Official Sony HDR-SR11/12 Thread - Page 103

Soonerfann,

I am getting the same error "0070-8012-8013-0000C01B" when I try to write a 1.8 Gb AVCHD file to DVD.

When I try a small 170 Mb file the error does not appear.

Did you find any clues sofar?

Or anyone else?

Hello.

Anyone else using a 35MM DOF adapter with their SR11? I use a Jag35Pro vibrating DOF adapter with Canon FD prime lenses. I have a set of Cavision 15mm rods, a follow focus, Redrock micro lens gear and a Matthews M25 tripod. I love this set up and love how the SR11 allows me to flip the LCD by using a magnet to trick the magnetic LCD switch.

I edit all my footage with Pinnacle Studio 12 (just ordered 14) on my HP Quad Core PC.

Anyway just seeing how many of you also use a DOF adapter.

Scorpionkill what follow focus model do you have?

I'm sure this has been covered in this million mile long thread, but i'm not seeing any great solutions.

What process are you guys using to archive your old footage, particularly with Apple FCP, or iMovie?

Copying the contents of the entire camera into 1 folder doesn't seem like a great solution. I currently have around 40 gigs of .mts files, which is a bout 5 months of footage for me.

If i copy all of that in one folder, i don't see how to efficiently go back and arrange it into events or dates, or some structure that makes sense.

Not only that, for the other 6 months prior, i was just copying the .mts files from the camera, organizing them in folders as needed, and using voltaic to convert when i need to edit something.

Now that i'm using Final Cut Pro, which has faster and better log and transfer conversions, voltaic is even more of a pain.

I've seen that Toast 10 will create a disk image of the avchd files, but i was hoping to avoid dropping another $80 just to be able to organize my clips so that i can easily access them in the future.

Anybody using FCP figured out a good work flow for this?

Ideally, i would love to create my own folders on my mac, stick the .mts files that were part of that day of shooting and be able to access them later via fcp.

Thanks!

For those of you on macs who have been frustrated with how amazing the footage from the SR11 looks on the camera and how crappy it looks when you put it on your computer, i have 3 words for you...Apple Intermediate Codec.

I tried just about everything out there not wanting to drop the $1k on Final Cut Pro. After i year of frustration, i bit the bullet and literally bought FCP just so i could use the ProRes intermediate codec.

What an amazing difference. The footage looks so much better now. The deal is that AIC (which is what you're forced to use with iMovie and FCE) really butchers the quality of the file when it does it's intermediate conversion.

Dunno if anybody else has been frustrated with this, but i can tell you, FCP is significantly different with this camera.

I'm happy to report that I'm now running Windows 7, and not only are the .m2ts files from the camera recognized, but they are HARDWARE ACCELERATED! Windows 7 is using my Geforce 8800 GTS to hardware accelerate the interlaced AVC, and they look awesome!

how do you know that?

Because my eyes can tell the difference between software deinterlacing and hardware. I used to use CoreAVC to software deinterlace, and this looks even better.

Well I tried to prove it...and I'm not sure I can. I can't find a single app to monitor GPU usage on an nvidia card. So instead I looked at CPU usage on my Quad-core 2.4ghz...

An xvid file took about 5% cpu. A 720p MKV (with AVC inside) took about 15%. A 1080i mpeg2 file took about 10%. The .m2ts off my camera took about 25%. So it's definitely using the cpu for something....but I would expect a LOT higher to deinterlace 1080i AVC.

I've played with deinterlacing both 1080i mpeg2 and AVC quite a bit, so my eyes are pretty good at what looks right (hardware decoding) and what looks close to right (software decoding).

Any other ideas on how to find out for sure? I'll do some looking...

i ask because i know there are specific applications that will take advantage of hardware acceleration for dvd playback (windvd 10, powerdvd), but yours would be the first account of 1) windows media player using it and 2) the hardware acceleration being applied to avchd files

Right, and I think the new stuff built-in to windows 7 is what's harnessing the GPU. Here's some info on Media Foundation.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...format_support

But this would be a TON easier for someone to test who has an ATI card.

are you referring to directcompute in dx11? if so it's definitely not enabled yet for wmp

I'm referring to Media Foundation....it's replacing Directshow filters.

Wanted to add that I have PMB working fine in windows 7. Installed 3.0, and got it upgraded to 4.2. Works fine.

I watched a few more files of the camera in windows 7...and it's strange. It will be butter smooth...but every now and then it stutters a little. So I don't know if the drivers/implementation are still early, but I'm not sure what it's doing.

Anyone with an ATI card able to try this on Windows 7 and report what the GPU is doing?

Does anyone know if there is sample video still in MTS format available online from an SR11, a clip of 30 seconds or so with voice/audio?

Thanks!

I'll try and get something uploaded for you.

Here ya go. 40 second clip.

http://rapidshare.com/files/30373157...3548.m2ts.html

http://www.mediafire.com/file/tr3wz2...809183548.m2ts

Either of those should work.

I own the SR11 and was looking to buy a light for it. Any suggestions on what to look for or purchase. I'm not savvy on Camcorders or Cameras so I don't really understand the connection the light makes when attached to the camcorder. My biggest question is are all lights compatible with my camcorder or do I need to buy a sony one.

Thanks

I have this light and it is adequate. It uses the cameras battery, since it doesn't have its own, which gives you 50% life when it is on. It is onyl good upto say 10' max, but it really helps reduce the noise when shooting indoors at night with ambient light.

I believe the shoe that it mounts to is a standard connector.

http://www.amazon.com/HVL-HL1-Video-.../dp/B0007NP7ZS

Thanks man, thats what I needed to know. Have a good one and I appreciate the help.

Does it mean any change is quality of picture or ratio (dragged pic) when played in 16X9 HD TVs ?

I have HDR-SR11 camcorder and 46-XBR6 HD TV. For the first time, a week back, I connected both using a miniHDMI cable and played the video without any issues. I tried to change few setting like change Movie REC from HD FH to HD SD etc on camcorder after this first run.

But when I tried to play again, since yesterday, I am getting ‘Invalid Signal'.

HDMI cable works fine, and using component cable, I can play Videos on TV from Camcorder, but issue is when I try to play using miniHDMI cable.

Can anyone please advise on what could be wrong ?

You help is much appreciated.

I had bought a generic miniHDMI to full HDMI cable and had issues but when I used a sony cable it has worked fine ever since

Sony HDR-SR11 Touch Screen Problems.

My 2 yr old Camcorder touchscreen is not responding. Any Clue / experience with similar problems and if so how did u resolve it ?? Any help will be much appreciated.

M.D.S

Hi there.

I would like to edit raw footage from my Sony HDR-SR11 in Premiere Pro CS4, but am unsure of what Presets to use when I am initially opening up a Project. I filmed at AVCHD 16M (FH) (1920X1080), and I am in Canada.

Here are the options:

1. AVCHD 1080i25 (50i) Anamorphic
2. AVCHD 1080i25 (50i)
3. AVCHD 1080i30 (60i) Anamorphic
4. AVCHD 1080i30 (60i)

Anyone know which one to choose? I'm pretty sure it's option #4.

Cheers,

David

I agree David...option 4.

I've been using a dual quad core setup with 8g and works fine, I use to have on a regular dual core and lagged big time. I use Vegas and Pinnacle Ultimate.

Is there a thread for the Sony HDR-FX1 camera?

I have one that does not record the first take after you boot it up, all subsequent ones are fine, but the first take always records blue nothing for the duration. Any tips?

NewTek's SpeedEDIT 2.0 It's the fastest video editing software I've ever seen. Definitely not immune to crashing, but it makes up in speed of performance and creative capacity what it lacks in reliability. Plus, is saves every click you do so if it crashes, you just restart it, go back to the project & click 'Redo All Operations' & its back to where you left off.

Hi there.

I put up a post a couple months ago regarding the presets to use for my HDR-SR12 footage, and I have a couple more questions....

I am editing my footage in Premiere Pro CS5. I filmed at AVCHD 16M (FH) 1920x1080. When I click on the footage and choose properties it shows:

Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 32
Frame Rate: 29.97
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - compressed - 6 channels
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - 6 channels
Average Data Rate: 1.8 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0

My options for presets are:

1080i25 (50i) Anamorphic
1080i25 (50i)
1080i30 960i) Anamorphic
1080i30 (60i)
1080p24 Anamorphic
1080p24
1080p25 Anamorphic
1080p25
1080p30

I have been choosing 1080i30 (i60) up til now, but when I export to MPEG-2 DVD the video has an awful trail behind any motion and the quality is not so great.

I also tried exporting to High Quality Progressive and the quality was good and there was no trailing effect after any of the motion. That led me to think that I should be using 1080p30 as the preset, but there seems to be more people that believe the HDR-SR12 is not progressive.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

David