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dreamlx wrote on 9/3/2009, 3:33 AM
Hi,

unfortunately I don't know if the mov files from that particular camcorder work well in Vegas but when doing dnxhd tests vegas did lookup after using more then 10 mov files on a timeline. However I don't know if quicktime, vegas or dnxhd was causing this.

For the case you have not bought the GY-HM700 yet:

My video equipement vendor showed me a side by side comparison between it and the EX1 and I decided for the EX1 for 2 reasons.

1, low light seems better on the EX1
2. no autofocus which I generally avoid but is handy if you are in hurry to get one shot

A big advantage over the EX1 is the ability to use SDHC cheap SDHC cards natively without adaptor.
Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 9/3/2009, 2:48 PM
The MOV files do not work in Vegas, you will get audio but no video. (I tried it)
You can buy a codec to allow the files to work, so add that to the cost.
or you can covert the files to a more useful format

There are some site you can download some files, do a search on the camera
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 9/3/2009, 3:19 PM
thought that the JVC cams recorded in MPEG2 streams also.

Dave
John_Cline wrote on 9/3/2009, 4:21 PM
Neither Quicktime nor Quicktime Pro come with an MPEG2 decoder, you must purchase this as an add-on.
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 9/3/2009, 9:14 PM
John, I think they record in both QT for drag/drop in FCP or an MPEG2 stream comparable to EX1 file settings.

Dave
ScorpioProd wrote on 9/3/2009, 10:15 PM
Do you mean all you need to buy is the MPEG-2 playback component of QT for $19.99? If so, that doesn't sound too bad.

As for recording in EX style, that's only with the add-on memory card unit and only on SxS cards.

RBartlett wrote on 9/18/2009, 2:35 AM
DV.MOV files (historically) have been poorer to work in in Vegas than AVI. So removing the container itself might also be required (which may still require QTPro and MPEG-2 decoders to be purchased). Can anyone comment on how fluid or how good the playback fps performance is inside Vegas please?

While we are waiting I assume that YMMV as the latest PC systems may have enough headroom to not notice any sluggishness. The video levels (value transcode into Vegas' RGB pipeline) might need clarifying I'm not sure if QT presents the colorspace (with regards to zero shift, range/scope) in a way that Vegas recognizes.

One would hope that JVC would have made the camcorder extensible and to not have fabricated the MOV format into silicon but instead to have implemented the funcitons in firmware/software with DSPs or CPUs that have some flexibility to be offered some time in the products development.

Favoring FCP is a reasonable engineering approach though. Especially with an option for an XDCAM EX 'back'.

Is FCP _really_ this good? The HM700 does seem to be designed to unleash power for the videographer rather than holding the good stuff back for the higher end range that is above mortal prices.
Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 9/23/2009, 4:01 PM
There is a software update on the JVC site that now allows the on board cards to record in the .MP4 format, negating the need for the SxS adapter.
ScorpioProd wrote on 9/23/2009, 10:24 PM
Oh, cool, thanks for the update.