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Old July 8th, 2007, 11:27 AM   #1
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HDV over firewire on FCP 6

Anyone knows how to activate the HDV output over firewire on FCP 6 (as you can do with DV)? This set-up is available in the audio-video settings in grey only... so is not possible to choose it even when you have an HDV device connected. Maybe is necessary a video card?
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Old July 13th, 2007, 12:40 PM   #2
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Sounds like you may have a bad install. I would try re-installing or checking for updates for a start. What system do you have running FCP 6 on?
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Old July 13th, 2007, 02:38 PM   #3
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Can't be done.

HDV doesn't travel over firewire for monitoring in that way. You'd need a special video card that handle realtime HDV.
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Old July 13th, 2007, 05:05 PM   #4
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Can't be done.

HDV doesn't travel over firewire for monitoring in that way. You'd need a special video card that handle realtime HDV.
FCP6 supports it, I am doing it with no problem using an older Sony Hi8 firewire camera and my TV.
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Old July 13th, 2007, 08:56 PM   #5
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FCP6 supports it, I am doing it with no problem using an older Sony Hi8 firewire camera and my TV.
FCP 6 will down-convert HDV into DV and send it out over firewire, but it can't send HDV out via FW for real time monitoring.


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Old July 14th, 2007, 03:28 AM   #6
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My TV is Standard Def, so I never noticed anything other than it working.
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Old July 14th, 2007, 06:28 AM   #7
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You never noticed your Hi8 camera wasn't HD? :-)
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Old August 31st, 2007, 11:35 AM   #8
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HDV over firewire on FCP 6

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Can't be done.

HDV doesn't travel over firewire for monitoring in that way. You'd need a special video card that handle realtime HDV.
Thanks.... i had this suspect. What (cheap) card would you suggest for a MacPro Quad 3GHz ?
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Old September 1st, 2007, 09:10 AM   #9
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Blackmagic's Intensity card sounds about right for what you need. They also offer other solutions depending on your setup.

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/
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Old September 1st, 2007, 09:43 AM   #10
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Can't be done.

HDV doesn't travel over firewire for monitoring in that way. You'd need a special video card that handle realtime HDV.
Does anyone know if this is a limitation of Firewire or a limitation of the software? Is RT HDV monitoring over FW something likely to be seen in upgrades of FCP?
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