• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Capture Codec Digi Beta PAL, output DVD

  Posted by Steffie Prietzsch on September 19, 2007 at 9:10 am

  Here’s the problem:
  I’ve got about five hours Digi Beta PAL 4:3 footage of lectures that I need to output on DVD.
  Usually I would capture 10 bit uncompressed for TV broadcast.
  As I am new to the wonderful world of DVD authoring, I am not sure which codec would be best to use for capturing in this instance.
  Plenty of storage available.

  Thanks!

  FCP HD, Dual 2GHz G5, X Serve Raid, AJA IO, 10-bit uncompressed, Beta SP and Digi Beta PAL

  Rebecca Daly replied 17 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  September 19, 2007 at 10:18 am

  Don’t hesitate. If you can capture it in 10b Unc, the best of the best for your DVD.
  Rafael
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  Steffie Prietzsch

  September 20, 2007 at 7:32 am

  Thanks Rafael. Just wanted to make sure it’s not mad to do so.
  steffie
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  Rafael Amador

  September 20, 2007 at 11:26 am

  If you want the best from Compressor, feed Compressor with the best you can. I work with DVCam, but I end-up with a 8/10b Unc master to send to Compressor.
  And if you got Compressor 3, use the 444 Chroma filter.
  Cheers,
  rafael
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  Steffie Prietzsch

  September 21, 2007 at 7:51 am

  Thanks Rafael, haven’t got Compressor 3 (yet…), but will no doubt be fretting about compression issues next.

  steffie
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  Rebecca Daly

  November 4, 2008 at 1:33 pm

  what is the most suitable codec to capture 16mins from digibeta to cut on final cut pro 6? A slight loss of image quality is ok if it means I don’t have to deal with massive files – I do have an external hard drive though.

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