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Best capture routine for JVC HDV material
Hi all. I am acquiring footage on a JVC GY-HD250 camera recording 720p at 23.98. I have a JVC HD50 VCR and usually capture footage via firewire to my MacBook Pro to edit. I’m considering the purchase of a new Mac tower with a AJA or Decklink interface. But what is the best way to get the highest quality footage off the HDV tape? The HD50 deck only has firewire, HDMI, component video and NTSC outputs. Should I get a firewire to HD-SDI converter like the HD-Connect SI Box by Convergent Design to connect between the HD50 and the AJA iO HD and ingest as Apple Pro Res 422 HQ, for instance? Any input on the cleanest way to capture great HDV footage for post in Final Cut Pro, would be most appreciated. 🙂
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BTW I just noticed that the AJA iO HD has a HDMI in and out. Would using the HDMI out of the JVC HD50 deck into the HDMI input of the AJA iO HD be a better solution than using a HD-SDI converter and inputing via HD-SDI? Any input is most appreciated. 🙂
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I own an HD100 and the BRHD-50 deck.
I would say its a waste of time and resources to ingest anything but HDV. It won’t improve at all by converting it and if you have a modern Mac system it won’t slow you down at all.
Capture your footage, edit etc..
when you have a completed timeline ready to render for DVD for example, save your project delete any renders you did, and change the sequence codec from hdv to prores and render that out .
It really is the best cleanest way to work with HDV.
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Thank you for the feedback. I have been editing HDV for a couple years with great results. I will try the final Pro Res render. Thanks.
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