puredrifting
06-01-2006, 08:36 PM
Hi all:
Have now done about 40-50 shooting days with the HVX. I am very comfortable with the workflow. I tried to make DV dubs today with some 720 24PN material that I shot in April that is backed up to two different HDs as well as DVD-R.
Once I load the material back onto a card and insert in the camera for dubs, I am getting the dreaded red Xs on all five clips when viewed as thumbnails in-camera. Why? I tried it three times and yes, I definitely also transfered the .txt file as well.
None of the clips will playback. I tried importing the media into FCP, it only worked on one of the shortest :10 clips. The rest of the clips dump midway through trying to import them into FCP. It says in the manual that these could be the result of the camera losing power while recording? As far as I know, I was operating on AC and did not have any problems. That's what's really weird, all of the five clips have icons and I was able to get the one short clip to import into FCP successfully even though the same clip would not play in camera when loaded to a P2 card. Why would the short clip import into FCP when it showed a red X, yet all off the other four will not import into FCP or play/dub on the camera?
I am totally hosed if I cannot get this material to work. What's also strange is that all of the other five card's worth of material from the same shoot play fine. This was an interview with a person who lives far away for a project that is for a major studio and is due next week.
Any ideas on why I am all of a sudden getting red Xs out off the blue on just this one batch of material? I shot with the same camera yesterday and all was fine, I looked at the footage I shot yesterday this morning, plays fine.
I am stumped. Up until now, I would have sworn that P2 was bulletproof but now, my confidence in the format is really shaken. In my business, this could cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions if we lose a studio account. Should I slink back to HDV? I don't like it nearly as well but at least I haven't received red Xs from HDV tape.
Best,
Dan
Have now done about 40-50 shooting days with the HVX. I am very comfortable with the workflow. I tried to make DV dubs today with some 720 24PN material that I shot in April that is backed up to two different HDs as well as DVD-R.
Once I load the material back onto a card and insert in the camera for dubs, I am getting the dreaded red Xs on all five clips when viewed as thumbnails in-camera. Why? I tried it three times and yes, I definitely also transfered the .txt file as well.
None of the clips will playback. I tried importing the media into FCP, it only worked on one of the shortest :10 clips. The rest of the clips dump midway through trying to import them into FCP. It says in the manual that these could be the result of the camera losing power while recording? As far as I know, I was operating on AC and did not have any problems. That's what's really weird, all of the five clips have icons and I was able to get the one short clip to import into FCP successfully even though the same clip would not play in camera when loaded to a P2 card. Why would the short clip import into FCP when it showed a red X, yet all off the other four will not import into FCP or play/dub on the camera?
I am totally hosed if I cannot get this material to work. What's also strange is that all of the other five card's worth of material from the same shoot play fine. This was an interview with a person who lives far away for a project that is for a major studio and is due next week.
Any ideas on why I am all of a sudden getting red Xs out off the blue on just this one batch of material? I shot with the same camera yesterday and all was fine, I looked at the footage I shot yesterday this morning, plays fine.
I am stumped. Up until now, I would have sworn that P2 was bulletproof but now, my confidence in the format is really shaken. In my business, this could cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions if we lose a studio account. Should I slink back to HDV? I don't like it nearly as well but at least I haven't received red Xs from HDV tape.
Best,
Dan