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Best Betacam SP capture resolution
What is the highest resolution I have to capture at to get the full resolution from a Betacam SP deck? I have a Kona card so the highest we would be taking is 10-bit SD.
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Well, BetaSP is an 8 bit format, so capturing 8-bit uncompressed would get you the same results as 10-bit uncompressed. But really, you need very fast drives for uncompressed. Look at ProRes NTSC…the SD ProRes setting. 10-bit quality but lower data rate. It’ll look the same.
Shane
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8 bit uncompressed it is
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Shane is telling you to use ProRes 422. It’s a 10 bit quality with a lower data rate than 8 or 10 bit uncompressed.
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