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Can I capture DVCPro50?
Howdy Cowpokes,
A litle clarification would go a long way for me, here.
I am running FCP 5.04 and a client has a DVCPro50 deck which has a firewire connection. I don’t however, find any DVCPro50 capture presets nor sequence presets. I figured I would capture as DV50 and then batch re-capture elsewhere where the codec is availble.
Am I correct in thinking that I cannot capture DVCPro50 via my firewire port without a special 3rd-party codec?
Thanks for helping clear things up,
-Phil
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3 Replies
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DV50 is DVCPro 50
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Hi John,
Thanks for that piece of info.
I captured my footage at a 720×480 frame size. Should it have been at 720 x 486 with a CCIR 601 NTSC (40:27) aspect?
I am wondering because my clips look fairly pixelated.
Also, should the ‘remove advanced pulldown (2:3:3:2) from DV-25 & DV-50 sources’ box be checked?
Any settings help would be appreciated in order to achieve normal playback.
Thanks,
-Phil
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I am wondering the same thing. I use DVCPro 50 for a lot of shooting now. I’m used to DV shoots, and HD shoots, but I’m new to DVCPro 50. What’s the best setting for capture into FCP? What about for graphics editing in AE? I created a timeline in FCP, then used Automatic Duck to rebuild it in AE, and it looked bad. Aspect ratio was off, and the image looked pixelated. Last night I determined this may have to do with some field rendering option in AE on the footage, but I’m still not totally sure.
So, what’s the best capture setting for capturing DVCPro 50 footage?
(shooting in 30P, or 24P….)
thanks,
everett
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