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Capturing to SD from HDV
Hi, I’ve got a project coming up using a mixture of Digibeta and HDV (shot at HDV.) The final output and transmission are SD. I’m plannig to capture the HDV as SD in the uncompressed codec (either 8 or 10 bit.) We may also use the HDV full size for some graphics work, but that’s independent of the edit. I’m wondering how to get the signal in for capturing. So:
1. Is it possible to capture the HDV via firewire and transcode it to SD on the fly?
2. Or can I use the downconverter in the deck and capture via component or SDI?
3. Is there an SDI output on the HDV decks?
4. Is there a rs422 control port on the HDV decks?
Thanks,
Will
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4 Replies
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1. No
2. Component only
3. No
4. No!
Steve Connor
Cardinal HD -
You can set the camera (or also deck i beleive) to downconvert HDV to dv over firewire… the results are quite nice.
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I did a little experiment last week and captured HDV as 4:2:2 8bit SD via the component output on the Z1 and the Decklink Express. It looked pretty good. I hope to have a better look at footage later in the week. The downside is that there is now timecode.
Has anyone else had any experince capturing HDV to SD this way?
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Hey Brent,
use firewire as deck control that will
take care of Timecode.Regards
Olivier Jean
Powermedia Systems
Sydney Australia
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