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data rates?
Anyone answer me this? When I capture in FCP 5 at 8 bit Uncompressed the Capture tool shows more disk space available than if I choose PhotoJPEG. I thought that the latter was compressed and therefore should give me more on my drives.
Any thoughts?Roddy Jamieson
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As far as I know, the PhotoJPEG estimate has always been inaccurate and solely reflects 100% quality. I once digitized 40 hours of “offline” material at PhotoJPEG 35% for one project and with each tape I only used a fraction of the estimated disk allotment.
The only real problem comes when it thinks you don’t have enough space and won’t start a batch digitize. My workaround was just to keep enough free space that it thinks it needs.
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Hi Roddy,
FCP calculates the required free disk space based upon whether capture is using photo JPEG or DV. JPEG size is variable whereas DV is fixed. That being the case, FCP makes a conservative estimate for JPEG based upon the largest frame size and there is currently no workaround for avoiding this. We have previously talked with Apple about this and believe the bug should be fixed in the future but I will remind them about that.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
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Many thanks, I’ll be sticking to uncompressed. Just to add, after my first week with DL Extreme it is excellent. I’m just a little slow on FCP, quite a change in thinking from AVID.
Roddy Jamieson
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Hi Roddy,
That’s great to hear. If you have any further questions, this forum is a great place to find answers.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design
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