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720P to HDCam deck
i was just wondering what my Final Cut settings should be when outputting 720P 59.94 to HDCam tape. All of my settings are at 59.94. My sequence is at 59.94, but when I put it to tape, the result is 29.97 so everything is out of place. I’m still a little fuzzy on some HD frame rate issues. It I’m using 59.94, does 59 frames actually show up on the tape?
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HDCAM can only do 1080i
HDCAM-SR can record 720p, however its use fairly unusual.
Do you have a Kona 3 or some other card that can do cross conversion from 720p to 1080i?
720p is 59.94 progressive frames per second.
1080i is 29.97 frames per second (59.94 fields per second…you 720p frames become fields in the cross conversion…it converts nicely). -
HDCAM can to 59.94…60fps…at 720p. Do you have the deck set for those settings? Or is it set for 1080i?
Shane
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Sorry for the misinformation.
I was under the impression that only SR did 720p. (i did have to deliver that once) Thanks for setting me straight.
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Hmmmm….maybe only the SR does 720p. Now that I am thinking about it, when I delivered 720p, it was on a D5. And I have only dealt with SR decks for the past 2 years. So I might be getting wires crossed.
Time to look at the deck manual.
Shane
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Ha! Well, it is pretty rare anyway.
The only time I ever did 720p on SR was because the network gave us a choice of 720p D5 or SR. The client owned an SR deck but not D5.
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I’m pretty sure HDCAM can do 1080p24 as well. It just uses the PsF method to store the progressive material in an interlaced stream.
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[Andrew Kimery] “I’m pretty sure HDCAM can do 1080p24 as well”
Yes you are right, it can. I didn’t get into that because the original poster did not use that frame rate.
Still, I didn’t write my response very well. I should not have said it can only do 1080i.I did check on the SRW5500 and it only records 720p on HDCAM-SR…not HDCAM. I don’t know about any other models.
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HDW 1800, bog standard HDCam deck here. 23.98psf, 24psf, 25 psf, 50i and 59.94i all @ 1080. They are the only options.
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From the Manual:
HDCAM-SR format (SRW-5000/5500) or HDCAM format (SRW-5500) As the record/playback mode, you can select from the following ten modes.
1080×1920: 59.94i/60i/50i/23.98PsF/24PsF/25PsF/ 29.97PsF/30PsF
720×1280: 59.94P/50P (HDCAM-SR format only)mark
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