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DigiBeta (Digital Betacam to DVCam for PP CS3
Hello All
I have a job at the moment that has been shot on Digital Beta, I don’t have a deck for capture and was wondering the best way of getting the tapes converted for use in (admittedly) a PAL 16:9 widescreen DV project on Premiere CS3, I’ve had an analogue conversion to DVCam done already but the images look a little muddy and no longer sharp.
Does anyone know how much of a loss in quality there is from DigiBeta to DVCam via a digital transfer? Is it negligible.
Also is this even the best transfer possible to use in my project? Does anyone know if capture of the Digibeta tapes and conversion to another digital file format will produce better results in my project?
Any help would be appreciated? I’m a little lost at the mo.
Regards
Matt Taylor
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2 Replies
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I would say via a good transfer the loss is not “negligable”, but should look visually good. DigiBeta is a 10-bit color, 4:2:2 sampled data stream. DV of course is 8-bit 4:2:0 (PAL), so you’re tossing away 1/2 the color resolution. Unless you are doing keying or heavy color-correction though, it should work well in a DV project.
I’d opt for an SDI capture of the digiBeta, and a software conversion to DV. A digital hardware conversion (such as via SD-Connect or similar) could be good, but harder to find.-Jeff
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Thanks for the advice Jeff. I’ve just been so busy trying to sort this haven’t had the chance to respond to anyone. In the end I down converted via the I link on a Sony J-30 deck and the results looked great, considering the obvious loss.
Once again thanks for responding, I’m always impressed and amazed by the amount of help given by the users and collaborators on this site.
Regards
Matt Taylor
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