• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Upconverting from DVD in FCP7 via Kona LHi: will I get the same result???

  Posted by Nick Natteau on August 14, 2011 at 2:26 pm

  I recently ordered some stock footage and it was sent to me on standard DVD instead of mini-DV tape.

  I’m running FCP7 and using a Kona LHi card to upconvert NTSC SD footage to 720p from my Sony HVR-M35U VTR tape deck.

  If I take my NTSC SD footage on DVD data disc and bring it into FCP then print to mini-DV tape am I losing any resolution or information?

  I know I will lose resolution upconverting, I just need to know that printing to tape from FCP7 doesn’t involve any loss of resolution. I don’t want to be losing information twice.

  Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

  Jason Porthouse replied 15 years ago 5 Members · 9 Replies
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  Jerry Hofmann

  August 14, 2011 at 3:08 pm

  When you record back to mini DV are you recording DV?

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  Nick Natteau

  August 14, 2011 at 3:34 pm

  Yes Jerry. I am recording am DV.
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  John Pale

  August 14, 2011 at 4:03 pm

  Then in addition to the MPEG2 encode of the DVD, you will be applying DV compression, which will result in some loss in quality. Then, when you bring it into an HD timeline you will be applying a third level of compression to whatever your editing codec is.
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  Chris Tompkins

  August 14, 2011 at 5:28 pm

  They might be on the disc(s) as data not a DVD Video.
  Data files .mov’s

  Drag files off the discs onto your comp. Keep em there forever.

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Nick Natteau

  August 14, 2011 at 11:09 pm

  Sorry I should have been clearer in my initial post.

  Yes, the stock footage material was sent to me on data DVDs, but I need to upconvert the SD footage to HD, and I know the best way to do that is via hardware. So how would I go about doing that?

  Do I not need to drag the NTSC SD files into FCP7 then print to mini-DV tape in order to reimport via Kona LHi upconversion?
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  Chris Tompkins

  August 15, 2011 at 10:38 am

  Up-converting via hardware works best when it’s already on tape.
  You’d only be degradding those images more by laying em out to MiniDV.
  I’d go out to tape if you could to a BetaSP deck or better from a 8bit uncompressed timeline.

  You might better use software to upres that stuff.
  Drop one into compressor to convert. Turn frame controls on.

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Nick Natteau

  August 16, 2011 at 2:15 am

  Thanks very much Chris.

  When copying from VHS tapes to mini-DV, is there any loss of resolution as well???

  Thanks in advance.
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  Chris Tompkins

  August 16, 2011 at 10:46 am

  Yes of course. You have an analog source being dubbed. DV to DV copy would be not loose a generation as you are coping bits. Transfer of data essentially.

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Jason Porthouse

  August 16, 2011 at 3:25 pm

  Second doing it in software. I’ve used Compressor before, and had good results, but have also used MPEG Streamclip with good results too, and it seems faster than compressor.

  Cheers,

  Jason

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