What settings do you use with your A1 when importing to final cut?

[Paolo Marchica]

I just got the A1 recently and im having problems when I import to final cut. Everytime I import the audio is all out of place and off. So im wondering if its my settings in final cut or on my camera thats messing things up. And another problem im having is the footage that i import never works with garageband tracks that i make and import to itunes, i get crackling when i drag track in the timeline. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Paul Joy]

I've been using the HDV - 1080p25 Easy Setup (FCP 6) - works fine with my camera, although I am shooting in 25F and the camera is a PAL model of course.

Is the sound out of sync on the timeline or just when capturing? There is an obvious lag between the video being displayed in the capture window and the sound coming from the camera when capturing - just a thought.

Paul.

[Bryce Olejniczak]

I just got my A1 yesterday, it rocks, I went and shot some stuff last night and it was amazing. But, I shot it all in 24fps and final cut wont let me import it. It recognizes the camera and will capture 60i footage, but when I hit capture now with 24fps it just says "WAITING FOR DEVISE INFO" and won't make a clip. All my project settings are at 24, although there was no "easy 1080p24" easy setup option.

[Bill Pryor]

I answered you in the above thread--it's really important to get the upgrade if you want to do 1080p24.

[Paolo Marchica]

Originally Posted by Paul Joy

Is the sound out of sync on the timeline or just when capturing? There is an obvious lag between the video being displayed in the capture window and the sound coming from the camera when capturing - just a thought.

Paul.

The sound is out of sync in the timeline, and certain audio will even be missing.

Thanks Paul

[Bill Pryor]

I tried capturing some 1080p24 footage into my iBook, which is the small G4 iBook with the not-so-good video card. It imported fine, but when I played it back, it was out of sync as you describe. However, Just as a test I copied the project and the media files to the G5 at work and everything was in sync. Also, one time on the G5 I had my sequence setting different from the capture setting and it was out of sync. I pitched the sequence and did it right and all was well.

[Jerrod Cordell]

Originally Posted by Bryce Olejniczak

I just got my A1 yesterday, it rocks, I went and shot some stuff last night and it was amazing. But, I shot it all in 24fps and final cut wont let me import it. It recognizes the camera and will capture 60i footage, but when I hit capture now with 24fps it just says "WAITING FOR DEVISE INFO" and won't make a clip. All my project settings are at 24, although there was no "easy 1080p24" easy setup option.

That happened to me too, but While it was "Waiting for device info" I hit play on the camera and it imported fine.

[Bryce Olejniczak]

Originally Posted by Bryce Olejniczak

I just got my A1 yesterday, it rocks, I went and shot some stuff last night and it was amazing. But, I shot it all in 24fps and final cut wont let me import it. It recognizes the camera and will capture 60i footage, but when I hit capture now with 24fps it just says "WAITING FOR DEVISE INFO" and won't make a clip. All my project settings are at 24, although there was no "easy 1080p24" easy setup option.

Still can't get the upgrade for Final Cut... But I set imovie HD to capture 720p24 and it captured my 24fps footage just fine, then I just dropped it into Final Cut for editing.