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Capturing and Exporting DVCPRO50 in PPro2.0
It’s my understanding that to Capture and Export DVCPRO50 one needs three things:
1) The operating system must support 50mbs transfer. It’s my understanding that Win XP SP2 does this.
2) The Editing application must support 50mbs capture. I have heard that PPro 2.0 does.
3) One must get the DVCPRO50 codec from a third party, such as Main Concept.
Is this right? I’d like to capture and export DVCPRO50 through firewire … is this possible through without adding additional hardware? I’ve heard some people trying and failing … is anyone doing this sucessfully?
Thanks!
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Good luck.
We have been fighting this issue for months now. The best I can come up with is an SDI capture, not using the FireWire at all.
However, I have heard that it is possible to capture DVCPro50 over the FireWire connection…but I’m still trying to find out where we can get the codec from.
I’ve talked to everyone from Matrox, to Bluefish to Studio Monthly guys…even posted on here a few weeks back.
Still clueless.
If you find out that information…please post b/c it seems to be a mystery!
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I’ve learned from a guy who is Actually doing it that he can do it with Serious Magic DV Rack HD, which you can find at discount for about $500. You can’t use PPro capture window, you use a separate program. Since Adobe just bought Serious Magic, and I hear that they will incorporate their products into Premiere, they “might” add DVCPRO50 capability to PPro in the next release.
Check out my posts on the Adobe Forum:
https://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc2472f/1
So it’s $500 now for something we might get later as part of an update … and it’s a separate capture program.
Let me know if you find out anything else.
Thanks.
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Just a correction Robert.
It is not exactly a capture program. Its called DVCPROHD Batch Converter. (Serious Magic) and I believe it can be purchased stand alone. It also comes incorporated with DVRack HD at roughly the price you quoted.
All it does is convert the mxf files (to AVI type 2 or Quicktime) and they are useable directly in PremPro. This is a very quick process.
BTW : I know they are DVCPro50 files because the property of the clip is twice the data rate of a DV clip and they are flat/constant.
I guess what I am saying is that PremPro2 is already DVCPro50 capable. You just have to get the files into it.
If you are not using mxf files I am not sure what the solution is for you unless you have a DVCPro deck.
Craig Howard
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New ZealandPremiere Pro 2.0
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https://www.seriousmagic.com/products/dvcPro/
Craig Howard
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New ZealandPremiere Pro 2.0
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Hey Craig,
I downloaded the trail version of DVRack HD and it doenst recognize the DVCPRO50 footage.
I shot some Pro25 and some DV…and it recognizes those fine…but when it gets to the DVCpro50 footage…I just get a black screen.
Is there something else that you have done to get this to work?
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