store that I could return it to if it wouldn't talk to FC.
Keep in mind with your tire anology that there are Federal laws governing compliance with specifications for tires. There are no laws govering FW implementations. The biggest issue is usually the camcorder manufacturer, not Apple. Apple has no control over how camcorder manufacturers implement the Firewire standards. Canon is notorious for poor FW implementations while Sony and Panasonic seem to get it right most of the time.
Printers are another story entirely. Almost everyone with a computer uses a printer. Apple knows this and therefore expends more resources to test compatability for the wider audience.
Prosumer Digital cameras are relatively easy. They use USB and flash memory cards for data transfer. They don't use FW to control a camera or deck. The don't have to worry about mutiple data streams for video and audio or about codecs and frame rate. They just transfer files.
If you're talking about professional cameras like Haselblad, there are specific capture software packages made by other (PhaseOne comes to mind) companies that take care of the transfer and testing compatability.
Ian is right, FC is a very specialized area in the larger general use computing scope, so it unforunately gets less resources for things like compatability testing.
Personally I'd rather Apple stick to making better computers (like the MacPro and MacBooks) and keep spending the money on developing and testing better versions of FC.
-John

Audio out of sync importing from panasonic PV-GS500

i'm importing video from a panasonic PV-GS500. each time i try i get an error message which reads:
"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."
sometimes this is true (it's totally out of sync from the start) and sometimes it seems ok. but i don't know how to figure out the audio sample rate of the tape. so how do i match it with the capture preset?

Hi. This is the exact problem I've been having trying to capture footage from my PV-GS500. Did you ever find a solution? Or does anyone have a solution to a problem like this? I'm over my head with this problem. Thank you.

Panasonic NV-GS500 (or equivalent) - users please respond

Hi
I know this isn't a video camera discussion forum, but this question relates to the old 12 bit vs 16 bit sound issue.
The Panasonic NV-GS500 seems to default to 12-bit sound when you turn it off (even after you've changed it in the settings) - can you actually make it STAY on 16-bit sound???
Cheers
Perry

Hi
I know this isn't a video camera discussion forum, but this question relates to the old 12 bit vs 16 bit sound issue.
The Panasonic NV-GS500 seems to default to 12-bit sound when you turn it off (even after you've changed it in the settings) - can you actually make it STAY on 16-bit sound???
Cheers
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Having problem opening iMovie 7... with Panasonic PV-GS500.

Hi there,
I just bought iMac 4Gb. I am tried to conect my Panasonic Digital comcoder PV-GS500 into iMAC. Camcoder inserts using Firewire and USD port for Mac.
When I inserting, it does read my SD card on the camcoder, but iMovie should opeb automatically, but it's not opening at all.
Is there something missing on the computer or am I doig something wrong.
As I understand once you connect it should open iMovie.
Regards,
Alex

You will need a firewire cable that is 4 pin, which fits into the camcorder and at the other end is a six pin that inserts into the firewire port of your iMac. I haven't heard of a USB cable at one end and a firewire cable at the other end. (The six pin end may look similar to a USB connection)
It's most probably it's a firewire cable that you are using and not the USB cable.
Imovie doesn't start automatically when you connect the firewire between the camera and the iMac.
When you connect to the iMac switch on your camera to VTR mode and then start iMovie.
iMovie, in version 7 an import window will automatically open for you to import your footage.
Let us know how you get on.
Look at this video.
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ISight shuts off in 30secs and it doesn't recognize my Panasonic PV-GS500

my isight works fine in Cam Twist and other places but when I start to capture it in iMovie it freezes! I can't think of anything else to do. I just made a video a this last week.

Do you have prior experience using this camcorder with a Mac? Unless it has special functionality, it does not act as a web cam (like the iSight camera), where you can see what the camera is currently pointing at on the computer screen. You need to run video editing software, such as iMovie. The software then imports the video you have shot and stored (on the camera), from the camera's tape to the Mac. This is from iMovie Help
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/9835.html
This document about compatibility for iMovie
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3290
says, "iMovie '09 works with most Mini DV tape-based camcorders that use a FireWire cable (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) to transfer data. iMovie works with DV (standard definition) or HDV (high definition) formats."

PLEASE HELP - Panasonic DV captured, audio goes out of sync

I'm capturing an hour of DV from a Panasonic PV-GS500, using Capture Now. Initially the audio and video appear to be in sync, but when I view the latter portion of the hour, the audio and video are markedly out of sync. This has occurred with several different tapes. I don't recall if this happened with FCE 3.5; I'm using 4.0.1.
The recording was made with 16 bit audio. I chose Easy Setup with format DV/Panasonic DVCPRO, using DV-NTSC, and rate 29.97fps. My sequence is 48kHz.
Any help would be appreciated!

I re-captured the same tape I had trouble with the first time, but this time I started at the beginning without any lead time and it worked without audio/video sync problems. So I think the source of the problem was that I was changing Easy Setup settings after making a new project/sequence, instead of creating a new project/sequence after selecting the Easy Setup settings I want.
I have 2 related additional questions. I hope someone will take a stab at answering these.
Question ONE
I checked my Easy Setup settings again, and the format is shown as "custom." I'm sure I didn't select this intentionally; I selected DV-NTSC. Not sure if this "custom" setting is why things are working now. Any idea why this setting might have changed to "custom" automatically by FCE?
The "custom" settings are as follows:
Sequence Preset: DV NTSC 48 kHz
Capture Preset: DV NTSC 48 kHz
Device Control Preset: FireWire NTSC
Playback Output Video: None
Playback Output Audio: FireWire DV
PTV Output Video: Same as Playback
PTV Output Audio: Same as Playback
If I change the format back to DV-NTSC, Playback Output Video changes to "Apple FireWire NTSC (720 x 480)." I'm not sure if this is relevant.
Question TWO
Say I've imported all this DV, without audio/video sync problems, with certain Easy Setup Settings. What if I then switch to a different camera for which the capture format is different (say DV-NTSC 32kHz FireWire Basic). Will that create any problems? I ask because presumably my old Easy Setup settings (for my first camera) are still being used by the Project or Sequence. The second camera requires new Easy Setup settings, but these settings are not congruent with the Project or Sequence I'm working with.
Maybe another way to ask this question is this: Can I mix and match DV from different cameras without any problems, even though the Easy Setup settings are changed within the same project and sequence?
Thanks again.

MiniDV - Sony vs Panasonic?

Wow - so glad I checked this forum...almost bought a HDD camcorder this morning.
I want to record and edit using iMovie, so it seems like MiniDV is the format for me, right?
I've narrowed it to the SOny DCR-HC96 or the Panasonic PV-Gs80
Any thoughts on the two models?
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I agree with Gene - choose between the Sony HC96 (1 x 1/3" image sensor) and the Panasonic PV-GS320 with it's 3 x 1/6" sensors.
Both these cams will give a better Standard def image than the usual single 1/5" or 1/6" CCD offerings you usually get with cams at this price point.
Image sensor size is important - the bigger, the better the image and the better the low light performance.
Both these cams will be suitable - if you can stretch to the Panasonic PV-GS500, you get 3 x 1/4.7" CCD's and reasonable manual controls for better creative control, but the advice to check 'em all out by the feel is good.

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When I try to import a movie from my Panasonic PV-G150, I get a "Communication Error." Have a firewire plugged in. What gives?

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If you dont, iMovie will say "cant communicate with camera" or something to that effect.
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ich habe eine Panasonic NV-GS11 und kann die Aufnahmen nicht via Premiere Elements übetragen. Der USB-Anschluss und die Kamera an sich werden von XP korrekt erkannt und auch in Microsoft wiedergegeben. Was muss ich tun ? ?

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NV-GS500.
Über das zur Camera mitgelieferte Programm kann ich überspielen. Mit Premiere Elements 2 kommen ständig verbindungsprobleme. Wenn die Steuerung mal läuft, ist aber kein Bild zusehen.
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hat jemand eine Idee?
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Capture "Preview Disabled" and unable to "Capture Now"

Okay so I don't think I'm the only one but figgured I'd post just to see what the status is.
Today I went to capture some plain ol' DV footage from my Panasonic PV-GS500 minidv camcorder and was unable to... sorta.
If I try to capture I get the message "preview disabled" and at the top it shows (AV)(Unknown).
If I try to capture now i get the message "Attempt to capture video without a video device selected. Please select a video device in your capture presets and try again".
I'm using that NTSC Anamorphic easy setup and had no troubles in the past. I beleive that it might have something to do with QT 7.3 as others have suggested.
What makes it so strange is that if I log clips (monitoring on the cameras LCD itself) and then batch capture it appears to work fine. I can also send video to the Camera.
Finally to top it all off it captures just fine using iMovie - but this is hardly a solution by any means.
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You might rey first simply resetting everything to make sure nothing is interfering with the deck control. Power cycle the camera as well. Perhaps if iMovie had been communicating with the camera, FCP may not be able to work correctly with it until it was reset.
I have read of several instance of similar problems having to do with recent upgrades, however. Hope you are not one of the unlucky ones having issues with QT , FCP, OS versions etc.

How can I reduce the time it takes to render my clips?

I'm working on a MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2Duo machinewith 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, usinf Final Cut Pro 6. In my current project I have one clip that's about 40 minutes long. I recorded separate audio on a Zoom H4n and the audio clip is even longer. I am going to try to sync up certain sections of these clips and replace the audio from the camera. But right now, my computer seems to be choking on these files. I know there is a way to edit at less-than-full resolution, and then output later at full resolution, but I don't remember how to do this. Any suggestions?
What I really want to do is ask the boss for a more powerful computer, but, budgets being what they are, I need to make sure I've tried every trick in the book first to get the most out of my current setup!
Thanks!

OK, let me back up a bit and make sure I'm thinking correctly about what I've done. I'll answer Shane's questions here, too.
The video clips were shot on a Panasonic PV-GS500. They are DV Movies - DV/DVCPRO - NTSC. I brought them into iMovie, then I stored them on my desktop and transferred one of them into my FCP project, which is on the external drive I mentioned above. The wav file from the H4n is also stored on my desktop, though I imported it into the project.
Is my project still referencing the original video and audio clips from my desktop? I can see how that would slow things down.

IPhoto fails, removes device (memory card), images lost memory on card lost

I've just recently began to experience problems with importing pics from my digital cameras' memory cards. I use a GE 24-in-1 USB Card Reader, and I have been using the delete after import feature on iPhone import, with no problems for a year, until just recently. I did browse and note some recommend not to use that feature.
I use 512MB and 2GB Sandisk, Toshiba, (and two new unused) Lexar SD memory cards. I remove the cards from digital cameras (several different models of Kodak, and in two Panasonic PV-GS500 camcorders in picture-taking mode) and use the card reader for importing. I've imported into iPhoto this way for a year, likely having done so 400 times or more with no problems. I've just been lucky?
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Something similar has happened again. During import (not having the delete after import option selected), import stopped, and I got the device remove warning again. No images were saved in Library, but all the images remained on the card, so I started over and did complete the import of all the images from the card, and they were properly saved in Library. I used Finder to move to trash to clear the card. But again noted that the memory card now only shows 704.7MB available, not the 1.87GB that it should.
Yes, I read today the recommendations evidently not to do the process in this manner, so I'm sure one suggestion will be for me not to use the delete after import option, and I guess I'm not supposed to use Finder to move to trash to delete the images from the card. But I note I've done it this way for a year, even using the delete after import option with no problems--until the past two weeks. And also I've allowed all the auto updates, one recently for iPhoto, as I recall, so maybe one of the updates is now part of the experience I'm having.
So is the recommended procedure to only import with the memory card in the device (camera or camcorder), and only to delete the images using the device? I can, of course, but the way I had been doing it was far more convenient, and seemed appropriate use of the software and options.
Also, is there anyway to format the cards so the complete memory is available? Related to that, I'm beginning to think I shouldn't randomly use the cards in the five devices I use (cameras and camcorders)? Until now this hasn't been a problem either. I've been randomly using the cards, devices, and card reader, again, for over a year....
To be fair, maybe I just haven't recognized the problem when it first started recently, as I just viewed the memory on all the cards, and now see that some of the 512MB cards are only showing like 179MB, 336.4MB, and 483.4MB--is the last volume what's normally available for a 512MB card?
I seldom use the 512MB cards in the camcorders, but haven't specifically avoided doing that, other than for the reason that when capturing images in the camcorders, I usually capture 500-900 images at a time, thus needing the 2GB cards to handle that. But I've often used the 2GB cards in the digital cameras randomly.....
Any thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated!
Dale

Hi, OC. In addition to Terence's fine suggestions, let me point out (in case it isn't obvious) that after dragging images from your cards to the Trash, you must empty the Trash to recover the space the pictures occupied on the card. If you don't empty the trash, the pictures are still on the card, taking up the same space they did before you moved them.
But I'll repeat the oft-repeated recommendation not to delete anything from a memory card using your Mac. There are too many ways doing that can go pear-shaped. Erase or reformat each card each time you reinsert it in any of your cameras or other devices. The commands are there, somewhere in the cameras' menu systems.
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Importing to imac from JVC SR-VC30U Combo min DV/SVHS deck by Firewire

One step DVD would not work, but one should be able to play either min DV tape or SVHS tape in the $826 JVC SR-VC30U Combo mini DV/SVHS Deck and, via its Firewire, capture a DV video file into the imac, correct? (How is that done--does image capture recognize that a Firewire input is present, and give you options to start/stop capture?)Now, the combo unit output most likely is a 4 pin Firewire (IEEE 1394), and I think one can get a 4to6 pin adapter cord, as the imac is 6 pin Firewire, right?
Good source for such a connector?
I'll be mastering video to 90/60 min. min-dv tapes recorded in both a camcorder and the SR-VC30U, and would rather use the deck rather than my camcorder as the playback unit to save wear on the camcorder. I also have numerous video tapes, VHS and SVHS, that I like to get into my imac as dv. I can also back up the min-DV mastering of events with a SVHS tape, and import that SVHS footage if the min-DV recording fails. Might even be a way to get better footage from DVDs, by looping through playback, than trying to rip from the recorded DVD.
One might even be able to loop through video and capture dv to the imac--checking with JVC about that and related questions--will report back...
Regards, Dale

JVC never answered my email questions. iapps confirmed that my basic assumptions were reasonable, however. So I ordered the items.
I have received and worked with the JVC SR-VC30U Combo DV/SVHS deck and it appears to be a versatile unit. You can dub from one format to the other, record input to both formats, play either format and have DV/Firewire output, and loop through input to digitize analog video for Firewire input into the imac. Haven't tried recording DV in to both formats yet.
Looping through playback from a recorded DVD, capturing, imovie, idvd, to burned DVD looked much better than ripping the original DVD with Cinematize and doing the same.
You have to control the deck manually--imovie will not control the functions (play, rewind, stop, etc) as you have with most DV camcorders, of course.
I've also found the Panasonic PV-GS500 to be compatible with imovie. You have to have it in playback mode, not PC mode. Also, there was some flicker in footage ran through imovie/idvd to burned DVD, particularly in transitions were there was movement in the video at time of transition. Some of that may have been related to stabilization so I've turned that off to see if it helps.
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Understanding HD/20"iMac/iMovie6/iDVD6

I've read through a number of recent posts about HD here in the forum, but I'm still a tad confused. I know I can't burn a HD DVD of either type, that we hope iHDVD will becoming. But can I shoot with a HD camcorder (say Sony HDR-HC7 or HDR-HC5) with DV tape, import that via FW into iMove6 HD, edit, and then share to iDVD, and burn a SD DVD, with SD video? If so, at what point does the HD get "down-converted" to SD? And if I do all that, will the resulting product look significantly better, or worse, than if I simply shoot originally with a good quality SD 3 chip camcorder (Panasonic PV-GS500)?
What if I take one of the above HD camcorders and shoot in SD--do I get a benefit in image or do I take a hit because I'm "down-converting" as I originally record? In other words, is a HD camcorder in SD better than a good SD DV camcorder (GS500)?
In other words, does it make any sense right now to buy a HD camcorder if I'm only delivering content on SD DVDs? Is there benefit to the cost of the camcorder and the added render/encoding times, as well as possible improvement of SD image quality?
Even with the challenges of HD, it's the buzz work out there now, and others are selling the sizzle of shooting with HD cameras and I'm trying to figure out how to ease into wave of moving from SD to HD. Any opinions and comments welcomed!
Thanks! Dale

Yes, I know a side-by-side would be best, but I'm looking for general comment. Which you actually gave, in that if HD downconverted to SD was significantly better than good SD DV, side by side wouldn't be necessary.
I eventually want to be able to deliver HD content, but can't right now with what came with the iMac. So I'm trying to get a handle on what the work flow will be to provide various content, and the equipment I need and how to use it. I'm a low end event videographer doing graduations, drama, choral, dance, and weddings. This of course in the past has meant delivering SD 4x3 on DVD or VHS. But today one could provide
HD on BR, HD on HD-DVD, HD downconverted to 16x9 SD, SD 16x9, or SD 4x3.
Any HD shown on 4x3 format will be squeezed or letterboxed--any 4x3 shown on 16x9 format will be stretched or matted. Add to this confusion the fact NO ONE has asked for HD content from me, yet some of my clients are now asking if I shoot in "HD", because they perceive they'll get a better product in SD in their videographer originally shoots in HD, and my head begins to really hurt to think about it all. And the costs of HD to the customer might double when one compares my current SD costs to HD.
To show you just how confused I am, I'll ask this question--with the FW connection on the front of some DVD standalone recorders, can you record HD to the HDD in some of these units, but not to the DVD burners in them?
If I shoot in HD, and eventually are able to burn to BR, but also want to provide SD, I control that when I send the edited project in iMovie to either, in the future, iHDVD, or to iDVD, and the latter will create an SD 16x9 letterbox of the project on a SD DVD? And that will look better than shooting in SD 4x3? Am I thinking about this correctly?
Maybe someone on the board knows a link to a good general discussion about HD and working with it, what's possible and not, would be of great help to me--I looked at Videomaker website but didn't seem to find a lot of the information I was looking for....
Thanks, Dale

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