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Captured HDV is taking up far less space than expected?
I have been capturing HD video from a sony HVR-A1U to an Imac G5. 45 minutes of HD only took up 9GBs, less than the standard DV I capture from the same device. Also the last time I captured HD, on a different computer, it was roughly one GB per minute. The set up is set to HDV 1080i60 and I can’t figure out the reason for the miraculous storage savings. When I play back clips through the viewer, it looks fine. I just don’t want to get through a very long project to find that everything needs to be recaptured. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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3 Replies
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You’ve done things correctly it sounds like to me… HDV’s data rate is actually LOWER than DV’s…
HD uncompressed is a different story, as is DVCPROHD.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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I thought I was capturing uncompressed? Should I not be concerned?
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HDV is anything but uncompressed. It’s MPEG-2, compressed IN the camera – hence your low (DV-like) data rates of 25 Mbps or less.
pvw
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions LLC
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.8 / FCP 5.1.2 / QT 7.1.3
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