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Device to convert SD to HD?
I have the digital source footage in SD, and want to use it at 1280×720 at the best quality reasonable. I’ve found Instant4K and UpRez but wondered if there is there a hardware device that would do this better/faster than software? I’m using Windows. We have about 3 hours cut in as clips, but the source for those is many more hours, and it would save time and add flexibility to scale the source up instead of just the clips. I don’t have a massive budget, but quality and efficiency is important.
Sean
Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.
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what is your digital source footage ? A Hard drive ? A VTR ?
Does it have an SDI output ? If it does, you need this –if it’s a file, this is done in software with products like
Telestream Episode or Adobe Media Encoder.Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Source is a hard drive with a set of large video files, AVI format, lossless compression. I am looking at software options as well, but a reasonable hardware device could take the processing load off of other machines.
I can also recapture the content from the DVCAM tapes, but would need output back to e.g. a PC, or a reasonable device. I don’t have any of this type of equipment on hand.
In your opinion, would the quality be better using a hardware solution?
Sean
Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.
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no, and I hate Matrox.
Blackmagic and AJA do not make a hardware solution to accelerate the transcode of your software files from one format to another.Use Telestream Episode Pro for what you are doing. You will get the best results.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Thanks, I hadn’t heard of Telestream Episode Pro before, I’ll give it a go!
Sean
Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.
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