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Philip Brubaker · September 4th, 2007, 02:24 PM

How do you switch off the "HDV/DV In" function when trying to capture video in FC HD?

Chris Hurd · September 4th, 2007, 02:46 PM

"HDV/DV In" isn't a function that can be switched off -- there's a menu option for it, but all it does it let you choose to preserve incoming TimeCode or regenerate new TimeCode. What's wrong, can't you capture from the XH A1 into Final Cut using the camera's VCR playback mode?

Philip Brubaker · September 4th, 2007, 03:58 PM

No, I can't. Any ideas?

Bill Pryor · September 4th, 2007, 04:08 PM

I'd close out of FCP, turn on the camera, then start FCP. Make sure you click the refresh AV devices in the View menu.

If you're trying to do 24p, you have to be running at least 5.1.2.

Philip Brubaker · September 4th, 2007, 05:02 PM

I did all that, and it crashed when I selected Capture.

Michael Westphal · September 4th, 2007, 07:45 PM

Which capture preset and device control preset are you using?

(Try HDV and HDV Firewire Basic)

I often forget to switch to the right one (I have both SD and HDV camcorders) and get some sort of surprise when I try the wrong one...

Philip Brubaker · September 5th, 2007, 12:38 PM

I changed the Easy Setup to HDV, and the camera signal setup to HDV. Now I can capture HDV in FC HD, but only for ten seconds at a time (!) I have no idea what's going on.

Bill Pryor · September 5th, 2007, 12:41 PM

If you want to switch back to DV, you have to tell your camera to output DV,not HDV, and you have to change your settings in FCP from HDV back to a DV mode.

Philip Brubaker · September 5th, 2007, 01:09 PM

I know that, and I've tried it. It doesn't work. When Easy Setup is set to DV-NTSC or DV-Firewire Basic, and the camera is set to DV Signal Setup, the program crashes when I try to capture.
The computer won't recognize the camera as an external device, and I think it has something to do with the LCD displaying "HDV/DV In". How can something export when it has an "in" function displayed?

Vince Halushka · September 5th, 2007, 01:26 PM

I think all systems will say AV in with a camcorder plugged in and it is in play/edit mode. If I click on a video file I have captured it stops AV in and the program switches to edit mode.
Why you can't capture over 10 seconds is interesting...Computer full, not enough ram ..??

Bill Pryor · September 5th, 2007, 01:33 PM

Make sure the playback signal is also DV and not HDV.

Philip Brubaker · September 5th, 2007, 03:34 PM

Vince, I think you're on to something. I've got a big project on my hard drive that might not make it possible to capture anymore.
Still, I can't even get to the place where I want to capture standard DV, even for a few seconds. And yes, Bill, I did set the playback standard to DV first.

David Chia · September 5th, 2007, 05:03 PM

Have you switch off your down conver in the Camera when you are capturing HD? Are you having SD and HD footage in one tape? I have my setting to easy set up but use HDV 50i firewire .Because I work in PAL.

Philip Brubaker · September 5th, 2007, 07:54 PM

The tape I am trying to import has both HDV and DV footage. I've tried to import both formats (changing the appropriate settings in FC HD and the camera's Signal Setup) but no luck.
I was able to capture DV before, but I can't recreate it. I've searched the manuals for FC HD and the XH-A1 but I guess I'll keep looking. It's quite possible my 512MB of ram and 6 remaining GB of space can't handle it.

Bill Pryor · September 5th, 2007, 08:25 PM

That couid be the problem--mixing formats on the same tape.

September 4th, 2007, 02:24 PM	#1
Philip Brubaker New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 23	Mind-bogglingly simple question How do you switch off the "HDV/DV In" function when trying to capture video in FC HD?

September 4th, 2007, 02:46 PM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	"HDV/DV In" isn't a function that can be switched off -- there's a menu option for it, but all it does it let you choose to preserve incoming TimeCode or regenerate new TimeCode. What's wrong, can't you capture from the XH A1 into Final Cut using the camera's VCR playback mode? __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

September 4th, 2007, 07:45 PM	#6
Michael Westphal Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 166	Which capture preset and device control preset are you using? (Try HDV and HDV Firewire Basic) I often forget to switch to the right one (I have both SD and HDV camcorders) and get some sort of surprise when I try the wrong one... __________________ Michael A Westphal

September 4th, 2007, 03:58 PM	#3
Philip Brubaker New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 23	No, I can't. Any ideas?

September 4th, 2007, 04:08 PM	#4
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	I'd close out of FCP, turn on the camera, then start FCP. Make sure you click the refresh AV devices in the View menu. If you're trying to do 24p, you have to be running at least 5.1.2.

September 4th, 2007, 05:02 PM	#5
Philip Brubaker New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 23	I did all that, and it crashed when I selected Capture.

September 5th, 2007, 12:38 PM	#7
Philip Brubaker New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 23	I changed the Easy Setup to HDV, and the camera signal setup to HDV. Now I can capture HDV in FC HD, but only for ten seconds at a time (!) I have no idea what's going on.

September 5th, 2007, 12:41 PM	#8
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	If you want to switch back to DV, you have to tell your camera to output DV,not HDV, and you have to change your settings in FCP from HDV back to a DV mode.

September 5th, 2007, 01:09 PM	#9
Philip Brubaker New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 23	I know that, and I've tried it. It doesn't work. When Easy Setup is set to DV-NTSC or DV-Firewire Basic, and the camera is set to DV Signal Setup, the program crashes when I try to capture. The computer won't recognize the camera as an external device, and I think it has something to do with the LCD displaying "HDV/DV In". How can something export when it has an "in" function displayed?

September 5th, 2007, 01:26 PM	#10
Vince Halushka Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Yellowknife canada Posts: 74	I think all systems will say AV in with a camcorder plugged in and it is in play/edit mode. If I click on a video file I have captured it stops AV in and the program switches to edit mode. Why you can't capture over 10 seconds is interesting...Computer full, not enough ram ..??

September 5th, 2007, 01:33 PM	#11
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	Make sure the playback signal is also DV and not HDV.

September 5th, 2007, 03:34 PM	#12
Philip Brubaker New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 23	Vince, I think you're on to something. I've got a big project on my hard drive that might not make it possible to capture anymore. Still, I can't even get to the place where I want to capture standard DV, even for a few seconds. And yes, Bill, I did set the playback standard to DV first.

September 5th, 2007, 05:03 PM	#13
David Chia Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 427	Have you switch off your down conver in the Camera when you are capturing HD? Are you having SD and HD footage in one tape? I have my setting to easy set up but use HDV 50i firewire .Because I work in PAL.

September 5th, 2007, 07:54 PM	#14
Philip Brubaker New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 23	The tape I am trying to import has both HDV and DV footage. I've tried to import both formats (changing the appropriate settings in FC HD and the camera's Signal Setup) but no luck. I was able to capture DV before, but I can't recreate it. I've searched the manuals for FC HD and the XH-A1 but I guess I'll keep looking. It's quite possible my 512MB of ram and 6 remaining GB of space can't handle it.

September 5th, 2007, 08:25 PM	#15
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	That couid be the problem--mixing formats on the same tape.