Supported camera final cut pro6

For FCP 1,2,3,4 and 7 I can find supported camera's.
But I can't find a list with supported camera's for FCP6.
Where can I find these list?

Not sure there is one. But anything compatible with 4 should still work. The only thing I know they added in fcp7 was compatibility with avchd cameras like the panasonic hmc150. I used to have to use my laptop (intel) to transcode material from the hmc150 to use on my tower (g5) before I got a new tower a year and a half ago.
I'd use the fcp7 list and then post a question about any specific camera you're considering regarding fcp6 compatibility here and maybe on creative cow. if it's not listed for fcp7, it's almost deflnitely not going to work in fcp6.
And remember that there are 3rd party utilities like magic bullet grinder and clipwrap that you can use to transcode or simply rewrap material that's not immediately compatible with fcp6.

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HT2948 I have a Sony DCR-PC100 is it supported by final cut express?? wilth

I have a Soney DCR-PC100 is it supported by final cut express ?? what 'p' will they convert to??

Hi
Just my notes - for iMovie - but they go to 99% for FinalCut too.
NO CAMERA or A/D-box
Cable
• Are You sure that You are using the FireWire Cable - USB-Cable will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin (or 9-pin) FW one ?
• Test another FW-Cable very often the problem maker.
Camera
• Test Your Camera on another Mac so that DV-in still works OK
• Toggle in iMovie pref. Play-back via Camera (on <-> off some times)
• Some Cameras has a Menu where You must select DV-out to get it to work
• Camera connected to "charger" (mains adaptor) - not just on battery
• Camera set in Playback mode - NOT Recording mode
Does Your Camera work on another Mac ?
Sorry to say it is to easy to turn the 6-pin end of the FW-cable 180 deg wrong.
This is lethal to the A/D-chip in the Camera = needs an expensive repair.
(Hard to find out - else than import/export to another Mac ceased to work
everything else is OK e.g. recording and playback to TV)
A/D-box
• Is the dip-switches set right ?
• Set to same standard as recorded/editing e.g. NTSC 29.97fps or PAL 25fps
• Try resetting it
Connections
• Daisy Chaining most often doesn’t work (some unique cases - it’s the only way that work (some Canon Cameras ?))
Try to avoid connecting Camera <--> external HD <--> Mac but import directly to the Mac then move
the Movie project to dedicated external hard disk.
• FireWire-port - Can be re-setted by - Turn off Mac and disconnecting Mac from Mains/Power for 20-30 minutes
External device’s (hard disk’s)
• Should be FireWire as USB/USB2 performs badly and so does Airport or Net-work connected ones too.
• MUST BE - Mac OS Extended formatted - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - DO NOT WORK for video due to 4Gb barrier.
Mac
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
(Other hard disks don't count)
I go for a minimum of 25Gb free space for 4x3 SD Video - and my guess is 5 times more for 16x9 HD ones
after material is imported and edited. No Camera or A/D-box
• GarageBands fix - Close iMovie, Open GarageBand, Play some notes, Close GB and iMove can now be OK
• Does Your Mac have a FireWire Port
• White MacBooks - don't
• MacBook-Air - don't
if not then a few Mac’s has a PCM-CIA slot and there are FW-Cards that makes a FW-port this way
else - NO SOLUTION
Only option as I get it is either
• Use another Mac to Capture material (to an external USB2 - Mac OS Extended formatted hard disk - or -
• Change to another Camera that can be used with Your Mac (no there are no miniDV tape Cameras that can)
• If Your Mac-Book has a PCM-CIA Card place - then there are FW-port-Cards and then
You can import via this - but I've not seen this on more modern Macs. My PowerBook G4
has one and this FW-Card-port works greatly.
SoftWare
• Delete iMovie pref. file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into this and have a re-try.
• Any strange Plug-ins into QuickTime as Perian etc ? Remove and try again.
• FileVault is off ? (hopefully)
• Screen Saver - OFF
• Energy Saver - OFF
Using WHAT versions ? .
• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
• QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
• iMovie’08 (7.1.?), 09 or 11 ?
• iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
Other ways to import Your miniDV tape
• Use another Camera. There where tape play-back stations from SONY
but they costed about 2-4 times a normal miniDV Camera.
• If Your Camera works on another Mac. Make an iMovie movie project here and move it
over to Your Mac via an external hard disk.
(HAS TO BE Mac OS Extended formatted - USB/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange WILL NOT DO)
(Should be a FireWire one - USB/USB2 performs badly)
from LKN 1935.
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpful insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
from Karsten.
in addition to Bengt's excellent '9 yards of advice' ..
camera set to 'Play' , not rec/computer/etc.?
camera not on battery, but power-line?
did your Mac 'recognize' this camera before...?
a technical check.
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About . . / More . .
under Firewire.. what do you read . . ?
More
• FileVault - Secure that it’s turned off
• Network storage - DOESN’T WORK
• Where did You store/capture/import Your project ?
External USB hard disk = Bad Choice / FireWire = Good
If so it has to be Mac OS Extended formatted
----> UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange is NOT Working for VIDEO !
mbolander
Thanks for all your suggestions. What I learned is that I had a software problem. I had something called "Nikon Transfer" on my Mac that was recognizing my Canon camcorder as a still camera and was preventing iMovie from working properly. After un-installing Nikon Transfer and doing a reboot, everything worked great.
I never liked the Nikon Transfer software anyway--I guess I'll get a cheap card reader and use that to transfer photos in the future.
No Camera or bad import
• USB hard disk
• Network storage
• File Vault is on
jiggaman15dg wrote
if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
or no firewire will work
see if that helps
DJ1249 wrote
The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconnect the external drive before the mac can see the video camera.
MaryBoog wrote
Maybe your problems is solved in the meantime, but for all others this might help as I had the same problem, also have the Sony HDR-HC7, but the 7e (Europe, PAL). I found this link today and it works perfectly
//support.sony-europe.com/tutorials/dime/videotransfer/vtransfer.aspx site=odw_en_GB&sec=DVH&m=HDR-HC7E
What I exactly did.- put camera in play mode - open guide - choose connection guide - choose comp./printer (where to transfer movie to) - select connection.- i-link (on my camera) but equal to firewire - OK - choose HDV - choose NO for conversion of i.link.
Settings are shown then (VCR HDV/DV.- HDV and i.link-conv..- OFF), press OK, OK, END.
Switch camera off. Connect firewire cable to camera & Mac. Switch camera on, in play/edit mode.
Open i-movie, choose import from camera. On screen below the camera connection is shown.- DV (HDV). Now you can import, automatically or manually.
This worked perfectly for me. Took me 2 days to find out. Could not find any clear thread explaining what I had to do on the camera and the manual was not clear either.
Yours Bengt W

During the installing the FCP the massage are came "Final Cut Pro Failed to Download use the purchases page to try again" what mean by this i have to purchases again?please help

During the installing the FCP the massage are came "Final cut pro faild to download use the purchuses page to try again"what mean by this i have pruchuse again?

Hey Hamidpetra!
That message is referring to your past purchases page for the Mac App Store. More information on this can be found here:
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Use the information in this article to find your past purchases and re-download your copy of Final Cut Pro. Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

Final cut pro6 update.

I am newbie for final cut pro6. can somebody tell me how to update it .
Thanks

Under the Apple Menu is the software updater.
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Is the new Canon XL-H1 camera supported in Final Cut?

Hi All,
I understand that FCP does not yet support the 24F (progressive) or 30F (progressive) modes in this new Canon camera.
Canon originally told me that an update to FCP was in the works which would incorporate this codec (or whatever it's called) but Apple will not tell me anything about this. But Canon now tells me that they can't comment on what Apple may or may not be doing.
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This is an extract from an email someone sent me about this problem which makes the issue much more clear:
"Hi Harry,
My incomplete understanding of both the 24F and 30F modes is that Canon
has been able to embed a truly progressive frame in a 60i stream. As
you may know these progressive frames were somehow captured from the
XL-H1's interlaced CCDs.
The problem is since these progressive frames are flagged in an
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handle 24F or 30F. Apparently Apple needs to release an update to Final
Cut to allow it to extract the flagged frames. You might want to go to
the Final Cut Pro website to let Apple know how important this is you.
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does something soon myself."
So here I am posting this message.
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Ideas please ...
Best
Harry

The 24F mode on the Canon is real 24p in that it's 24 evenly spaced frames a second, but it's really just badly de-interlaced 48i. It's stored on tape as 24p in their own format, probably similar to the JVC's 24p by embedding it in 60p using frame repeat flags.
The 30F is generated from 60i in the same manner, but is stored again in some wierd format (everyone else just embeds 30p in 60i, making it totally compatible) so nothing understands it. This is a big mistake IMHO. Who's going to buy a camera that you can't capture into your NLE, and can't play on a HDV tape deck??
Graeme

Unable to connect to Deck or Camera to capture footage. Final cut pro6

Hey guys,
I am wondering if anybody who has been in my situation or know how i can resolve my problem can help me.
I have been using my Deck to upload all my footage, in standard def, and my JVC GY HD100 camera to upload all HD footage without any problems until the last week.
I have been shooting alot of footage (SD) that needs to be captured and also master copies to be burnt to MINIDV from my computer, and i can not locate any of the devices which i would like to use.
When i open my FCP i get the following error message.
Unable to locate the following external devices:
Apple FIrewire PAL (720x576)
Dispite (on both occasions ) the JVC Camera and also the JVC BR-HD50 Deck is connected via Fire wire.
- I also changed all A/V Settings with no luck
- Tried using different FW Ports
- Trashed the preferences
- downloaded the updated Quicktime software and deleted the old versions
When i go into the System settings, the Firewire tab also says that the device is unrecognised.
- I have tried closing the mac down to reset the FW ports (many times last week, and it has also been off all weekend and it is still not allowing any connection to either camera or deck)
I do not know what else I can do to resolve the problem.
Is it a problem with Final Cut Pro, The deck, camera, or fire wire itself?
Or (as i suspect) a problem with the Mac?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Dane

Hi David
Thanks for your reply - i Should have stated that i do only use either the Cam or the Deck at any given time - i do not have more than one DV device connected to Mac at any one time.
Sorry about not including that piece of information. Have you any other ideas??? I dont want to reinstall the OS from the disc until i have tried everything else, and unless its absolutly necessary.

HELP VIDEO CAMERA FINAL CUT PRO 6

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Camera/final cut connection problem

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We've successfully used these kinds of cables for old FW to FW800 on our newest Intel Macs but not to a portable.
If the device does not show up at all on the Macintosh, you can look at only three possible failures: the cable, the camera's port, or the Mac's port. You should be able to test all with another Mac and a known FW device.
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Why mp4 is not supported by Final Cut Pro?

Hi all,
I want to put a logo in a video but the format is in mp4. Final cut refuse to open the file. What should i do ? My file is in HD and i dont want to loose quality at all. How can i convert it ? With what program ? Any free ?
Thanks

Thank you guys for the answers. I am at work at the moment and i tried to install the MPEG Streamclip in my Windows 7 computer. And the message i post was the message i saw on the screen.
Last night i was trying to do the same on my iMac at home. Same message , same process.
I am sorry i dont know what the codec is but i am sending screen shots .
I can view the video from WMP and from Quick Time Player . Only what i want to do is to edit it and to put the logo of my company in the right up corner. Thats it. The production company sent this mp4 file to some cooperates and they forward to me. It will be difficult to send it to me back again the video in a different format . (long story!!)
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No PAL Support in Final Cut Pro X?

Hi.
I have been checking FCPX and have found that it only works with NTSC and converts PAL videos to it, downscaling to 720x480. Is it that true? Because if it works this way I'm afraid you are loossing all your customers in Europe...
Sorry, my mistake. I now see it works ( but can't trash this disccussion ).
Message was edited by: minimoto71

Best way for you is to download a trial version and test it. I can not see it on this page http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4664

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Hello all!
I dug out my old SONY DCR-TRV520 this weekend so my son could start playing around with a camera of his own. The camera is a Digital8 camera and has the 4 pin iLink(FW400) interface.
I have used it many, many times in my college days with older versions of Final Cut, up to 4. However when I plugged it in today and turned on Final Cut..it wouldn't launch. As soon as I unplugged the camera, Final Cut sprang to life. However, when I turned on Log & Capture it was not detected.
The only other FW drive I have is a 2TB FW800 drive for my video scratch & render and even with that unplugged I couldn't get the camera to be recognized.
Is there something that has changed that will not allow these older cameras to work anymore or is it just specific to this model? It was on the list of compatible cameras for Final Cut 4 but 3 versions is a lot of code changes.
Any ideas?

Thanks for the replies.
The camera is plugged in direct and it is in VTR Mode. I am going to try my archived version of iMovie 2.0.1 and see if that works on my 'ol 10.3 rig. If that doesn't work then I am going to see what I can do on the Windows side of things.
Oh, I an I tried the capture preset of Non-Controlable device and that still didn't work. The camera only has a 1/8" A/V out port and FW 400 4-pin interface so no USB support. The camera came out when USB 2.0 was still a gleam in a certification board's eye.
SONY's PMB software doesn't support tape based media and VEGAS 9 will not recognize the camera on a FW400 port. The only other option is to use my HDPVR and the S-Video out and encode it manually which will be just fine.
I do actually have a SONY AVCHD HDD cam and I love it. My kid is only 6 so it is still on the list of daddy's toys that he is not allowed to play with. I plan to teach him on film and tape before he graduates to HD what not but he is a bit away from that.
Just like I won't let him play Super Mario Galaxy until he beats the original Super Mario Bros.
But I will probably keep dinking with it until I get it to work and if I find a solution I post it.

HT5177 Why does Final Cut Pro X tell me mpg is supported, but wont recognize it when I try to import it from my files??!!

I am trying to import an mpg file and Final Cut Pro X wont recognize the file.. please help.
Final Cut Pro says it is a supported file, still wont recognize it!

Yeah depends on the source but generally MPG hasn't ever been supported in Final Cut Pro- as Tom says you want to convert it to ProRes elsewhere before bringing into FCP X.

Final Cut Pro X and Sony Handycam HDR-CX105

I'm thinking of buying Final Cut Pro X, but the list of compatible cameras here:
Cameras supported by Final Cut Pro X - Apple Support
doesn't contain the HDR-CX105 - although it seems to contain literally dozens of other Sony AVCHD cameras.
Does anyone know if this is simply an omission, or does its absence from the list mean that it won't be possible to import directly? I'd rather avoid having to convert files first, especially since Final Cut Pro will now accept AVCHD files.
Thanks for any advice on this.
Lyndon

Hi Tom - there has been a development, of sorts.
I had been recording onto the 32Gb Pro Duo memory stick, and FCP X didn't seem to recognise it. The 'NO NAME' disk that appeared on my desktop would appear to be the camera's internal memory, and that didn't contain any data.
I switched to Internal Memory, recorded a clip and connected the camera again. This time, NO NAME appeared under Cameras, and the MTS clip appeared in the Input window. The trouble is that my internal memory is only 8Gb, which only gives me an hour's recording time. Am I likely to be stuck with this limitation? I have just ordered a USB card reader from Amazon which apparently reads Pro Duo sticks in the hope that that might work...
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I have never had this problem before.
I use a Canon HF G10 camcorder that records in AVCHD, and the files from my camcorder are imported just fine.
I used another camcorder, a Canon XA10, which also records in AVCHD, for a different angle.
Although the camera was supported in Final Cut X, the files were not imported nor detected as a video file.
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The problem starts from here. I tried importing the files several times into Final Cut Pro X, however the files do not show in the events browser.
When I try to drag and drop into the project window, the application crashes. I have tried reinstalling Final Cut Pro X and also deleting the files from the event browser and re-trying it, but it doesn't work.
Just to list my iMac's specs,
it's a Mid 2011 21.5 inch with 12GB of RAM. That should be enough for Final Cut to do its work.
The same symptoms also occur with these particular files in my 15 inch Retina MacBook Pro as well.
Please help :'(

Do these files play in Quicktime Player? Post a screenshot of the Movie Inspector from Quicktime Player.
Also, is the second camera recognized - i.e. does it appear in the Cameras area of the Import window?
If so, does any content from that camera show up?

Canon HF M400 and Final Cut Express?

I'm planning on buying a canon Vixia HF M400 camcorder and was wondering if anyone knows about or has had experience with its Final cut express compatibility. I know that with some AVCHD cameras final cut does not recognize the imported footage even when using log and capture, so i just wanted to make sure i don't buy a camera that i will not be able to edit with. if it matters, i plan on buying the latest version of FCE and editing on my macbook, using an external hard drive as a scratch disk.

Tony,
I have a HFS 10 which appears to be similar to the one you are looking at, and I have no difficulty ingesting the AVCHD video with Log and Transfer into FCE (note that this is different from Capture). However you should note that FCE is no longer available for purchase through Apple. You can find copies of FCE4 available on Ebay, but you should be aware that it not supported by the latest Apple OS Lion. Additionally there have been many reports of difficulty using FCE after upragrading to Lion.
Regards,
Marc

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