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24 Chapter 1 Working with HDV
Capturing Footage with Start/Stop Indicators
When you capture HDV footage, you can control how media files are created when
start/stop indicators and timecode breaks are detected. This behavior is slightly
different from the way DV footage is handled:
 When you capture DV: Start/Stop indicators can be detected after capture if you
select the clip and choose Mark > DV Start/Stop Detect.
 When you capture HDV: You can control whether start/stop indicators create individual
media files by selecting or deselecting the “Create new clip on Start/Stop” checkbox in
the Clip Settings tab of the Log and Capture window.
In the General tab of the User Preferences window, the option you choose from the
“On timecode break” pop-up menu determines how timecode breaks affect capture,
but the Warn After Capture option is disregarded to avoid capturing media files that
contain breaks in the middle of an MPEG-2 GOP.
To choose how Final Cut Pro handles start/stop detection when capturing
HDV footage:
1 If you have not already done so, choose Final Cut Pro > Easy Setup, choose HDV from
the Format pop-up menu, and then choose an Easy Setup from the Use pop-up menu.
2 Choose File > Log and Capture (or press Command-8), then click Clip Settings.
3 Select or deselect the “Create new clip on Start/Stop” checkbox to turn start/stop
detection on or off:
 Start/Stop detection on: When the checkbox is selected, a new media file and
corresponding clip are created each time Final Cut Pro detects start/stop indicators
in the incoming HDV stream.
 Start/Stop detection off: When the checkbox is deselected, one continuous media file
and corresponding clip are created, and start/stop indicators are ignored.
Note: The option to turn off start/stop detection is not available when capturing
footage shot on a JVC HDV camcorder because the nature of the MPEG-2 stream
requires creation of a new media file at each start/stop indicator.