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  DV to uncompressed–the best way?

  Posted by Mark Lyon on July 15, 2005 at 5:30 am

  Hi–

  We’re doing a project that will mix DV and telecined film on the same 8-bit uncompressed timelines. Coming from Cinewave, we’re used to dropping native DV onto the timeline. What is the best way to use DV with Kona 2 and avoid rendering? We don’t have a DV deck with SDI out. We tried capturing through the mac’s firewire port to 8-bit uncompressed media at 720×486, but the results looked noticeably soft when compared with native DV 720×480 files placed on the timeline and rendered.

  Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

  Walter Biscardi replied 20 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Walter Biscardi

  July 15, 2005 at 11:07 am

  [Mark Lyon] “We tried capturing through the mac’s firewire port to 8-bit uncompressed media at 720×486, but the results looked noticeably soft when compared with native DV 720×480 files placed on the timeline and rendered.”

  Capture the 8 bit via the Kona 2, not via Firewire and the results will be clean. But you’ll need a deck with SDI output to accomplish this. The other way to do this is to pick up an Io LA which allows for Analog I/O. You can capture through the LA and edit using the K2.

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