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Capturing HDV footage
Hi all,
Apologies if this has been asked time and time again but I cant seem to find a clear answer.
Basically I use a Sony Z5 camera to shoot and I edit in PP. Up until now I’ve only ever worked with standatd DV footage. However, I’m fully aware that my camera will shoot at 1080i so would like to take advantage of this.
My question; Do I capture the 1080i footage in the same way I capture DV? i.e. via the firewire cable. Or do I need to purchase new hardware to cope with the HD footage? HD Cable? Capture Card?
FYI – I’m a pc, and windows 7 was my idea. 😉
Many thanks. C.
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Here are a couple of pages that you should check out:
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Technical Support for professional video software
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Premiere Pro Help & Support
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Nothing extra. Same FireWire cable. External hard drive to capture to and playback. Just make sure the capture settings are set to HDV. that’s it.
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Excellent! Thanks guys.
Now, another question. And the real reason for me posting…
Basically footage was accidently shot (not by myself, I’d like to point out!) in 1080i format instead of DV, and for this particular project, the outcome needs to be a DVD in standard definition, 16:9.
So what is the best way to compress the HD footage? Is it simply a case of scaling down the footage in premiere to fit the 720 x 576 monitor? Or maybe using additional compression software – I have a copy of WinAVI? or I did notice in the Z5 camera settings something about compressing whilst capturing?
It goes without saying that maintaining quality is of the upmost importance.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers. C.
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I’m pretty sure the camera has an internal down converter so the Firewire signal is DV and captured as such. I’ve been working in shooting HDV and ingesting and cutting out to DV this way with the Z1P for years, since CS3 days. It’s probably the easiest way forward considering your project is DV and this is slip up and you plan to go to DVD. HDV still requires more rendering time, especially when scaling is involved.
– JB
PS: The down converter would be under ilink in the camera in/out settings.Jon Barrie
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