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  • Digitizing Project

    Posted by Andrew Rawlik on September 29, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    I’m about to digitize close to 500 shows, from betacam tapes to a digital format. Each show is around 50 minutes.
    If I digitize it using uncompressed 8-bit, I’m looking at around 60gb per show.
    I’m using older (7years old) blackmagic card for that, using final cut to capture it,
    What would be a better way of archiving those shows digitally, not loosing quality but going down in GB size.

    Mark Spano replied 14 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Mark Spano

    September 30, 2011 at 8:35 pm

    Apple ProRes 422 (either standard or LT). This will be a significant savings in file size without noticeable compression artifacts for your footage.

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