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March 24th, 2007, 05:43 PM | #1 |
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QT Pro and HDD recording
I just connected my FW camera port to the FW port of my external HDD, recorded in device native in QT Pro (setting the destination to a folder on the external drive).
I took the HDD to my FCP workstation and I then took that .mov file, converted in Compressor to NTSC DV 4:3 and pulled it into the FCP timeline with no obvious issues. Since it's now in DV does anyone see any issues of using this as a "poor man's" way of recording live footage directly to HDD on the fly? An Apple G4 iBook, 160 GB 7200 RPM external HDD in FW 400 enclosure (at $60/drive I'd just use a fresh drive/event), and now you have a 6 hour recording drive (80 GB for the .mov files and 80 GB for the converted .DV files). Just thinking "outside the box". Since I'd also have a tape in the camera and am doing stationary event videos, any unseen "gotcha's" with this setup? Thanks, Grant [Edit] I just filmed 30 minutes directly to the HDD using QT Pro, converted in Compressor (FCS 5.1), edited in FCP, titles/edits/etc..., rendered out, and then connected a set-top DVD-R drive via Firewire from FCP and it looks great on the DVD. I only do event video and at 1-6 hours at a time, so for me this works, and don't film as a main career, so I can live with the results. I also only film in SD-DV (Sony TRV-840), and unless I'm missing something, the digital signal out of the FW port is the same signal that is being placed on tape, correct? Last edited by Grant Harrington; March 24th, 2007 at 09:17 PM. |
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The only downside I see to that is if my HDD fails, my footage is gone. But if a camera eats my tape, so is my footage. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks, Grant |
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March 25th, 2007, 01:31 PM | #3 |
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I doubt QT PRo will record TC, but that wouldn't necessarily be a big deal.
I've used this feature before on a system that didn't have FCP loaded. However, those DV files could not be read by FCP and I had to convert them to NTSC DV in compressor. I found that odd. Is there any reason you haven't just tried capturing directly into FCP for a couple of hours? Just turn off deck control and "capture now."
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I'm the sales department, purchasing agent, event filmer, event editor, event producer, and shipping department all rolled into one, so I'm not handing off my footage to others to edit. Quote:
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Thanks Tim for the feedback. Grant |
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