convert PAL to NTSC

I have a Dual 2 GHz G5 with 2.5 GB DDR SDRAM memory. I?m editing
with Final Cut Studio HD version 5.0.4. I use Sony?s DVCAM DSR-11
and HDV decks. Here?s my problem. I have footage shot on Sony
MiniDV tapes in PAL through FCP Easy Setup I?ve tried putting the
setting on both PAL and NTSC however I can?t capture the footage. I
can see the footage on my playback monitors and HDV deck monitor.
The DSR-11 doesn?t have built-in monitor. So, I can?t see it there?
but I see the footage everywhere else except the preview window in
FCP. When I tried to capture now. I get a no video signal message.
I?ve tried clearing out the preferences, changing the firewire
cables, playing with the custom settings and shifting the DSR-11 deck
to PAL nothing worked. I called Apple and they said I should be able
to capture and convert the footage with no problem. Is there
something I?m missing or can it even be done.

Any assistants you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Stafford
Twenty ? Four 7 Productions

If you go and shoot five minutes with your mom's MiniDV Camcorder, can you capture that? I think you have way too many variables to ever figure it out. Shoot or go in the bottom of your sock drawer and find an old working MiniDV tape and just plain and simple capture that in NTSC if you're in the US.

Then we'll work up.

Koz

I'm confused. Where does HDV fit in here? Was this footage shot on a HDV cam? If so it wont work in a DSR-11 You need to captre from a HDV deck or cam.

Michael Horton
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<<<Where does HDV fit in here? >>>

Right. Too many crazy things going at once. Calm down and do a straight, uncomplicated capture. That will clear the tape machine, the cable, and the basic Final Cut.

Koz

The footage was shot on MiniDV in South Africa in PAL and sent to me for use in a doc I?m producing. I?m using a DSR-11 for playback. When I try to capture in FCP I get the following error message, ?This operation could not be completed as there is no video?

Stafford

Could it have been shot at half-speed?

I know I have had miniDV tapes from consumer units that have been shot that way. Had to get in the clients camera to get pictures out.

HTH

I had the same problem with tapes shot on a Canon XL-2. If the footage was shot on a Canon camera, the DSR-11 won't play it out properly. Try hooking up a Canon Elura for capture.

> If the footage was shot on a Canon camera, the DSR-11 won't play it out properly.

I don't think that's true. I did four episodes of a TV show with that exact equipment combo -- Canon XL2 shot at 24p, captured with the DSR-11. I have a GL2 and I capture its footage using a DSR-11 as well. No problems whatsoever.


www.derekmok.com

derekmok Wrote:
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> > If the footage was shot on a Canon camera, the
> DSR-11 won't play it out properly.
>
> I don't think that's true. I did four episodes of
> a TV show with that exact equipment combo -- Canon
> XL2 shot at 24p, captured with the DSR-11. I have
> a GL2 and I capture its footage using a DSR-11 as
> well. No problems whatsoever.

There was a problem between Canon and Sony which may have been resolved but this was widely discussed on the XL-2 Watchdog site a while back. Many people had to send their cameras to Canon to get the heads aligned to play nice with Sony decks. My camera had the same problem but I just used my wifes Elura since I didn't own a DSR-11.

The tapes I shot, however, would not play out on my friends DSR-11 without dropping frames.
Could be you used a camera that was already re-aligned?