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Best HDV workflow for now
Hi Friends, I’m working on Mac G4 Dual 1.4/FCP 5.1.4/OS11.4.1/2.3TB Raid. I’m working on a doc which was shot on HDV (Sony 1080i/60) Is there a workflow available to me to ingest HDV via firewire with my current setup and work in a clean, quick codec? Or should I downres out of the camera and ingest as SD via Firewire and edit to picture lock. Then I’ll upgrade when I can afford and re-aquire as HDV and output via HD-SDI to HD tape? How difficult is it through media manager to re-aquire the timeline in HDV? Thanks for you input! Kind Regards, Chris
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I believe FCP 5.1.4 was the first to support HDV. Is there not an HDV Easy Setup available to you? That would be the easiest if you don’t have a capture card.
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Hi Walter, Thank you for the info. Do you know what codec this would be using and how cumbersome/large the files are? I don’t expect many extensive graphics but I don’t want to bog the computer down if I don’t have to. Kind Regards, Chris K.
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[Christopher Kinsman] “Do you know what codec this would be using and how cumbersome/large the files are?”
The HDV codec. No idea on exact file sizes, but they are incredibly small.
Digital Heaven has a great widget you can download to determine storage space for video amounts.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
Read my Blog!
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Hi Walter, Thank you for this gadget and the website. It helped me answer some troubling questions. Kind Regards! Chris K.
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[Christopher Kinsman] “Do you know what codec this would be using and how cumbersome/large the files are?”
For the record, HDV files and DV files are pretty much exactly the same size, i.e 13gb per hour.
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File sizes will be the least of your problems if you work with native HDV. With your system rendering and conforming the HDV will be the most painful part.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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1. Thank you David!
2. Zane, this is why I asked about the alternate workflow of SD until I can afford to upgrade my Mac and my AJA acquistion card/bob and then re-aquire the cut as HD. Any further thoughts? Kind Regards, Chris K.
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Christopher,
What is your final delivery? I doubt if it will be HDV…
Also – is this a ‘Cuts only’ doc, or one where you’ll be using effects and composites?
Your system will probably handle HDV fine for the cutting – I’ve used similar and it was pretty much the same as DV. As others have stated though, render times and conforming will be the killer. However it is unlikely you’ll do an HDV conform.
If you’re serious about upgrading your Mac to edit HD on, do your sums first in terms of cost of ALL peripherals and the associated implications – you may find that ‘offlining’ on your suite and ‘onlining’ elswhere is a better proposition financially… then you could cut in HDV and take your media and programme to an HD ready setup to grade and render as HD. Alternatively use the DV donconvert to produce a locked offline for re-ingest as HD elsewere…
Think about where you want to be at the end of the process, and that will give you the best route through…
HTH
Jason
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