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What codec(s) are you using?
We capture via the Io using the DVCPro50 codec. Why? To save space and bandwidth vs. uncompressed. I’m wondering, though, what others might be using successfully. Has anyone used the P-JPEG codec? If we were to share the files to PC’s, what codec do you think we should be capturing with?
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Hi Jeff,
I work mainly uncompressed, but the DVCPro 50 codec is a nice alternative. I know many people use it as their main capture codec. I’ve never had much luck with P-JPEG on FCP systems, so it wouldn’t be my choice (I haven’t tried it in some time though). When sending hi-quality video to PC’s (very rare for me), I usually go with the BlackMagic Codec’s. They can download the PC version of the codec’s from BlackMagic.
I’m sure you’ve seen Marco’s excellent codec comparison website, but I’ll post the link again incase anyone wants to review it: https://codecs.onerivermedia.com/
Tony!
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Thanks for the comments, Tony. I’m actually trying to kill two birds here. I want to capture to a codec that can be interchanged on the PC as well and still be in a compressed format. Uncompressed isn’t an option. Our 12TB SAN just isn’t big enough to handle all of the video at uncompressed rez.
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Good Lord. 12TB? How many hours do you need?!
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LOL! We edit and distribute 110-140 hours of content every eight week semester. We do pretty well on the small staff we have. But I’ve automated a lot of work and the SAN is essential to our operation.
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12 TB….grrrruurrrggglleeeee………….(foaming at the mouth)
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DV50 is our work horse here. We send it out to broadcasters all the time with no issues.
joe
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