Canon XH A1s and importing into premiere cs5 PC firewire

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Hello,

Thanks for been there.

i just purchased a Canon XH A1s, I have used other digital kinda cams before but this one has a tape and it came with very little instructions.

My question is. How do I import the shot hd video into premiere cs5 on my PC. I have got the firewire cable. I have plugged it in, then went to import using premiere but got a bit lost from there as I see nothing really that says XH A1s etc. or shows that the movie is on the way into my pc.

Can anyone enlighten me a little. i am sure there are many out there like me who are left a bit bewildered as to how to import.

am grateful for all input


cheers


k
 
i am sure there are many out there like me who are left a bit bewildered as to how to import.
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To be honest, there probably aren't very many working with hardware and software at this level who get bewildered by this step. I might suggest you get some formal education under your belt before continuing. If you're getting tripped up at this point, you're going to have a very rough time of things going forward.
 
That's a bit harshly put.

However, the underlying message is correct -- simple capture of video is one of the most basic steps in the whole game, and if it's confusing to you, then the rest of it is going to be positively overwhelming.

I would spend some time going through the manuals and other training materials for Premiere, work some basic tutorials, and get yourself familiarized with the program before you actually try to do much more.

Also, use the Help function. For capturing HDV:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WS00B136B2-33DB-49a0-B247-6521242FDBDAa.html

Additionally, I would consider starting with Premiere Elements or other consumer-level software before trying to tackle a full pro suite. They often automate steps such as this and do much of the setup work for you.
 
i have used premiere for many years with out issue

i have used premiere for many years with out issue

Jim Simon said:
To be honest, there probably aren't very many working with hardware and software at this level who get bewildered by this step. I might suggest you get some formal education under your belt before continuing. If you're getting tripped up at this point, you're going to have a very rough time of things going forward.
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Thanks for that, I have edited in premiere no problem in the past. i have used it on and off for a five or six years without problem. i first started with premiere 1.2 and a miro capture card, it was all simple to do, no problem importing I then moved to dv no problem with that either but , this new camera fottage is captured on a tape, this is what is bewildering to me. I have seen your links before you sent them, but this does not give much light on using the canon xh a1s itself as in importing the video, these links are good info for common dv.

Any way if any of you have used the canon xh a1s and have tips for getting the video from the tapes to pc let me know.

k
 
You capture with a A1s the same way you did with a DV camera, with firewire.
Make sure everything is set to HDV in Premiere as well as in the camera.
 
Yes, you would not " import" You would use the capture button. There are other programs that can capture footage. Cineform neo, It's cool because it converts to AVI, with a 4:2:2 color space. You can also try HDV split, I never used it but some folks like it. It's free, cineform is 130.00, and worth every penny. Premiere had issues in the past with long clips, audio drifts, and will not be synched perfectly. You may also need to use the 1394 firewire legacy driver for windows 7, if thats what you use. hope this gets you going.

Oh, is your pc seeing the xha1 when you plug into the firewire? if not that may be your problem, then you would roll back your driver(1394) to the Legacy. just google for more info.
 
CS5 edits HDV natively and it has Scene Detect, so no more OUt Off Sync.
For the A1s you do not need the legacy driver, its a new camera.
Most errors come from not setting the camera to it 's right settings.
Make sure you connect the camera first, let windows find the camera and then lauch Premiere.
Be sure never to connect the camera to the pc when turned on, you can blow up the camera's firewire connection. Best way is to connect when everything is turned off.
But if you do run into some trouble you can have a look at this technote:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/828/cpsid_82848.html
 
Ann Bens said:
CS5 edits HDV natively and it has Scene Detect, so no more OUt Off Sync.
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Except that OOS problems are happening for me with this exact camera and Premiere 5.5. Attempting solutions as I google them, and happened upon this thread. Here's hoping I figure it out before I go completely insane. I was really hoping that between versions this issue had been resolved, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with this camera again. :( (not mine)
 
Download HDVsplit. It's a free capture utility that works very well. Capture there then import back into CS5. No more issues.
 
HDVsplit is unusable on my win7 x64 system. Probably a horsepower problem on my part, but still not the solution. It crashes ~20-30s into a capture when trying to use the scene split feature and writes empty files when that feature is turned off.

In-Camera settings appear to have resolved the issue. Camera was set to Auto for HDV/DV selection in the Signal menu (when in VTR mode). Turning this to HDV explicitly and ensuring that downsample and letterboxing were off appears to have done the trick. I'm skeptical, and my next course of action will probably be Neoscene.

Will report back after capturing the other 3 tapes and then doing some of the edit.
 
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