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Output HDV to digibeta
Hi
I work on FCP since version 3, they offer me to finish a documentary that was edited on AVID, shot on HDV and output it to Digibeta.
Going back to AVID has been difficult but I could manage it, but now I am worried about outputting it.
Would anyone be able to supply a good workflow?
I would like to transcode it before sending the audio for final mix to avoid loss of sync issues but what should I transcode the timeline to? Any suggestion or link to articles most welcome
Thanks for the help
Francesco -
5 Replies
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What frame rate are you starting at? 1080p/25?
Michael
Michael Phillips
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it s 1080/50i
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You will switch the project format tab (in project window) to PAL 25i. Once that is done, you can choose the resolution you want to transcode to – be it uncompressed 1:1, 2:1, etc based on your needs and preferences for compression or not.
Michael
Michael Phillips
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thanx a lot,
do you know if I can open a project from a media composer on a avid Xpress Pro or the project must be saved in some other format?
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Your project should open fine. To be absolutely safe, make a new project by the same name in Xpress Pro then bring just the bins over.
Note–any effects you use on Media Composer that aren’t on the Xpress Pro system will not carry over unless you render everything in Media Composer and bring the media over too. Then you will have the render files that your sequence will reference. If you do anything more to your sequence to throw those renders offline the effects you don’t have won’t show up.
Also, Xpress Pro only supports 1:1, DV50 and DV25 resolutions (well, it supports 15:1s, too, but that’s an offline resolution). If you transcode to resolution different from these in Media Composer it won’t play in Xpress Pro. It will say Wrong Format on your Source/Record monitors. So keep that in mind when you transcode in MC.
Michael.
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