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Kona LHe + G5 + HDCAM Deck = ProRes footage?
Hi, I typically work with footage from a P2 camera but a client of mine wants to bring in an HDCAM deck to capture some 1080 59.94 footage. The system I want to use is a Quad G5 2.5 GHz with a Kona LHe and a 4 Drive Raid capable of 200 MB/Sec. AJA’s site seems to indicate that a Quad G5 is capable of capturing proRES at HD res….not sure if it’s proResHQ though…I’m curious if anybody has actually done this though before I commit to it.
If worst comes to worst I can put the LHe in an 8 core 3.0 GHz Mac Pro…I would just rather not hassel with it. Also, can I just set the HDCAM deck to internal sync? I would be willing to buy a Gen10 but it seems like I should get away without having to provide sync if I’m just capturing from a deck directly hooked up to the Kona (at least my Pana DV50 deck is fine with no sync).
thanks in advance,
Greg
Greg Leuenberger
CEO
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[Greg Leuenberger] ” AJA’s site seems to indicate that a Quad G5 is capable of capturing proRES at HD res….not sure if it’s proResHQ though”
nope….
You will not be able to capture HD as ProRes on a G5 computer.the G5 machines do not have enough power to capture HD footage as ProRes HQ.
gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production WorkflowsInside look at the IoHD
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Thanks Gary, I guess I’ll be hooking up the 8 Core then…
-Greg
Greg Leuenberger
CEO
Sabertooth Productions, Inc.
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[Greg Leuenberger] “Thanks Gary, I guess I’ll be hooking up the 8 Core then… “
Sorry
but thats the way it is…gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production WorkflowsInside look at the IoHD
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The fact that your source is 1080 at 30 frame/sec puts it just over the line for what a Quad G5 can capture in ProRes. A Quad G5 will capture ProRes at 1080 at 24 fps.
An alternative, if the amount you have to capture is not too much, would be to capture in Uncompressed 10-bit and transcode the files to ProRes. Your machine can handle that because the computation for compressing to ProRes can proceed in less than real time.
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Yeah, I would normally go that route except my RAID is going to be a hair under what’s capable for uncompressed 1080…so I think I’ll just switch the Kona over to the 8-Core (or stripe across 2 raids…that would probably give me enough bandwidth for 1080 uncompressed)
-Greg
Greg Leuenberger
CEO
Sabertooth Productions, Inc.
http://www.sabpro.com
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