I Want My HDV...To Play...HD Probs FCP

John J.

John J.

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HD720 / 24P problems playing back with FCP 5.1.1. friends,

I have my sequence set up for everything DVCPRO HD...Aspect & Pixel Aspect are HD 960x720. Compressor is DVCPRO HD 720p60. Coming out of a Quad 2.5 via firewire into a Sony DA2 then JVC 1600 production monitor - 300 gig internal sata drive (2nd of 2 internals). Footage was imported from Firestore via FCP P2 import - Firestore was set during shooting to DVCPRO HD and HVX200 set to DVCPRO HD 720/24P.

I've used this exact set-up for years, just never with HD footage. Upon playback from the timeline, no motion video in the main monitor, but as soon as stop is pressed the current video location refreshes in the monitor. Audio plays properly throughout. I can scrub along the timeline and get full motion playback in the monitor, just not when I want FCP to playback on its own :furious3:

So I open an existing project sequence, created while testing DV/DVCPRO-NTSC footage, import same clip from the Firestore, render and FCP plays back no problem. So now I'm trying to figure what the weak link is, including my brain...:eek:

I've got playback set to dynamic and most all of the other potential playback prob suggestions set to what I've researched here. I hope I'm just missing that one setting I'll be sure never to forget again. Any suggestions which it is ?
Thanks in advance guys.

- John
 
You cant use a SD analouge firewire convertor with HD footage. You need a DVCPRO HD deck to stream HD over firewire to view on a monitor.
Or get a Decklink card with RGB or HD-SDI out.
 
Holy dog crap :crybaby:

Another grand just to view HD? Man I missed the ball on this one. Guess I got so use to easily viewing other resolution formats having imported them from Firestore that I thought I had a glitch...spendy glitch at that!

Now the Matrox and Black Magic systems seem to offer just about everything you could want including recording HD to your computer. That's what the DVX is for in my instance so I wonder if there is a simpler cost effective box to allow HD output from the Mac with not many other frills? Seems like the units I've looked at so far are overkill when all I need is direct HD output to a video monitor...thanks.

- John
 
The simplest solution is the Matrox MXO because it is output only. With the HVX you really do not need a capture card. Thus the MXO will let you monitor via DVI to a Cinema Display or go out SDI or Component to a monitor which will handle that. The Cinema Display option certainly isn't as optimal as a monitor which you can calibrate, but the MXO does a good job of translating RGB into YUV colorspace. Your next option is with a Blackmagic or Kona card and then going SDI or Component to HD monitor or in the case of the Kona, using the HDP converter box to convert SDI to DVI-- essentially what the Matrox is doing. So, your least expensive and easiest solution is the Matrox.

Ned Soltz
 
You can setup a calibrated secondary montitor to display whatever your editing full screen in Final Cut Pro.
 
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