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  is it possible to capture HD 24P footage as SD 24P footage?

  Posted by Justin Tan on May 3, 2007 at 1:13 pm

  Hey all,

  am I reaching for the stars in trying to achive the above?

  I have a 24P HD tape and I want to capture it into my FCP system as SD at 24P.

  IS there a way? I have tried playing around with the KONA settings but, at 24P there doesn’t seem to be a way to downconvert 24P-HD to 24P-SD….

  any ideas..suggestoins…hacks?

  Gary Adcock replied 19 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Stuart Ferreyra

  May 3, 2007 at 3:22 pm

  If you are using a DVCPro HD or HDCam deck you can use the internal HD to SD output.
  Most decks come with a SD – SDI output which has a live SD out at all times.
  Then, you can use any of the SD 24P easy setups in FCP and capture through SDI.

  If you are using an HDV deck then you should use the component HD out, but switch the
  deck’s own menu to do the downconversion (most of them have that feature) and capture via
  component.

  Hope it helps…

  Stuart Ferreyra
  Timecode Multimedia
  President
  Santa Monica, CA 90025
  https://www.timecodemultimedia.com
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  Gary Adcock

  May 3, 2007 at 4:32 pm

  [Justin] “IS there a way? I have tried playing around with the KONA settings but, at 24P there doesn’t seem to be a way to downconvert 24P-HD to 24P-SD….”

  TYPE OF HD 24p?

  with HDCam or Varicam – this is a preference in the kona capture settings if your working in driver v3 or later.

  with HDV that is a very different question.

  gary adcock
  Studio37
  HD & Film Consultation
  Post and Production Workflows

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