Synching dvx100B & HMC150. Help!
First time that I’ve videotaped an event using both the dvx100B (SD) and the HMC150 (HiDef), and I’m having trouble with the video/audio synch in the timeline of the project. Both cameras are set to 23.98. The dvx100B is set to Squeeze mode, so both cameras are in 16:9.
I create a FCP project. I capture the HMC150 footage from the SD card as ProRes 422 (plain, not HQ, LT or Proxy), using Log & Transfer. Normally--when I only used the dvx100B--I would create a Custom Easy Setup using NTSC 24PAnamorphic Advanced Pulldown removal.
I try this mix of capture techniques, bringing both kinds of footage into the Browser; but when I mix the NTSC 24PA and the ProRes422 files in the timeline, they begin by looking and sounding good, but gradually the video & audio go out of synch (not by much). So, I presume that I need to start over. However, I no longer have the original SD card footage, which, after capture as 422, has been erased. So I must begin again with the ProRes422 clips in my Browser; and now face the question of how to capture the dvx100B 23.98pA footage that is still on the dv tape.
Two questions:
1) How should I set up my Easy Setup, and what will the resulting Capture settings be when I then use Log & Capture to capture the dvx footage?
2) What settings should I use for the Sequence and timeline to integrate the 422 and dv footage as 23.98 16:9, and well synched?
3) I wonder if I should use Media Manager to bring all captured clips to the same format. For example, should I downgrade the HiDef HMC clips to Standard Def and only then create a SD timeline as the base of operations?
Thanks!
Robert
I create a FCP project. I capture the HMC150 footage from the SD card as ProRes 422 (plain, not HQ, LT or Proxy), using Log & Transfer. Normally--when I only used the dvx100B--I would create a Custom Easy Setup using NTSC 24PAnamorphic Advanced Pulldown removal.
I try this mix of capture techniques, bringing both kinds of footage into the Browser; but when I mix the NTSC 24PA and the ProRes422 files in the timeline, they begin by looking and sounding good, but gradually the video & audio go out of synch (not by much). So, I presume that I need to start over. However, I no longer have the original SD card footage, which, after capture as 422, has been erased. So I must begin again with the ProRes422 clips in my Browser; and now face the question of how to capture the dvx100B 23.98pA footage that is still on the dv tape.
Two questions:
1) How should I set up my Easy Setup, and what will the resulting Capture settings be when I then use Log & Capture to capture the dvx footage?
2) What settings should I use for the Sequence and timeline to integrate the 422 and dv footage as 23.98 16:9, and well synched?
3) I wonder if I should use Media Manager to bring all captured clips to the same format. For example, should I downgrade the HiDef HMC clips to Standard Def and only then create a SD timeline as the base of operations?
Thanks!
Robert
MacPro 8-core, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
