I'm newbie with HVX200 and have some problems with Slow Motion, MXF files etc...

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qamin

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Hi @ll,

I have some problems with my HVX200 PAL and FS-100, no P2. Hope I can find any solution here...

First Problem:
I try to shoot slow motion or time laps. I select on my camera *Film Cam *720p *Frame Rate 12 up to 50. My FS-100 is selected to DVCPro HD. If I record, I can't see any slow motion or time laps effect. Have I forget any point to select on my camera or in FS-100?

Second Problem:
I shoot first time with my HVX200 on my FS-100 in MXF formate. I try to use it on my Adobe Premiere Pro 2 and get problems. In several forums, I get the recommandation to use Aspect HD in Adobe Premiere Pro 2, because it can use MXF directly, it will be convert first the MXF (100mbit/s) to AVI (5mit/s - say the tech.support team from Aspect HD). My target is to use the full quality, because I will shoot a feature film with this equipment and 35mm adapter. I will keep the 100mbit/s to can blow up my movie later to 16mm or 35mm. I get the same error, that the formate is wrong or the file is damaged. The file isn't damaged, because I can see the movie on my camera, if I use the playback over my FS-100. Is there any way to use the MXF files directly with Adobe Premiere Pro 2?

The Last question, no problem:... I read, that the HVX200 have ASA 320 and if I use a 35mm adapter, it goes down to ASA 100. Is this right?

Thanks a lot. And also Thanks to Barry Green for the HVXBootCamp, it is a very good Introduction (and more) for HVX200.
 
1) won't work on the FireStore. It doesn't support the variable-frame-rate capability yet.

Workaround would be to use Raylight to strip out the duplicate frames, but you'll still have to tell the system to play back the footage at a 24fps timebase.

2) Premiere Pro doesn't support MXF at all yet. You'd (again) need Raylight.
 
Barry_Green said:
1) won't work on the FireStore. It doesn't support the variable-frame-rate capability yet.

Workaround would be to use Raylight to strip out the duplicate frames, but you'll still have to tell the system to play back the footage at a 24fps timebase.
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Would this take away from the slow motion effect in any way? I'm really new at this playing with some rental equipment for a shoot tomorrow so if you could point me to any threads or links to help me wrap my head around it, I would appreciate it.

I'm trying to at least record with slow motion settings with the HVX/Firestore (I know these aren't viewable right on the screen) so I can later convert them with no flaws to slow motion.
 
Use P2 cards, you won't have a problem.

Use FireStore, and you'll have to jump through some hoops. If you're on FCP you can use the frame-rate-converter utility. If you're not on FCP, it's not so easy. Again, use Raylight and it will strip out the duplicate frames. Then you have to tell Premiere what frame rate to play the footage back at. It can be done, but I'm not a Premiere user so I can't tell you exactly how to do it.

Frankly, if you want to do variable-frame-rate stuff, you'll find life soooooo much easier if you just use the P2 cards.
 
Barry_Green said:
Use P2 cards, you won't have a problem.

Use FireStore, and you'll have to jump through some hoops. If you're on FCP you can use the frame-rate-converter utility. If you're not on FCP, it's not so easy. Again, use Raylight and it will strip out the duplicate frames. Then you have to tell Premiere what frame rate to play the footage back at. It can be done, but I'm not a Premiere user so I can't tell you exactly how to do it.

Frankly, if you want to do variable-frame-rate stuff, you'll find life soooooo much easier if you just use the P2 cards.
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Ahh yes very true, I do love P2 cards as well but we only rented a firestore to use... :cry:

BUT, I do have access to FCP now on a borrowed laptop so the only thing I can't do is view the footage on the go. Will using the frame-rate-coverter utility (or Raylight) to strip out duplicated frames down-grade the slow motion effect in any way?
 
No, either way it'll deliver the full quality. But then if you use FCP, you're going to have an additional problem if you want to work on Premiere, which is that Apple made Quicktime PC incompatible with FCP DVCPRO-HD Quicktime files. Once again, DVFilm comes to the rescue by offering their Quicktime Decoder, which allows PC systems to use FCP-generated DVCPRO-HD quicktime files.
 
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