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Chapter 1 Working with HDV 35
Editing Video Using Transcoded HDV Footage
Editing video transcoded to the Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 codec
is the same as editing other formats in Final Cut Pro. However, you need to make sure
your scratch disk supports the data rate. For more information about the data rates of
these formats, see “HDV Format Specifications” on page 39 and “About the
Apple ProRes 422 Codec” on page 11.
Outputting HDV to Tape or Exporting to a QuickTime Movie
After you finish editing, you can output your movie to videotape using your camcorder
or export your sequence to a QuickTime movie. If you want to output your movie back
to tape, Final Cut Pro needs to reencode (or conform) the movie into MPEG-2 data
before outputting. Depending on the length of your sequence, this process can be
fairly time-consuming, because every frame in your sequence must be reencoded.
To output Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 codec video to an
HDV videotape:
1 Make sure your HDV camcorder is properly connected to your computer and turned on
before you open Final Cut Pro.
2 Insert a DV tape into the HDV camcorder.
3 Click anywhere in the Timeline or Canvas to make it the active window.
4 Choose File > Print to Video (or press Control-M).
The Print to Video dialog appears.
5 If you want Final Cut Pro to start recording automatically, select the Automatically Start
Recording checkbox.
6 Select any leader or trailer elements you want to include on your tape, as well as start,
end, and looping options.
A progress bar shows the progress of encoding from the codec back to MPEG-2 HDV and
gives you a time estimate for when the encoding process will finish.
A dialog appears instructing you to press the record button on the camcorder.
7 Press the record button on your camcorder, then click OK.
If you selected the Automatically Start Recording option, the camcorder automatically
begins recording your program to tape.
The camcorder stops after the program is recorded to tape.