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Digibeta to DVCPro50
Hi,
I’d like to get the content of a Digibeta tape we’ve recorded into my PC, preferably in DVCPro50 format. But I see on the betadeck, that firewire is labeled as DV. Is this means, that I need to take all the quality loss of DV ? How can I avoid that ? Do I need a different equipment or port ?
I need to key the footage, and we used DV before and the result was dreadful. So I prefer having a better codec this time, if I can. Is there a way ?
(I would be happy to have the same, digibeta format in the avis, but I haven’t heard about anything like that before.)
Please, help me avoid the dreadful sample loss of DV !
Thanks for any help.
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7 Replies
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What format did you use when you put the Digibeta on your computer? And, what kind of I/O do you have on your computer?
Dave Friend
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Is that the final format you want it in? Why not key in uncompressed and use external hard drives to move the footage?
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I have firewire for the pc and for the deck as well. On the deck, there are composite and dvi ports, but I don’t have the same on the pc. So I think, firewire is the solution. But the “DV” label above the firewire on the deck made me worry.
I prefer not to use uncompressed avi, because of filesize, and because we store the footage on network drive, which can handle the bandwidth of DVCPro50, but for an uncompressed or lossless codec it would surely become slow during editing.
Currently, what I did, is I created DVCPro project in premiere cs3, and captured the footage as dvcpro, progressive, pal. It seems like it not possess the rude artifacts of dv. -
DVcpro (25) has the same quality as dv.
What you might try instead is capture uncompressed and export to dvcpro50 quicktime. After you have checked the quality of the quicktime, delete the original uncomrpessed files. Then the dvcpro50 quicktimes can be edited and exported in the same format in Windows using Raylight Encoder ( https://dvfilm.com/raylight/EncoderPro ) which is a DVCProHD/DVCPro50 component for Windows Quicktime.
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Can I capture uncompressed in APP CS3 ?
(My investigations provided the result, that I cannot really rip DVCPro50 from Digibeta; at least, not through firewire and not with premiere.) -
Yes, but with an uncompressed capture card such as a Decklink using SDI or component. They’re only $295.
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Ordered and received the card; works well. Problem solved.
Thank you very much !
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