Hi everyone,
I just got acroos a post in an another forum where the author claims that Project X (at
http://www.lucike.info/index.htm) can be used to produce a demuxed file (starting witrh DVHSCap m2t) with audio and video suitable for import in FCP. Apparently the program is available as source code and needs to be compiled. I would really be thankful to the good samaritan that could put it on a GUI for the rest of us (I'll try myself but I doubt I have the knowledge necessary at present).
Also, in the same post an alternative solution is offered by use of command line operation using Fmppeg and mpeg2enc. the info was found at "camcorderinfo.com" and the post was from 'pstDenis"
Instruction on how to compile and use the project X softare follow:
...."Downloading the zip file to the Desktop
Double clicking on the file to unzip it using stuffit expander
You should have a folder called ProjectX_Source open that folder and
go into the src folder and edit the folliowng line in X.java (using TextEdit)
Object[] fonts = (Object[])GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getAvailableFontFamilyNames();
change it to:
//Object[] fonts = (Object[])GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getAvailableFontFamilyNames();
String[] fonts = new String[1];
fonts[0] = "SansSerif";
This will affect a portion of the program that allows for conversion of captioning, which I am not using anyway.
Open a Terminal window (located in Applications/Utilities)
type
cd Desktop
cd ProjectX_Source
cd src
javac [-O] *.java
jar cfvm X.jar MANIFEST.MF *.class
if all goes well you will have a file called X.jar in the src folder, double clicking on it will launch the application
There will be a bunch of tabs, click on the files tab and drag the m2t file created form DVHSCap into the window.
Click on the audio tab and Check "decode MPEG Layer to PCM" and "add RIFF(RIFX) header to PCM (.wav)"
click on "main" and the use the "Go!" button.
The application is fast, faster than realtime on a G5. (even faster if you don't convert the audio to wav)
it will produce a mpv file and a .wav file both which FCP understand.
I have needed to match the duration of the two files some times to fix synch issues
I hope this works for all who try it, let me know if anyone tries to convert mpv's back to a transport stream
Thanks go to Arick Chang who discovered Project_X on the web and showed me how to use it. "..
Oh, and you shouldn't have to download the SDK. javac and jar come with OSX (I have not tried any of this on OS9)
I am a little tight with time but I will let you know what results I get as soon as I attempt to use this software.
truly,
Stefano