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    Capture in PAL – Varicam footage

    Posted by Gunleik Groven on February 14, 2006 at 4:49 pm

    I’ve tried over at Varicam and FCP, maybe this is the right place.

    With the MB-Extreme, can I capture to 1080p50 from a varicam 720p25 shoot?
    Or any other suggestions (As there isn’t a 720p25 codec available.

    Will I have to do it as Decklink uncompressed, or can i go to DVCPRO-HD?

    Gunleik

    Mactrix replied 20 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Mike Johnton

    February 14, 2006 at 5:09 pm

    Ummm. I’m running the latest version of FCP5 and the Blackmagic drivers, and I have:
    Blackmagic HDTV 720p 25 VariCam – 8 bit
    Blackmagic HDTV 720p 25 VariCam – 10 bit
    Easy Setups.

  • Gunleik Groven

    February 14, 2006 at 6:00 pm

    OK

    Thanks!

    Gunleik

  • Mactrix

    February 23, 2006 at 11:55 am

    Keep in mind that 720p25 isn’t a standard format.
    It’s not transfered over SDI and no VTR can play it back.

    The BMD settings try to get the pullup pattern from the
    60p (59,94) signal …

    I would shot and work in 30p and transcode the master
    to 25p …

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