YEA! Success @ Last!! Sony HDR-SR1 AVCHD video into FCPS2

Aside to Mike Horton: Maybe a separate thread/area for those who have the Sony HDSR-1 Camera? Thanks - Cyrus

Hi All: Having just read a post from a few days ago, my curiosity was challenged. Here is what I did (probably still needs some testing, but it worked!):

I plugged the Sony HDR-SR1 into my iMac with the USB cable provided. Once the camera's internal 30GB hard drive mounted on the screen, I started FCP. At first I just used a DV Anamorphic NTSC format for FCP.

Next I used "Log & Transfer" and lo & behold, there was the AVCHD 30sec. clip I just made.

I added it to the cue and it imported it as a clip directly into the project I had open. A bit on the slow side (USB), but it worked.

The imported clip had the following format:
Apple ProRes 422
Vide Rate: 29.9
Frame 1440x1080
Pixel Aspect: HD (1440x108)

I laid the clip in a sequence (with transition) and FCP asked if I want to change the sequence format to match the clip (yes), then exported via QuickTime and selected Apple ProRes 422 (1040x1080) and the results were terrific! Far better than I expected, but superior to SD (even @ HQ).

Give it a try if you have one of these Sony HDR-SR1 cameras. It was really a no-brainer!!!

Any experiences by any other users would be most helpful in this thread.

Regards, Cyrus
iMac 27" Intel i7 Quad-Core; 16GB RAM; 2TB HD
Final Cut Studio, FCP X, Photoshop CS5, After Effects, etc.

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Aside to Mike Horton: Maybe a separate thread/area for those who have the Sony HDSR-1 Camera? Thanks - Cyrus

Show of hands. How many are working with this cam? OK let me count. Uh...CyWar. Hmmm....need 50 more.

I'm trying to get a Sony HDR-SR1 to work with fcp 6.0.1 with no luck. I'm getting an "invalid directory structure" error when trying to add clips to the log and transfer interface. I'm using a macbook pro core duo2 with fcp 6.0.1 Do i need to modify the directory of the sony drive after i mount it? any help is greatly appreciated

bkenwell Wrote:
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> I'm trying to get a Sony HDR-SR1 to work with fcp
> 6.0.1 with no luck. I'm getting an "invalid
> directory structure" error when trying to add
> clips to the log and transfer interface. I'm using
> a macbook pro core duo2 with fcp 6.0.1 Do i need
> to modify the directory of the sony drive after i
> mount it? any help is greatly appreciated

Odd result. All I did was connect the HDR-SR1 via the USB port to my iMac. Then I opened FCP Studio 2 and created a new project. When I selected "Log & Transfer" when the window opened for this procedure, there were the clips on the camera ready to import. On my desktop, the camera becomes a drive icon called "No Name". The "Log & Transfer" immediately saw all AVCHD clips on the camera hard drive.

[UPDATE] I get the same error message if I try to select the folder on the camera containing the MPG vido. Apparently FCPS2 doesn't like that. I just open the "No Name" drive and drag the MPG videos from that folder to my desktop and they are copied to that location. Then I can put them through MPEG StreamClip to get the format I want. Note: Appears both the AVCHD and MPG video are "muxed" so you need to convert otherwise you get no audio when placed in a sequence.

Regards, Cyrus
iMac 27" Intel i7 Quad-Core; 16GB RAM; 2TB HD
Final Cut Studio, FCP X, Photoshop CS5, After Effects, etc.

Hi

I have a Intel Imac 2.16ghz and 3gb

I have just purchuased a Sony HDR-SR7E which uses AVCHD and records it to a internal 60gb on the camcorder

I connected my camera using USB 2.0 to my Imac

1 . I opend FCP 2 6.01 went to the log and transfer windows

2 . Tried setting the directory , I get invalid directory structure

3 . Tried importing media , drag and drop same thing.

I have seen many people have got this going

Does anybody Know what I am doing wrong

Thanks

Hi

I got this working

I am formatted my camera , in the home menu

Opend open fcp , log and transfer ,

It found my clips , automaticalley

THANKS

Michael Horton Wrote:
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> >
> Show of hands. How many are working with this cam?
> OK let me count. Uh...CyWar. Hmmm....need 50 more.


OK, that's 3 of us.... only need 48 more.... ;-)

Regards, Cyrus
iMac 27" Intel i7 Quad-Core; 16GB RAM; 2TB HD
Final Cut Studio, FCP X, Photoshop CS5, After Effects, etc.

I just heard about this little utility that might interest you three ...

Voltaic

"Voltaic converts your AVCHD movie clips into a Mac-friendly format, ready for editing in iMovie HD, Final Cut Express HD and Final Cut Pro."