Urgent help needed!

[SecretCizz]

Hey guys.

I finally managed to get some paid work (big step for a 20 year old student filmmaker) and, just as I have it filmed, I try to upload it and I discover that my firewire port on my XH-A1s is fried. -.-

I've tried different cables and different computers, but it is just not recognizing that there is even a device plugged in.

This is urgent, I can't afford to disappoint my first client, and I am begging for some help on this.

Is it possible to get a small, HD Canon handycam to use purely to playback the footage I have recorded on my XH-A1s? Will this work? Or do I need another XH-A1s to recognize the tape and upload it?

I am desperately running out of time.

Thanks a lot, guys.

 

[Baddgsx]

you can get a cheap canon HDV cam and use that to upload. Some people actually do that with their canon xh-a1's because they think it will help lesson the wear on the xh-a1 heads. i personally dont do that but others do.

Chris

 

[Moseph]

If you get a small camera to use as a deck, make sure it's one of the later HV models. I think that the HV20 only does 24P in a 60i stream w/ the pulldown. The XH A1 actually records 24 frames per second to tape in HDV, so you'll need a camera that can recognize that.