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SD Editing of HDCAM 23.98P
Any recommendations for the best way to edit SD in FCP from HDCAM 23.98P source? Thinking about downconverting to DV50 since I have the deck — this might be the most economical way I could go. Output will be SD to DigiBeta for final online.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
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[William Hooke] “Thinking about downconverting to DV50 since I have the deck”
Why not??? That would absolutely be your best bet, unless you changed your mind later on and decided you wanted an HD master.
DRW
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David,
Thanks for the response. I was considering having them (the producers) downconvert everything to DigiBeta for higher quality (i.e., less compressed than DV50), but in the final online I’m not sure the less-compressed DigiBeta will be noticeably better than the DV50. The footage is mostly nicely lit interviews.
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Do you have a Kona card or similar that has an SDI input? If so, then your best bet is to capture directly from an HDCAM deck. The Kona downconverts on the fly. Set your project and capture settings to be SD Uncompressed and edit it that way. You’ll get the best quality possible. It’s a better alternative than dubbing to Digi and then bringing it in. Saves time too.
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Depending on what deck you have or rent, you can also have the deck do the downconversion and capture SD that way.
I guess it will depend on budget, but weigh the cost of getting all tapes dc’d to DV50, or, renting the appropriate deck and capturing yourself.
Jeremy
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