{"id":648,"date":"2008-04-11T03:17:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T11:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37prime.wordpress.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2008-04-11T03:17:20","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T11:17:20","slug":"panasonic-hdc-sd9-and-final-cut-pro-perian-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2008\/04\/11\/panasonic-hdc-sd9-and-final-cut-pro-perian-to-the-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic HDC-SD9 and Final Cut Pro: Perian to The Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE 2008.06.11:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/?p=161\" target=\"_self\">QuickTime 7.5<\/a> adds support for Panasonic HDC-SD9 and other newer AVCHD camcorders.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eklundh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hans Eklundh<\/a><\/strong> left a comment and confirmed that the 25p PAL version (Europe) also works with QuickTime 7.5<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Good news, everyone! We finally can use Panasonic HDC-SD9 and Final Cut Pro.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/37prime.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/avchd_logo.png\" alt=\"AVCHD\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/37prime.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/finalcutpro_icon.png\" alt=\"Final Cut Pro Icon\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><br \/>\nSo far, I have not been able to import 1080p\/24p clip from HDC-SD9 into iMovie correctly. I&#8217;m still looking into it. I don&#8217;t have Final Cut Express 4 to test the import.<\/p>\n<p>Good news, indeed. After 6 weeks, I finally get to import 1080p\/24p clip from Panasonic HDC-SD9 correctly. The audio and video are in complete sync. The remedy is none other than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perian.org\/#download\" target=\"_blank\">Perian 1.1<\/a>. Previously, <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.info.apple.com\/article.html?artnum=306922\" target=\"_blank\">Perian QuickTime Component was conflicting with Final Cut Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Numbers of people raised the concern regarding Panasonic HDC-SD9 compatibility with Mac OS X applications (iMovie &#8217;08, Final Cut Pro 6, and Final Cut Express 4). I was exploring this issue because I want to use my Panasonic HDC-SD9 in 1080p\/24 mode.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/?p=40\" target=\"_self\">Panasonic HDC-SD9: The Trouble with Mac OS X<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/?p=37\" target=\"_self\">Panasonic HDC-SD9: Video Mode<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Panasonic HDC-SD9 AVCHD Camcorder\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0011FTKFY\/?tag=37prime-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/37prime.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/panasonic_hdc_sd9.png\" alt=\"Panasonic HDC-SD9 AVCHD Camcorder\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I asked some Apple employees regarding this problem, and the non-answer I got is that Apple is working on camera compatibility issues. I&#8217;m hoping that Apple would update their applications to support Panasonic HDC-SD9 in particular and newer 1080p\/24p camcorders in general.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday (2008.04.10), Apple released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/support\/downloads\/proapplicationsupdate200801.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Applications Update 2008-001<\/a> and brought Final Cut Pro to version 6.0.3. I was hoping that Apple would have resolved the issues with HDC-SD9 camcorder. Unfortunately, the issue persisted.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to spend some times for trial-and-error in making Final Cut Pro playing nice with HDC-SD9. It was 03:00 hour, and I had an epiphany. Previously, some people were recommending <a href=\"http:\/\/shedworx.com\/?q=volmac-home\" target=\"_blank\">ShedWorx&#8217;s VoltaicHD Converter<\/a> to import AVCHD clip in Mac OS X. I went to <a href=\"http:\/\/shedworx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ShedWorx&#8217;s site<\/a> and read the System Requirements for the VoltaicHD Converter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>System Requirements for the VoltaicHD Converter:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>OSX 10.4 or 10.5 (Intel and PowerPC)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>QuickTime 7.3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>iMovie (HD or 08) or Final Cut Express\/Pro<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Perian if you are using Final Cut<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>VoltaicHD requires <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perian.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Perian QuickTime Component<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I checked Perian site, and compared the version I previously had installed on my MacBook Pro. The current version 1.1 and I had version 1.0 installed on my MacBook Pro. I downloaded the latest version and installed it. This time Final Cut Pro converts the 1080p\/24p clip from HDC-SD9 correctly.<\/p>\n<p>I will test if I could import HDC-SD9 1080p\/24p video using iMovie &#8217;08 and Final Cut express with Perian 1.1 installed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT:<br \/>\nVideo sample from Panasonic HDC-SD9, 1080p\/24p, audio and video in complete sync.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.0GHz 2GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2<\/li>\n<li>Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 (with Pro Applications Update 2008-001)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 2008.06.11: QuickTime 7.5 adds support for Panasonic HDC-SD9 and other newer AVCHD camcorders. Hans Eklundh left a comment and confirmed that the 25p PAL version (Europe) also works with QuickTime 7.5 &#8220;Good news, everyone! We finally can use Panasonic HDC-SD9 and Final Cut Pro.&#8221; UPDATE: So far, I have not been able to import &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2008\/04\/11\/panasonic-hdc-sd9-and-final-cut-pro-perian-to-the-rescue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Panasonic HDC-SD9 and Final Cut Pro: Perian to The Rescue&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[946,4],"tags":[35,153,403,404,434,1115,1383,1387,1509,1851,1931,1938,2009,2094,2257,2293,2456,2511,2517,936,3039,3145],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-news","tag-1080p","tag-24p","tag-applications","tag-apps","tag-avchd","tag-final-cut-pro","tag-hd","tag-hdc-sd9","tag-imovie","tag-leopard","tag-mac-os-x","tag-macbook","tag-media","tag-movies","tag-panasonic-hdc-sd9","tag-perian","tag-quicktime","tag-resources","tag-reviews","tag-tech","tag-troubleshooting","tag-voltaichd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcNtU-as","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}