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Digi beta on portable MacBook Pro running FCP
Hey guys,
I know I could probably research this, but I’ve got a possible job coming up where I am required to shoot in digital betacam and edit. I haven’t shot on digi beta before not to mention loading it onto my FCP MacBook Pro laptop. If I were to hire a camera what would be the best way of editing it on my laptop?
Thanks heaps,
Phil
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6 Replies
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Phil,
Not quite sure if this answers your question, but I would capture it into your laptop using Firewire. Most Digibetas have this option.dg
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Sorry danny
digibetas actually do not have firewire. they were probably the last sony vtr made without it.
as for capturing the footage, you need a device to convert the digital output of the camera or deck to firewire and then to whatever flavor you want to work with ie uncompressed 8 bit, dvcpro50, whatever
the devices to “transcode” from Digibeta (A.K.A. SDI) are covered very thoroughly here and elsewhere on the cow. the favorite is the Aja IO, or its younger simpler cousin, the IO Ld
hope this helps
“I like video because its so fast!”
Bob Flood
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The Sony J-30/SDI handles Digibeta tapes and it has a firewire port for DV based editing on a NLE.
Gary
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Thanks for that. I thought there would be a solution. I don’t think I’ll take the job though as it’ll cost the client too much money if I were to hire this converter AND a digi beta – that and I don’t have digi beta experience! Great tool to know about when I do want to move down th SDI route. I suppose what would be better to have though would be an internal card on my G5 desktop right rather than converting to DV via a converter? Something like the Black Magic card?
Phil
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ooooops!
dang! i guess i have to get out of my cave more often!
can you control the machine with the firewire as well? what comes down the firewire, DV25?
8 bit? spaghetti and meatballs? 🙂thanx for the correction
bee eph
“I like video because its so fast!”
Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc. -
Bob,
google the model number.
https://www.globalmediapro.com/video/products/Sony_J30_SDI_Compact_Universal_Player–1162.htmlI would assume you just get DV 25 and I would assume FCP would treat it as a DV deck on capturing. So it’s more of an offline edit situation, unless you want to final render in DV.
Gary
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