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    Down-Convert During Edit to tape?

    Posted by Francis Robertson on October 18, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    System Settings
    Final Cut Pro 7
    2.66 Quad Core Mac Pro with 6g of Memory
    GeForce GT 120 512MB card
    Black Magic HD Extreme

    Sequence Settings
    1920×1080 interlaced HDTV 16:9
    Field dominance – upper (odd)
    Pixel – square

    Project is a charity film shot HD 1080i on XDCAM EX but will be delivered to the client on Digital Betacam and DVD, although we will probably make a HDCAM SR Master for our own archive.

    I know that with AJA Kona I could downconvert to standard definition during Edit to Tape, can I do the same with my Black Magic Card?

    Neil Sadwelkar replied 16 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies

  • Kristian Lam

    October 19, 2009 at 4:04 am

    Hi Francis,

    That’s correct. You can down convert on edit to tape operations as well.

    regards

    Kristian Lam
    Blackmagic Design

  • Francis Robertson

    October 19, 2009 at 7:22 am

    Thanks, that’s great.

  • Neil Sadwelkar

    October 20, 2009 at 6:46 am

    This down-convert during Edit to Tape from a HD 1920×1080 seq is done by setting the video out to downconvert in System Preferences, right?
    How good is this hardware downconversion in an HD Extreme? Does anyone use it for broadcast?

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    Neil Sadwelkar
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    FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
    Mumbai India

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