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basic question
Hi all,
I need to capture and edit Betacam SX footage on a dual G5 but have no RAID system available for this job, so capturing uncompressed is not an option. However, I want to keep the final video quality as good as possible.
The SX deck has SDI out, so I am thinking of getting an io LD to bring the SX footage via FireWire into FCP4.5 using the DVCPRO50 capture settings. Then edit in DVCPRO50 and output back to SX tape with the ioLD. I work in PAL and this G5 system handles DVCPRO50 very well without a RAID.
Can this be done ? Does anyone have a better idea ?
G5 dual 2.5, 4 Gigs RAM, nVidia GeForce 8600 GT, 30″ Apple Cinema display,
250 GB internal SATA 7,200 rpm primary drive + 250 GB WesternDigital internal SATA 7,200 rpm media drive.
OSX3.9, QT7, Final Cut 4.5 Studio, AE 6.5 ProBest wishes
Ronny -
5 Replies
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It should work as you will be transcoding from SX to SDI in you player and encoding as DVCPro 50 on capture. When you say your system handles DVCPro 50 well, have you captured any? Playing back media is less demanding than capturing and you may be experience dropped frames.
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Lee,
Thank you for the reply. Yes, I have captured DVCPRO50 on this system regularly and until today (touch wood) without any problems. But capturing is always straight from the DVCPRO50 camera or the Panasonic deck through FireWire, using the native codec in FCP. I don’t know if using the AJA will change anything to this, as the io FireWire output is uncompressed. Guess I’ll have to try.
Best wishes
Ronny -
Whoops! ANY Panasonic firewire transfer is compressed. The only way to get into FCP uncompressed is SDI or HDSDI (or the new component HD way with the LH!)!
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I think Ronny is refering to the FireWire connection between Io and the host computer which is uncompressed.
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I hope so, as I just finished working on an HD project shot on the Varicam, and there is a big difference in going in firewire using the DVCHD firewire codec versus true HD/SDI uncompressed.
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