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Jemore Santos · December 4th, 2005, 11:22 PM

when ever I batch capture footage the batch divides my file, for example I batch capture "speech" which lasts for 5 minutes, in the speech I'm not recording 10 minutes of the speech but have shot bits of it,

so for example, my capture would be "speech", but when I finish the file there will
"speech", "speech -1" and "speech -2" for the three shots. I know this sounds all confusing but if you have ever captured hdv 720p you probably know about this.

Tim Dashwood · December 5th, 2005, 12:09 AM

I assume you are batch capturing clips you just logged, not a sequence you are now going to online.

I doubt it has anything to do with HDV - it is probably 2Gb file size limit on a PC formatted drive.

Are you using an external firewire drive you bought and didn't format as a mac volume before use? Check the file sizes and see if they are all 2Gb except for the last in the sequence.

If this is the case, it isn't a big deal but the drive isn't performing up to spec when formatted for a PC. I would reformat it as mac as soon as you get a chance so that you can get full speed performance out of it.

Nate Schmidt · December 5th, 2005, 08:25 AM

Try this thread and see if it helps
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=51517

Tim Dashwood · December 5th, 2005, 03:14 PM

Yeah - that thread brings up another thought specific to HDV.
Was the camera stopped and started within the logged clip? For example, you may have logged a full 5 minutes as one clip, but you had started and stopped the camera recording 3 times within that 5 minutes of tape. FCP will automatically create new clips with HDV when it detects a new "scene."
It has to do this because of the GOP structure.

Jemore Santos · December 6th, 2005, 04:52 AM

That was what I was getting at!

It was hard to explain it but yes You know what I'm getting at, I have paused the recording several times and when I tried capturing it, HDV on FCP just detects all my segments, so If there were 3 recordings in 5 minutes then it will seperate the individual clips instead of seeing it as one big capture.
So it is normal yeah? I thought it was a settings thing.

December 4th, 2005, 11:22 PM	#1
Jemore Santos Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tokyo/Sydney Posts: 297	batch capturing 720p when ever I batch capture footage the batch divides my file, for example I batch capture "speech" which lasts for 5 minutes, in the speech I'm not recording 10 minutes of the speech but have shot bits of it, so for example, my capture would be "speech", but when I finish the file there will "speech", "speech -1" and "speech -2" for the three shots. I know this sounds all confusing but if you have ever captured hdv 720p you probably know about this. __________________ "eyes through a digital world"

December 5th, 2005, 12:09 AM	#2
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	I assume you are batch capturing clips you just logged, not a sequence you are now going to online. I doubt it has anything to do with HDV - it is probably 2Gb file size limit on a PC formatted drive. Are you using an external firewire drive you bought and didn't format as a mac volume before use? Check the file sizes and see if they are all 2Gb except for the last in the sequence. If this is the case, it isn't a big deal but the drive isn't performing up to spec when formatted for a PC. I would reformat it as mac as soon as you get a chance so that you can get full speed performance out of it. __________________ Tim Dashwood

December 5th, 2005, 08:25 AM	#3
Nate Schmidt Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Welland ON Posts: 515	Try this thread and see if it helps http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=51517 __________________ "We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."

December 5th, 2005, 03:14 PM	#4
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	Yeah - that thread brings up another thought specific to HDV. Was the camera stopped and started within the logged clip? For example, you may have logged a full 5 minutes as one clip, but you had started and stopped the camera recording 3 times within that 5 minutes of tape. FCP will automatically create new clips with HDV when it detects a new "scene." It has to do this because of the GOP structure. __________________ Tim Dashwood

December 6th, 2005, 04:52 AM	#5
Jemore Santos Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tokyo/Sydney Posts: 297	Spot on Tim That was what I was getting at! It was hard to explain it but yes You know what I'm getting at, I have paused the recording several times and when I tried capturing it, HDV on FCP just detects all my segments, so If there were 3 recordings in 5 minutes then it will seperate the individual clips instead of seeing it as one big capture. So it is normal yeah? I thought it was a settings thing. __________________ "eyes through a digital world"