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32 Chapter 1 Working with HDV
To capture HDV footage to the Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 codec:
1 Click in the Browser to make it active, then choose File > New Bin.
2 Control-click the bin, then choose Set Logging Bin from the shortcut menu.
Your captured clips will be placed in this bin.
3 Name the bin, then press Enter.
4 Choose File > Log and Capture (or press Command-8).
A Capture dialog appears instead of the Log and Capture window.
5 In the Capture dialog, enter a name for the clip, then click Capture.
The capture preview window appears and the camcorder begins playing back video from
its current position. The status area of the capture preview window displays the percentage
of real time in which the video is being transcoded from HDV to the target codec.
6 Press the Escape key to stop capturing.
The video playback on the camcorder stops immediately. The capture preview window
may lag behind, displaying where the video is in the encoding process. As these frames
are processed, the status area of the capture preview window displays the percentage
of frames left to process.
Note: Pressing the Escape key a second time stops the encoding process and cancels
the capture.
After the capture preview window closes, the captured clip appears in your logging bin.
Capturing Footage with Scene Breaks
When you capture HDV footage using the Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422
codec, Final Cut Pro detects any scene or timecode breaks on the tape introduced during
shooting. At each scene or timecode break, a new clip is created during capture. When
capture is completed, these clips appear in the logging bin, and the corresponding media
files are placed on your hard disk.
For example, suppose you begin capturing a clip named Cafe Entrance. When a scene
or timecode break is detected, Final Cut Pro stops writing the first media file and
begins writing a new file named Cafe Entrance-1. Subsequent breaks create media
files and clips named Cafe Entrance-2, Cafe Entrance-3, and so on.