capture 1394 – edit – output to VCR – video signal

[Rhewitt]

Hi Renato,

A lot depends on your workflow and the video formats used. Could you let us know:

1. What VTR?
2. What video format is the original tape?
3. What video editor are you using?
4. What video format are you editing in?
5. What video format do you need for your finished tape?

There are many folks here who can help but we just need a little more information.

Best Regards,

Richard.

[Vince Becquiot]

As Richard said, it depends. For starter, DV will recompress the video pretty heavily, unless you are capturing from a DV deck. You may also get color space compression, depending on the format you coming from.

If you can afford a high end capture card, go for it. Just know that your space requirements will increase as well.

If you plan on capturing HD in the near future, you may even want to look at AJA.

Vince

[Renatorena]

Hi, Richard.

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[Rhewitt]

Hi Renato,

No problem with this spec.

Transfer from camera via firewire will be lossless.
Editing in Premier Pro with the MS codec will preserve the image.
Converting back to DV will incur a slight drop in quality but not significantly.
Transfer into DV camera will not add any additional compression post via firewire.

What you are doing is a standard DV workflow used by many, many folks out here.

Happy editing,

Richard.

[Renatorena]

Richard,

thanks for helping, now i

[Rhewitt]

Hi again Renato,

Your English is fine and easy to read!

Unless you’re going to capture analogue video there’s no need for any other capture card. The Firewire 1394 interface is all you’ll need when using DV.

Capturing to MS AVI, QT or any DV format through virtualy any DV codec will give you the same quality at DV25. What is important though is capturing into the native format of your editing software. This way you’ll retain the most detail when adding effects or mixes and outputting back to tape.

There’s next to no difference between the Pinnacle CODEC and any other at this resolution. The real difference is when you output to MPEG2 for DVD use. Here the codec does make a difference although you’ll often see little difference at DV25 (MiniDV, DVCAM and DVCPro).

Hope this is all makes sense for you. If not, let us know as there are many experienced people in these forums that can give you a hand when you need it.

Cheers,

Richard.