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Old November 15th, 2006, 09:30 PM   #1
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Watching HDV through Firewire?

Is it possible to watch HDV through the hvd/dv input/output firewire port going from FCP into the A1 (firewire) and then from the A1 into a HDTV (component)?

I was unable to do it ... is there some sort of internal setting?

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Old November 16th, 2006, 07:54 AM   #2
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This could be a real problem for me. Does it work when previewing SD?
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Old November 16th, 2006, 10:19 AM   #3
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It does work when editing SD.
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Old November 16th, 2006, 10:28 AM   #4
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FCP doesn't support realtime HDV previews over firewire regardless of what camera you use. Not familiar with the new Canons, but I suspect you will be able to preview SD DV footage using it over firewire, or at least you can do this with all the Sony HDV cameras.

If you want to see previews of your footage as you edit HDV in FCP you will either need to buy an HD card (assuming you have a tower configuration computer) or you can use FCP's digital cinema desktop to send the preview to a second computer monitor. Unfortunately digital cinema desktop won't show previews at full quality, but it can be useful nonetheless.
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Old November 16th, 2006, 02:26 PM   #5
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YEah, I hit this snag a while ago on my sony deck... I am actually buying two Nvidia cards, dual linking them (For double processing!) and then I have 4 (four) DVI out's so I can run my dual monitors and an HDTV for hd preview...
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Old November 16th, 2006, 04:08 PM   #6
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If you want to see previews of your footage as you edit HDV in FCP you will either need to buy an HD card (assuming you have a tower configuration computer) or you can use FCP's digital cinema desktop to send the preview to a second computer monitor.
With that being said, anyone know of any good HD preview cards that work well with Final Cut Pro and the A1 footage?
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Old November 16th, 2006, 04:51 PM   #7
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I use the Blackmagic decklink cards and have not had any problems. I have mine hooked up through a HDLINK to a calibrated Sony 60" KDS-60A2000. The picture looks fantastic with this setup. Realtime output with 3 way color correction. If you are just using HDMI output, their new Intensity series might be the way to go.
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Old May 1st, 2007, 07:40 AM   #8
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Is it possible to avoid buying one of the AJA cards with Vegas or Premiere Pro? In other words:

PC -> Firewire -> Canon A1 (or HV20) -> Component Out (or HDMI) -> HDTV

Or must one use one of the AJA cards to cut on an HDTV?
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Old May 1st, 2007, 07:55 AM   #9
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Look at Matrox..
That may be your answer.

http://www.matrox.com/video/products/mxo/home.cfm

Best of luck,

David
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Old May 1st, 2007, 07:59 AM   #10
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David, thanks, but I'm on a PC. Assuming they make a product for Vegas/PPro, what advantage does it have above the Intensity or Intensity Pro card?
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Old May 1st, 2007, 08:05 AM   #11
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YEah, I hit this snag a while ago on my sony deck... I am actually buying two Nvidia cards, dual linking them (For double processing!) and then I have 4 (four) DVI out's so I can run my dual monitors and an HDTV for hd preview...
When I was using Nvidia SLI on my PC a year ago it was not possible to use all 4 connections when in SLI mode. Hopefully some driver updates have fixed that but I no longer have SLI to find out.
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